Electricity Calamity and the Sham 1999 Nigeria Constitution
1st July 2020
There are several ways of generating electricity such as using: Gas – Nigeria has it. Fossil fuel – Nigeria has it. Coal – Nigeria has it. Biomass – Nigeria has it. Wind – Nigeria has it. Hydro – Nigeria has the water for it. Nuclear – Nigeria has the Uranium for it. Solar – Nigeria has the sun for it. So why exactly is it that sixty years after Independence Nigeria remains so badly unelectrified? What is the source of the permanent under-development of the territory called Nigeria?
We do not need to look far for the answer to these important questions as observers, including experts on electricity, law and jurisprudence point us to the 1999 Nigeria Constitution. Nigerians are living witnesses (or rather, victims) that without electricity access is denied to modernity,...