Nigerians will suffer from deeper power outage, as the Federal Government, Friday announced the shutdown of the 760Megawatt Kanji Hydro Power Station in Niger State.

The Minister of Power, Prof Bart Nnaji, who announced this in a statement  said the shutdown followed excessive water leakage in the dam, which could cause a flooding of the station.

“To forestall the flooding, all five units in the power station generating 330MW were shut down early this morning (Friday),” he said.

The statement also quoted Nnaji as instructing all divers in the service of the station to be mobilised immediately to trace the point of the water leakage in the dam and rectify the problem as a matter of utmost urgency.

He noted that failure to trace the water leakage as soon as possible could also affect the operations of the four units of the Jebba Hydro Station, which currently produces 335MW.