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Nigeria overtakes Congo as worst in global access to electricity

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Nigeria has overtaken the Democratic Republic of Congo with the highest number of citizens that lack access to electricity.

World Bank Group officials who made the announcement during a virtual engagement with power reporters in Abuja on the Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP), said Nigeria has 25 percent of people without access to electricity.

The international financial agency’s officials revealed that while electrification in the country has been growing at 1.1% yearly since 2010, it has not kept pace with the population growth of 3% yearly. This has increased the deficit by 3 million people to 85m which is 57% of the population.

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