Nigeria Ranks Second After Yemen In Worst Electricity Supply In 2017 Index
The epileptic nature of electricity in Nigeria, touted as Africa’s ‘giant’, has been laid bare in the 2017 The Spectator Index, coming second after war ravaged Yemen, and followed by disaster-prone Haiti.
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The Spectator Index of the world’s worst electricity supply in 2017, released today @spectatorindex twitter handle, indexed 137 countries.
“Worst electricity supply, 2017. (out of 137 countries) 1. Yemen 2. Nigeria 3. Haiti 4. Lebanon 5. Malawi 10. Venezuela 23. Pakistan 25. Argentina 29. Ethiopia 37. Bangladesh 41. South Africa 42. Sri Lanka 45. Algeria 46. Philippines 50. Turkey (WEF)”, the tweet read.
Another troubling sector was education in which Nigeria was second to the bottom with Egypt coming first from the rear.
“1. Switzerland 2. Singapore 3. Finland 5. US 16. Germany 20. UK 26. France 31. Japan 34. India 35. Indonesia 39. China 52. Russia 54. Saudi Arabia 74. Iran 94. Pakistan 99. Turkey 119. Brazil 120. Nigeria 129. Egypt”
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The platform ranked Nigeria as follow:
“Nigeria ranking, 2017 of 137 countries: Roads quality: 127th Airport quality: 125th Electricity supply: 132nd Education system: 120th Math and science: 118th Innovation: 112th Life expectancy: 133rd Security: 127th Trust in politicians: 130th”.
