FG’s Power Subsidy Covered 83% of Yola’s Generation Cost in Q2 2026

Electricity subsidies vary widely by DisCo. NERC’s Q2 2026 report puts the full cost of power supplied to DisCos at ₦647.72 billion. DisCos were invoiced for ₦326.46 billion, leaving a subsidy gap of ₦321.26 billion, or about 49.6% of the total. This is the amount the Federal Government owes, not necessarily what it has already paid. Yola had the largest subsidy share among the DisCos listed: 83.2% of its ₦16.96 billion generation cost. The shares were 61.3% for Kano, 58.0% for Kaduna, 53.1% for Jos, 51.3% for Ibadan and 48.6% for Enugu. The national subsidy gap was lower than Q1’s ₦358.32 billion, when it represented 51.95% of generation costs. The figures show how much of the generation bill each DisCo was not asked to cover through its invoice.

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