Since 2005, the Federal Government of Nigeria has undertaken a long-term structural reform of the power sector to improve the provision of electricity to its citizens. The government has developed the power sector from a single state-owned utility to an unbundled system with private participation and ownership of assets across generation and distribution. This study contributes to the existing literature that unravels the implications on Nigeria's National Development. This study is situated within the output-oriented approach. This study uses new estimation methodology with data obtained from various qualitative and quantitative secondary sources while content analysis and table and pie chat were used in its analysis. Furthermore, the findings show that poor electricity supply has resulted to decay and collapse infrastructure, closure of industries as well as a rapid decline in the availability of social amenities like potable drinking water, improved health care services, etc. 1. INTRODUCTION West African states have suffered from chronic energy poverty over the years, a prevailing circumstance that is partly responsible for current low levels of economic and social development in the sub-region. The average per capita consumption of electricity in the 15 ECOWAS member states is roughly seven and a half times lower than that of OECD countries. However, despite the fact that ECOWAS member states consume very little electricity; when compared to other sub-region, they have significant energy potential (e.g., oil and gas reserves in Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d'Ivoire; hydroelectric potential in Nigeria, Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Mali; and a year-round abundant solar resource throughout the region). It is under-exploitation of these rich resources combined with inadequate policies, mainly in the area of electricity supply and distribution have prevented the citizens access to electricity, especially the poor (GNESD, 2002). Electricity production in Nigeria over the last 50 years has varied from gas-fired, oil-fired, and hydroelectric power stations, to coal-fired stations with hydroelectric power systems and gas-fired systems taking precedence. This precedence is predicated on the fact that the primary fuel sources (coal, oil, water, and gas) for these power stations are readily available. Nigeria is considered as one of the energy-rich country in the world. Nigeria is rated among the top Oil Producer in Africa, second in natural gas reserve an estimated 2 billion metric tons of coal, especially the enormous coal reserves in Enugu area. In fact, Nigeria has the 10th largest reserves of oil and gas globally, consisting of 36.2 billion barrels of oil and 1.84 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Besides, continuous power supply at the required quality remains a critical challenge for Nigeria despite her
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