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    Chicago Tribune: Bribes, Debt, $100 Billion Lost - Nigeria Can't Keep Power on

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The Chicago Tribune looks at the issues faces Nigeria's power industry at the moment, including gas shortages and pipeline vandalism

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Chicago Tribune: Bribes, Debt, $100 Billion Lost - Nigeria Can't Keep Power on

Five minutes into Frank Edozie's presentation on the challenges facing Nigeria's power industry, the electricity cut out in the Jasmine Hall at the upmarket Eko Hotel in Lagos.

"Very timely," Edozie, a former power ministry adviser and a senior consultant to the Britain-funded Nigerian Infrastructure Advisory Facility, said over the low muttering and laughter of an audience of more than 100 people. "We probably ran out of gas."

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