Nigeria, April 30 -- The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has issued a warning during a recent appearance before the Senate Committee on Power in Abuja sayingthat unless the proposed electricity tariff hike is implemented, the nation could face a severe power crisis within the next three months, potentially resulting in a nationwide blackout.

Adelabu stressed the critical need for the tariff increase to prevent the collapse of the power sector, citing the immense financial challenges it currently faces.

Adelabu said, "The entire sector will be grounded if we don't increase the tariff. With what we have now in the next three months, the entire country will be in darkness if we don't increase tariffs.

"The increment will catapult us t...