Nigeria, World Bank bicker on Country’s Electricity Supply Hour, Others

The Nigerian Government has rejected a survey conducted by the World Bank, questioning claims in the survey that 78% of power consumers in Nigeria get less than 12 hours of daily supply of electricity. The government’ which said this in a statement sent to Platforms Africa issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr. Ahmad Rufai Zakari, argued that it was unclear what empirical evidence the World Bank used to arrive at the figures, insisting that power distribution to consumers is steadily improving.…

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