Nigeria's Roadmap for Power Sector Reform -- Will It Succeed.

摘要

Nigeria has an electricity problem. Decades of neglect and mismanagement have left the nation with an anemic electrical power grid, one that is utterly incapable of powering the modern economy of Nigeria's aspirations. Recognizing that solving Nigeria's electricity woes are foundational to achieving the 'Nigeria Vision 20: 2020' socio-economic development goals, the Goodluck Jonathan administration has put electrical power sector reform among its highest priorities. The administration's ambitious reform plan is captured in the 'Roadmap for Power Sector Reform,' a well-conceived framework to address the nation's electricity problems. However, the Roadmap faces significant endemic and systemic challenges -- technical and fiscal constraints, fragile public support, political opposition, corruption, and criminal/security issues -- that will blunt progress and cause Nigeria to fall short of its power sector reform goals.