It said the privatisation of the power sector has thrown more Nigerians into darkness and widened energy poverty in 10 years. He insisted that the state must return the power sector as a social service if it must make progress as a nation. Noting that electricity was not a luxury for the rich, the NLC boss said it was a social service essential for national development. While he called for a people’s power roadmap, Ajaero acknowledged the new Electricity Act, which devolves power to the states, warning that decentralisation alone was not a magic wand. He described it as a reversal of the failed privatisation model, service-reflective tariffs, not cost-reflective extortion and public investment in generation and transmission infrastructure.

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2026 07:42 UTC