Why is there a power outage in Nigeria? I work as an electrician in a company in Nigeria. There is a power outage here every day, ranging from five or six times to more than a dozen times.

In Nigeria, there are no large hydropower stations, and they can't be built if they want to. First, domestic rivers do not meet the requirements of hydropower stations, and second, the government is unable to repair large-scale hydropower projects. How does Nigeria generate electricity? Don't forget, Nigeria is rich in oil, and their electricity is entirely supplied by diesel generators burning oil. There are several power plants in a city, all of which are high-power diesel generators (how extravagant! ! )。 However, don't think that Nigeria's state-owned oil will not be blacked out, because the Nigerian government has been slow to update the infrastructure such as power facilities since the civil war, and the annual financial investment in electricity is also very small, so power outages are normal, with an average of four or five times a day. At most, there are power outages 16 times a day, and the voltage is extremely unstable, which often burns out electrical appliances, so it is quite common to use generators in Nigeria. Generators are installed in the yard of every household and office building. As long as the power supply stops, the generators will run to generate electricity. But not everyone can afford a generator, only the rich, the middle class and companies can afford it, and the poor can't afford it, even if they can, because there is no mains supply where the poor live.