Nigeria election 2023 in Rivers state: The oil land with no electricity - BBC News

The tailors relying on generators in Nigeria's oil-rich region - a key electoral battle ground.

14 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsNigerian elections 2023Image source, BBC/Nduka OrjinmoBy Nduka OrjinmoBBC News, Rivers stateThere is a rhythm to the frenzy in this tailoring shop in the heartland of Nigeria's oil zone.

The whirring of four electric sewing machines, snips from two industrial-sized scissors and the sizzle of moist fabric as steam billows from a large pressing iron.

But another sounds jars as the six sweaty men work: the metallic grind of a generator. It is behind a wall to muzzle its noise, but that cannot hide its high pitch or the smoky fumes it exudes.

"I have two of those, just in case one fails," says Ozu Adah, a lean-muscled man with cropped hair who runs this shop in Choba, a university community in the southern state of Rivers.

Like millions of other small business owners in Nigeria, the 37-year-old tailor cannot rely on electricity from the national grid as blackouts are common and the 5,000 megawatts distributed is only enough to serve around five million average households in urban areas.

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