And the Lights Dimmed

And the Lights Dimmed is a revelatory book about the causal events that distorted Nigeria's electric power supply sector and agelong efforts.

It follows the author from his childhood and early education in Benin City, Edo State, to the start of his career in the power supply industry from Ijebu-Ode and Sagamu in Ogun State to Yaba in Lagos. The author lays out his journey, challenges and successes in diagnosing technical and human problems in the power sector, and the rocky path of resolving issues for the present and the future.

Readers will enjoy learning about the early days of the development of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), up to the birth of the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA). They will also gain insight into the complexities of finding measures to structure and sustain the sector.