‘Lack of electricity makes people engage their wives early, doubles population’ – Fayose

The chairman of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ayodele Fayose, has linked Nigeria’s rising population to the lack of electricity, saying poor power supply forces people to stay indoors at night.
Fayose made the remark during a chat with Arise News, where he explained that the absence of electricity limits nightlife and other forms of recreation, leaving people with fewer alternatives in the evening.
He said, “Why you don’t address this issue of electricity? The people at that level have no alternative attraction. Nothing else matters to them. After 7 o’clock, it gets dark there.”
According to him, people resort to staying at home and going to bed early because there are limited e...