The Spin
Narrative A
Nigeria's much-touted power sector privatization was supposed to end the country's electricity woes. However, this transition has hardly improved the electricity supply — with generation fluctuating well below installed capacity, and outages continue to frustrate the residents. The government can only achieve a reliable electricity supply by revamping its power infrastructure and increasing its share of renewables.
Narrative B
Nigeria's government has invested billions to improve the dismal state of its electricity supply and increase the performance of distribution and generation companies. Through the Nigeria-Siemens network improvement project, which would deploy ten power transformers and ten mobile substations nationwide, end-to-end operational capacity will increase to 7K megawatts by 2030.