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- Written by David Samson
Earlier this week, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria raised the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 26.75% from 26.25%.
Events in Kano on Thursday the 23rd of May, 2024 happened with uncanny rapidity. From the state House of Assembly convening for a third reading and passage of the Emirate Bill; to the signing into law, the formality of convening the kingmakers and restoration of Muhammadu Sanusi to the throne; it was a crescendo!
This world is full of incidents that are too strange to be dismissed as mere coincidences. They may just be the divine arrangements or manipulations of the Celestial Choir (apologies to Hon Patrick Obaihagbon) to prove His superiority over us.
Research has it that Nigeria has the lowest access to electricity globally with about 92 million persons out of the country’s 200 million population lacking access to power. It is no news that electricity access is one of the challenges faced in the country with issues like constant power outages in many parts of the county.