The new electricity supply regime will deepen social inequity in the country and reduce the quality of life of the majority of Nigerians.
New electricity tariffs: deepening inequity and economic woes, By Austin Tam-GeorgeFor Innocent Chukwuma; for Nigeria, By Chido OnumahINVESTIGATION: How Nigerian soldiers killed unarmed civilians in Kaduna community
A segregationist electricity supply policy that excludes this productive swathe of Nigeria’s population will spell disaster for an already beleaguered Nigerian economy… In an age when Finland has made Internet access a constitutional right, with a stipulated bandwidth guaranteed to every citizen, Nigeria cannot afford to pursue an energy policy that is guaranteed to sentence the majority of its citizens to live in darkness.
This is why governments all over the world see the provision of electricity to their citizens as an important responsibility. When Brazil faced an unprecedented economic and social regression in the late 1990s, the government of President Lula Da Silva rolled out the most audacious and inclusive economic recovery plan that pulled millions of people out of poverty. The resulting economic recovery propelled Brazil ahead of Britain as the fifth largest economy in the world for the first time.
A segregationist electricity supply policy that excludes this productive swathe of Nigeria’s population will spell disaster for an already beleaguered Nigerian economy.
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