There is no contesting the obvious – the Nigeria power sector is trapped in a cyclic strain of hopeless inefficiency – nobody seems to have any clear – cut approach beyond half-measure experimentation procedurals nor can its affliction be properly diagnosed – let alone apply the right remedial combination for its many woes . The perception built on the problem of the sector is defective by the size of the wrong diagnosis –this perception is more of an optical illusion —the exact depth –location and spread are not what they seem at a distance. A closer in-depth look unveils a heap of mess far beyond the reach of earlier remedial prescriptions. Perhaps this explains why the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, on whose hands the baton for repositioning the power sector is, had to revise its ambitious pre-election campaign promises on the power sector.
The government seems to have made some modest effort and may not have jettisoned…
