Improving Electricity Access in Nigeria: Obstacles and the Way Forward

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Samson D. Yusuf
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Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi: Department of Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Samson D. Yusuf: Department of Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 335-351

Abstract: Access to electricity is vital for economic development. Developing countries around the world have made various effort to improve electrcity access. In order to improve electrcity access, the obstacles need to be properly identified. Nigeria s electrcity access have been low for a very long time with no improvement in sight. This paper examined the obstacles hindering the improvement of electricity access in Nigeria. The obstacles identified includes; low efficiency and performance, security of fuel source for power generation, data inadequacy, regulatory barriers, lack of institutional arrangement, poor grid structure, delapidated transmission and distribution network, low financial investment, lack of policy and project continuity. A way forward was presented in order to improve electricity access in Nigeria.

Keywords: Nigeria; Electricity access; Efficiency and performance; Grid structure; Energy Security. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L94 Q20 Q30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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