Just recently, the ministry of power assured electricity consumers in Nigeria of an improvement in electricity supply. Apparently, we’re in the face of deceit. In fact, after the World Bank’s report that ranked Nigeria as the top country with the most amount of people without electricity, the Federal Government was furious and refuted the claims. The FG stated that according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), a majority of Nigerians get not less than twelve hours of electricity every day, but electricity consumers in the country do not agree with that claim.
The new announcement of an increase in supply is in line with the government’s convention of making promises that are never kept. Despite the already poor supply, Distribution Companies in the country (DisCos) have begun to inform their consumers that there would be a drop in the number of hours electricity would be supplied.
Five days ago, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) tweeted that there would be massive load shedding in its franchise areas. The reason the DisCo gave was a reduction in their allocation of electricity from the national grid. So why does the government continue to make claims when it is obvious to both shareholders and electricity consumers that the sector is clearly not buoyant?
With the normalcy of consumers being told that their electricity supply would get better and instead, getting more frequent blackouts, no one would take announcements from the ministry of power seriously anymore because they would be perceived as two-faced.