The Nigerian electricity value chain infrastructure is in a quandary like that of a butcher trying to cut a piece of meat with a meat tenderiser. The harder he hits or more force he applies, the more the meat loses its structure.
The electricity infrastructure is being hit by a multitude of challenges, some regional, some structural, but generally, can broadly be split into security, financing, competency, technology, and regulatory framework. These five factors can be used to characterise the components that create the domino effect of inefficiency within the industry across all aspects of the infrastructure within the value chain. These are the butcher’s meat tenderiser to the electricity industry infrastruc...for further reading, click on https://businessday.ng/energy/article/electricity-value-chain-infrastructure-demands/
Source: BusinessDay Newspaper Sept 21, 2020.