Evaluation of the Roadmap to Power Sector Reforms in a Developing Economy

Electricity as a vital tool in national development is receiving increasing attention from various regimes of Government in Nigeria. Obviously, there is a great deal of potentials for investors in the country, this is the idea behind the reforms in the industry. The recent roadmap to the reform of electricity industry in the country is a veritable pointer to this argument. Meanwhile, therein lay a number of critical issues that must be addressed to ensure a profitable and highly efficient electricity industry. Thus a critical approach to these issues is really a source of inspiration for a number of proffered solutions herein supplied. On this note, it is the intention of these researchers to pay close attention to matters arising from past efforts towards efficient supply of electricity with regard to the recently implemented reform as well as the way forward to ensure an effective and efficient reform in the industry. This work will be a useful tool and reference material for other developing economies in Africa and Asia.