Nigeria’s power sector bleeds more cash than generates electricity

    Oladehinde Oladipo | Top Stories | Jan 14, 2026    
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Nigeria’s power sector is consuming public cash at an accelerating pace, forcing the government to spend hundreds of billions of naira on subsidies to keep electricity flowing, even as decades of reforms and billions of dollars in investment have failed to deliver a reliable supply.

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