Aside from the Republic of Benin, Nigeria, through its electricity transmission company, supplies power to the republics of Niger and Chad and these countries are classified as international customers in the Nigerian power sector. “That is why power installations can’t carry the needed energy meant for distribution to all power consumers. Benin, Niger republics get supply despite owingFurther findings showed that international power customers including the republics of Benin and Niger had not paid for the power supplied to them by Nigeria. And this is because their distribution has a straight network.”He said Nigeria supplied almost all the power consumed in Cotonou, adding that the challenges with power distribution in Nigeria had made it difficult for consumers to enjoy stability in the power supply. International customers must pay their debtsAs the calls for payment of power supplied to international customers heightened, Mohammed stated recently that Nigeria would not hesitate to disconnect the neighbouring nations if they continued to owe.

Source: Punch December 18, 2019 23:11 UTC