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A broken transformer in Badagry, Nigeria that hasn’t worked for over 5 years. Local residents say electricity officials have never been sent to repair it.

A broken transformer in Badagry, Nigeria that hasn’t worked for over 5 years. Local residents say electricity officials have never been sent to repair it. Emmanuel Akinwotu/NPR hide caption

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In Africa’s most populous country more than a third of residents have no access to electricity. Even those connected to the nation’s crumbling power grid cannot rely on it. And the situation isn’t improving. We go to Nigeria to see how people cope with the lack of access to power.

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