Arewa ta Nijeriya ta shiga cikin matsala mai tsanani saboda rashin samar da wutar lantarki a jihohi 17 daga cikin 19 da ke yankin. Daga cikin jihohin da suka fi samun matsalar, akwai Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Gombe, da Katsina.
Yayin da Niger da Kwara suka samu wutar lantarki, sauran jihohi 17 a Arewa ba su da wutar lantarki a cikin mako biyu da suka gabata. Matsalar ta yi sanadiyar damuwa ga mazauna yankin, wadanda suke neman hanyoyi na wuce gona don naÉ—a wayoyi, laptops, da sauran na’urorin lantarki.
Jihohin da suka fi samun matsalar sun hada da Sokoto, Zamfara, Bauchi, Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kogi, da Benue. A Katsina, jihar ta shiga cikin duhu na tsawon kwana 10, tare da mazauna yankin suna fama da matsalar rashin wutar lantarki.
Matsalar ta kuma yi sanadiyar damuwa ga masana’antu, asibitoci, makarantu, da sauran cibiyoyi muhimman. Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim, masanin makamashi, ya ce “Gwamnatin Tarayya ta yi wa al’umma zagon Æ™asa, domin ba zai yiwu ba cewa wasu jihohi suke da wutar lantarki, yayin da wasu suke fama da matsalar rashin wutar lantarki”.
A Jos, babban birnin jihar Plateau, mazauna yankin suna cikin matsala saboda rashin wutar lantarki, wadanda suke zuwa bankuna, tashar man fetur, da bukuku don naÉ—a wayoyinsu. Mrs. Gyang Timothy, wadda ke sayar da soft drinks a Gada Biu, ta ce “Ba na sayar da komai tun bayan rashin wutar lantarki ya fara, saboda abokan ciniki na son inkiya É—in su zafi”.
Kungiyar Kwadagon Jaridu ta Nijeriya, reshen jihar Plateau, ta bayar da taimako ga mambobinta, inda ta samar da wuri don naÉ—a wayoyi da laptops a hedikwatar ta. Gwamnatin jihar Plateau ta kuma yi kira ga mazauna yankin da su yi shiru, inda ta ce tana aiki tare da hukumomin da suka dace don dawo da wutar lantarki.
