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Electricity Power Supply In NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria is in the midst of power crises. The region’s powergeneration is lower than that of any other world region and capacity growth hasstagnated, compared with other developing regions. An estimated 93 percent of Africa’seconomically viable hydropower potential or 937 terawatt hours (TWH) per year, aboutone-tenth of the world’s total – remains unexploited. Much of that is located in theDemocratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Angola, Madagascar, Gabon,Mozambique and Nigeria (in descending order by capacity).Power supply is one of the greatest avenues for economic empowerment of the peoplewhen it is available on a regular basis. All the small and medium scale industries operateeffectively when there is regular supply of power. The pepper grinder, the vulcanizers, thepure water factory, the tailoring machines, the poultry feed mill, the bakery to mention butfew to certain extent rely on power supply to operate optimally and this is the major waycitizen can be empowered.Furthermore, the major factories can only thrive profitably when public supply of power isregular, recently, many companies have folded up because of epileptic power supplybeing experienced across the country and some are forced to relocate to othercountries thereby increasing the rate of unemployment and lay-off. It is like the successivegovernments of Nigeria deliberately refused to find a lasting solution to the poor powersupply in the country in order to encourage importation of generators which undoubtedlymost Nigerians relied on as an alternative for power. The supply of power from the publicmains is so important that Government should put it on priority list. Despite series of effortsand resources put in place to restructure power sector Nigerians are yet to ease a sigh ofrelief.J. Ajayi Patunola & Co.. Estate Surveyors & Valuers 14
Water Supply InfrastructureIt was said that only 50% of the population in Nigeria have access tosafe water (Report). The situation is deteriorating because the littlesupply in some towns and cities has reduced considerably due todamaged supply pipes, water treatment station problems. Many ofthe water works do not have power supply many times and have torely on generator to power the treatment plants. When the generatormaintenance has an itch, the water supply is affected.The majority have not seen any plan directed to their areas. Goodwater will ensure good health of the people. At present the mainsources of water are wells, boreholes, spring, brooks, flowing riverswhich are not safe enough for human consumption.Consequently, the spread of contagious diseases in some part of thecountry constitute an eyesore for the acclaimed giant of AfricaJ. Ajayi Patunola & Co.. Estate Surveyors & Valuers 15
Page 1 and 2: THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTION OF ESTATE
Page 3 and 4: INTRODUCTIONInfrastructure is defin
Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION CONTD.Basically, in th
Page 7 and 8: NIGERIA AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPM
Page 9 and 10: Condition of Roads in NigeriaThe ra
Page 11 and 12: Condition of Rail Transport in Nige
Page 13: Air Transport Infrastructure in Nig
Page 17 and 18: Nations General Infrastructure Inde
Page 19 and 20: SIGNIFICANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO E
Page 21 and 22: INVESTMENT REQUIRED IN ACHIEVING NI
Page 23 and 24: ATTAINING GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVEL
Page 25 and 26: Zonal CentresZonal CentresZonal Cen
Page 27 and 28: ATTAINING GOOD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVEL
Page 29 and 30: ACHIEVING VIABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DEV
Page 31 and 32: CONCLUSIONThe abundant resources in
Page 33 and 34: • Abdu Ja’afaruBambale (2011) -
Page 35 and 36: AppendixZonal Projects• SOUTH - W
Page 37 and 38: AppendixSingapore Approach: 8.1.3 (
Page 39 and 40: AppendixLIST OF NON-CRITICAL OR URG
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