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The National Labour Congress has dismissed a N6 trillion funding request by electricity generation companies, challenging their assertion that the union lacks competence to scrutinize developments in Nigeria's troubled power sector.

While international partnerships and state-level initiatives push to expand Nigeria's power infrastructure, the federal government has released zero naira of the N531 billion budgeted for the power sector, exposing a critical disconnect between energy ambitions and fiscal reality.

Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has criticized plans to install solar power at Nigeria's Presidential Villa for N10 billion, arguing the investment signals government abandonment of the national electricity grid as scheduled maintenance threatens widespread power outages.

Cascading utility failures are creating economic hardship for households across affected regions, with residents losing employment opportunities and facing mounting financial losses from infrastructure instability.

Nigerian oil marketer Eterna Plc has rolled out self-service fuel stations with tech startup Fuelmetrics, introducing automated pumping to Africa's largest economy as political tensions flare over the country's electricity crisis.

Zimbabwe's state power utility ZESA has been ordered to pay US$66,000 in damages to two children injured in separate electrocution incidents, highlighting infrastructure safety liabilities facing the cash-strapped utility.

Nigerian labour organizations are intensifying calls for institutional reforms across multiple sectors, with NECA demanding stronger labour justice mechanisms while NLC challenges the privatized power sector's performance and opposes government bailouts for failing electricity firms.