Unending Power Outages Take Toll On Ordinary Nigerians

The incessant power outages currently rocking the length and breadth of the country maker no longer news to the average man. But what might be news is the huge financial hole it has dug and is still digging in the purses of small scale businesses and artisans around the country.

“The power situation is why you have so many area boys and agberos all over the place. It is also why the militias are able to recruit many young men into their fold. Do you know that in the ranks of the militias are to be found skilled welders, barbers, electricians, and others whose vocations depend on electricity? Since there is no light, they will find other things to do. I can even say that if power is stable, area boys will reduce, as well as other crimes too.”

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