Nigerian activist and lawyer Deji Adeyanju has triggered fresh reactions online after sharing his perspective on electricity expectations in the country.
Speaking on the Honest Bunch Podcast, he said Nigerians are not necessarily insisting on uninterrupted 24-hour power supply, but on steady electricity during the most important hours of daily life.
According to him, what many citizens really want is simple reliability in the morning and at night, rather than constant supply throughout the day.
“Nigerians don’t even want 24 hours light, can they even afford 24 hours light? Nigerians just want to come home at 8pm and meet light so they won’t sweat when they sleep and also meet the light by 7am so they can iron their clothes and then you can take the light and divert it to where factories are,” he said.
He argued that Nigerians have modest expectations and should not be viewed as demanding when it comes to power supply.
“Nigerians are not asking for much and they’re the easiest people to please. How can this be too much?” he added.
