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Subsidy Savings: Governors, Power Wahala As Six States Enter Review

Di series on governors and subsidy savings dey continue with Enugu, Rivers, Adamawa, Nassarawa, Sokoto, and Ondo states.

While plenty odda areas of governance and service delivery dey wey savings from petrol subsidy removal fit enter, dis page focus on power sector and align efforts with implementation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 at subnational level.

Access to electricity and how e go cost don remain perennial challenge for Nigeria, and deregulation of power sector via constitutional amendment in 2023 levels ground for government at national and state levels to generate, transmit and distribute electricity to citizens.

Last week, dis page focus on Kwara, Edo, Borno, Osun, Kebbi, and Anambra states.

States wey dem don profile before na Abia, Ekiti, Kaduna, Taraba, Bayelsa, and Kogi. Odas na Zamfara, Oyo, Cross River, Benue, Ebonyi, and Yobe.

Last week, di focus still land on Ogun, Niger, Enugu, Gombe, Delta, and Kano States.

Di judicious use of public resources fit help solve Nigeria power problems and unlock productivity for industries, small and medium-scale businesses, households, and individuals wey require regular, affordable, and cleaner supply of electricity to power production.

Dis series dey use key metrics including legal framework, regulatory readiness, and evidence of project pipelines to measure performance in power sector.

Di graphical illustrations provide summary answers to di same questions for di six states under review dis week.

Dis light-touch assessment precede more detailed reporting and documentation of power access, affordability, and clean energy in di states by SOStainability’s SDG7 industry report and success stories.