Nigeria: making gas work
A recent IPP deal suggests Abuja may have a way to come good on promises to provide power to the people
NIGERIA has a massive power shortage and ambitious plans to remedy it, providing major opportunities for the gas sector. But a chaotic privatisation of electricity distribution, militant attacks on gas pipelines and a difficult investment climate means too many people depend on back-up diesel generators to see them through blackouts. It remains a difficult place for would-be gas-fired power producers. Things may be changing. President Muhammadu Buhari has prioritised power sector development, and, unlike some of his predecessors, has taken some practical steps. The most important has been to authorise a rise in electricity prices to better fund infrastructure development by power generat
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