The Nation Newspaper Burden of an ill-conceived electricity tariff increase
Nigeria is a nation with a long history of perennial challenges of public power supply. The country seems to have unfortunately accepted the anomaly as part of its national life. Since one came of age, the power sector bears the trade mark of inefficiency. The problem of insufficient power supply has remained unchanged. The old reasons adduced for poor performance in the sector more than two decades ago are not different either.
When will government concede to the mood of the nation and inputs of the masses before taking any decisions on issues directly affecting them? Pundits say the band idea is a ploy to assist the cash-strapped Discos to raise fund. This is happening in a country where power outages last more than 24 hours daily or even days in most places. It is also happening in a country where the national power grid had collapsed more than 58 times between 2017-2023.
Policies often put in place by these appointees to address the challenges are mostly badly thought out, externally influenced or geared towards inflicting more pains. Since year 2000, tariff increase has been the only visible item dominating and governing the Multi-year Tariff Order while other germane issues like customer privileges are relegated to the background.
The country should as a matter of urgency innovate and diversify in areas of power generation. This could be regionalised based on the corresponding resources within every geographical zone. The Northeast is blessed with potentials in solar energy. The Northwest is endowed with the blessings of hydro-electricity and wind. The Northcentral can boast of a good level of coal deposit and resources for hydro-power supply. The Southeast is blessed with little water, gas and abundant coal deposit.
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