Nigerians are intensifying calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revoke the licenses of electricity distribution companies, Discos. This stems from the worsened epileptic power supply, which has made life hellish for the citizens in the past three months.
In addition to over a decade of failed post-privatization power sector, electricity consumers pay for power supply they rarely get. Whether in Lagos, Enugu, Abuja, Edo, or Kaduna states, electricity distribution companies, generation companies, and transmission companies have made darkness a common factor nationwide. Irrespective of the customers' service bands, the abysmal power supply has become normal for Nigerians.
'With three distinctive features, commercial, technical and operational, the Government should complete the ongoing leadership overhaul of Nigeria's transmission company. As a final solution, the Federal Government should declare a state of emergency in the power sector', he said. Similarly, Adetayo Adegbemle, Convener and Executive Director, PowerUp Nigeria, said the major problem facing the country's power sector is liquidity or money.
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