The Nigerian National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) was conceived in 2004[1] when Olusegun Obasanjo was the President of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
It was formed to address the issues of insufficient electric power generation and excessive gas flaring from oil exploration in the Niger Delta region.
Seven power plants were designed in gas-producing states as part of the project.
Planned power plants included:[2] Together, the projects generated contracts worth $414,000,000 for the supply of turbines and electricity generation equipment to General Electric (GE).
The revised project involves large scale transmission projects across all of Nigeria which are crucial to ensure power distribution from generation plants to final customers.