Nigeria’s electricity crisis needs bankability, not just devolution - Africa at LSE (opens in new tab)

The Electricity Act 2023 has been hailed as the foundation of Nigeria’s energy sector reform by giving more power to the states. But, Seun Adeyemo writes, devolution alone will not deliver reliable electricity. Until 2023, electricity in Nigeria was a federal matter. Under the 1999 Constitution, the country’s 36 states could not legally generate, transmit,