SIR: I still don’t know and understand the benefit of your work (privatisation) in the power sector. The dissatisfaction of Nigerians in the supply of power was what impelled the privatisation of the sector for better power generation and supply.

Yet, after several years of privatisation, we are still where we were before the privatisation. I can say confidently that the privatisation of power was a scam since the expected result cannot be achieved after over 10 years of the so-called privatisation.

The problem of epileptic power supply is still being experienced in many places across the country, the lack of power supply itself can be seen in different places in the country, the extortion of consumers by the companies supplying darkness instead of power and many more are still in place. Many homes are without metres and the AEDC, the companies in charge of power supply collect money from their customers even when the power is not given. In many cases, you get to see light when there are a few days remaining for the month to end so that customers won’t say they don’t have power.

I am writing with pains because I was among those whose hope was high that after privatisation, the problem in the power sector would be a thing of history, but unfortunately, the story is the same. If this is how privatisation works, then, I am calling on the BPE not to privatise again.

Every year, the Nigerian government budgets billions for purchase of diesel for the alternative power, demonstrating that the power sector in the country is not reliable.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in one of his campaign rallies, said if he failed to give stable power supply in his first tenure, no one should vote him again for a second term in office.

We have a year left for his tenure to come to an end. Now, what magic can the President perform within this infinitesimal time to ensure 24 hours of power supply in the country?
Pius Awuna, Maitama, Abuja. [email protected]