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Electricity is not doing much better as the country was thrown into darkness after the national electricity grid collapsed. All the eleven (11) electricity distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria were affected.
Nigerians adapt to terrible conditions; a quintessential function of man- resilience. But should you also get accustomed to performing surgery under a candle light, for instance? Sounds like a hyperbole? It isn’t. In a shocking revelation, Dataphyte found that over 43 per cent of Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) in Nigeria have no power. And for those connected to the grid, supply of electricity is often less than 5 hours per day. As a result, some PHCs resort to alternatives, unsafe substitutes like kerosene lamps and candles.
