Summary: Nigeria’s power grid is losing its biggest customers, and with them, its financial lifeline. From cement giants to industrial estates, high-volume electricity users are unplugging from the national grid and generating their own power, leaving behind a fragile system increasingly propped up by overburdened residential consumers. As factories hum with privately generated electricity, households are left in the dark– literally and financially– paying more for less reliable power. This is not just a quiet e
Summary: Nigeria’s power grid is losing its biggest customers, and with them, its financial lifeline. From cement giants to industrial estates, high-volume electricity users are unplugging from the national grid and generating their own power, leaving behind a fragile system increasingly propped up by overburdened residential consumers. As factories hum with privately generated electricity, households are left in the dark– literally and financially– paying more for less reliable power. This is not just a quiet e