Abuja has decided to suspend its electricity supply to Niger, wanting to align itself with the sanctions of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) which has, among other things, decreed the freezing of “all transactions of service, including energy transactions”, in the aftermath of the military putsch perpetrated on July 26 in Niamey.
This initiative could have unfortunate consequences insofar as, according to the Nigerian Electricity Company (Nigelec), more than two thirds of the electricity in Niger comes from Nigeria, its main supplier. Electricity shortages have already occurred in Niamey, according to some sources.
The West African organization gave, on Sunday July 30, a one-week deadline to the putschist soldiers to restore constitutional order, alongside other sanctions relating to the closing of borders and the suspension of financial transactions.
An extraordinary meeting of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense Staff on the political situation in Niger began on August 2 and will end on Friday August 4.
The organization has initiated more than one step to obtain the release of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and the return to constitutional order.
By OMA Newsletter N° 1276 of 03/08/2023
Article published under the direction of Dr. Najib Kettani
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