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The wages of privatisation and worsening electricity crises in Nigeria, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YusufA fragile Arewa and the call for protest, By Hashim SuleimanSPECIAL REPORT: Jigawa villagers link declining farming output, urban drift to abandonment of damSPECIAL REPORT: Katsina farmers lament impact of climate changeThe wages of privatisation and worsening electricity crises in Nigeria, By Ahmed Aminu-Ramatu YusufA fragile Arewa and the call for protest, By Hashim SuleimanThe clear...
Despite these, as at 2019, some 90 million Nigerians lacked access to electricity. This situation has worsened with the 330.8 per-cent increase in electricity tariff. Operations are carried out in hospitals using flashlights, lamps and candles. Thereport of 19 October, 2019 said there are children who have “never seen electricity since birth.” Many Nigerians have long been disconnected from electricity because they rejected excessive estimated billings or refused to pay for darkness.
While being critical of NEPA’s underperformance we knew privatisation was a far worse disaster. We knew the privatisation of NEPA was simply a large-scale primitive accumulation; the legalised seizure or robbery of the collective property and resources of Nigerians. We further argued that, while the West has strong regulatory institutions, capable of checking the excessive greed of the private sector for profits, the reverse is the case in Nigeria. In fact, Nigerian regulatory bodies are known for rationalising and defending the interests of the private business rather than that of society, on the grounds of “not scaring away foreign investment” or sending “a bad signal to the international community.
In the first place, it was morally, politically and constitutionally wrong for government to seize state enterprises, fund same, and hand them over to few individuals, who in turn would be crudely exploiting Nigerians in the name of ‘privatisation.’ Worst still, are the acts of giving bailouts to the privatised electricity companies and collecting foreign loans to fund them.
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