A response to Senator Murray-Bruce: Beyond The Campaign rhetoric to structural reform

Daily Trust | 09-09-2026 05:31pm |

In response to Senator Ben Murray-Bruce's open letter to President Bola Tinubu on Nigeria's electricity crisis, Hassan Husaini argues that the Senator's analysis suffers from selective evidence and misdiagnosis. Husaini contends that the proposed solutions ignore basic economic and engineering realities, particularly the economics of scale that underpin successful electricity systems worldwide. He calls for intellectual honesty in addressing the sector's challenges rather than prescribing cures that could worsen the situation. The piece emphasizes that while the sector is in crisis, solutions must be grounded in sound principles.

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