{"id":3233,"date":"2026-08-08T13:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:08:46","slug":"fayose-poor-electricity-supply-contributes-to-nigerias-population-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/2026\/08\/08\/fayose-poor-electricity-supply-contributes-to-nigerias-population-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Fayose: Poor Electricity Supply Contributes to Nigeria\u2019s Population Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has linked Nigeria\u2019s poor electricity supply to the country\u2019s rising population, joking that early darkness encourages people to stay indoors.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fayose, when electricity fails and darkness sets in early, especially around 7 p.m., many people simply retire home, leaving fewer options for nightlife and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we address the electricity problem, there will be nightlife,\u201d Fayose said, highlighting the broader social and economic impact of reliable power supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has linked Nigeria\u2019s poor electricity supply to the country\u2019s rising population, joking that early darkness encourages people to stay indoors. According to Fayose, when electricity fails and darkness sets in early, especially around 7 p.m., many people simply retire home, leaving fewer options for nightlife and entertainment. \u201cIf we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianreporters.com\/NG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}