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Electric Power Deficit and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Sectoral Analysis

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  • James Tumba Henry

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Adamawa State University, Mubi, Nigeria,)

  • Bassey Enya Ndem

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.)

  • Ofem Lekam Ujong

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.)

  • Chijioke Mercy Ihuoma

    (Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.)

Abstract

In addition to capital and labour, electricity supply is another important factor that promotes economic growth in an economy. Often times, economic resources are used to generate electricity for domestic consumption by different sectors of an economy. In Nigeria however, the generated KWh is far higher than what eventually gets to the final consumers due to technical inefficiencies associated with electric power transmission and distribution in the supply chain resulting in huge losses. Thus, this study investigated the effect of electric power deficit proxied by electric power transmission and distribution losses on economic growth (disaggregated into agricultural and industrial RGDP) in Nigeria. This study employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model and time series data from 1981 to 2017. The hypotheses tested in this study were done at 5 and 10 percent levels of significance. The result obtain revealed that a 1 percent increase in electric power transmission and distribution losses will decrease agricultural output by 3 percent in the long run but insignificant in the short run. Similarly, electric power transmission and distribution losses do not have significant effect on industrial output. It was therefore recommended that the government should construct energy farms to muster and store the electricity that is produced before they are transmitted to the final consumers.

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  • James Tumba Henry & Bassey Enya Ndem & Ofem Lekam Ujong & Chijioke Mercy Ihuoma, 2021. "Electric Power Deficit and Economic Growth in Nigeria: A Sectoral Analysis," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 11(6), pages 508-516.
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    Keywords

    technical inefficiencies; electric power deficit; economic growth; energy farms;
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    JEL classification:

    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
    • C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • L70 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - General
    • Q19 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Other
    • Q43 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Energy and the Macroeconomy

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