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Nigeria: how many hours ELECTRICITY do you get a day?

2,342 views · Published 14 June 2012 · 1:27 · Indexed 26 September 2026

Channel: BattaBox · 2012 · Entertainment

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(Nigeria News) Rich or poor - it is a common denominator in Nigeria... electricity.

"We no get light at all!" laughs one guy. "Maybe ten seconds."

NEPA ("Never Expect Power Always") or, as it is now officially named, PHCN ("Please Have Candles Nearby") has become a symbol of the corruption and collapse of government institutions in Nigeria.

But the problem is so endemic that it can be easy to forget how serious it is for most Nigerians, so BattaBox headed out to ask the simple but powerful question... and the answers are still shocking...

Some people go for weeks, maybe months with no electricity in their homes and business - relying on generators and expensive fuel costs to survive (charge mobile phones, switch on lights, computers, anything!)

"In my area we have not had PHCN for 3 or 4 days and if they even bring it at all, maybe in a couple of minutes they will take it again," said one man going to work in a Keke Napep.

Headlines in Nigeria News recently covered the resignation of Nigeria's Power Minister - Barth Nnaji - resigned from his post. No proper explanation has been given but he was put in charge of President Goodluck's promise to privatise the power sector. So far, Nigerians have yet to see any noticeable benefits of the promised power sector reform or the tens of billions of dollars that have been invested in PHCN since President Obasanjo came to power in 1999.

Still Nigerians continue to suffer and smile and we put together this humorous video to show exactly what the PHCN / NEPA problem means for Nigeria's struggling homes and businesses...


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