In this report, MUHAMMED LAWAL delves into the daily struggles of residents in a Lagos-Benin Republic border community, where years of power outages have left them without basic necessities The journey along the dusty roads leading to Kweme Community, located near the Nigeria-Benin border, was an arduous one. As dusk settled over the community, many Read More
Residents of Kweme, a Nigerian community on the Benin border, have lived without electricity since 2017, forcing them to cross the border to Benin Republic to charge phones and fetch water. The lack of power has crippled local businesses, particularly those reliant on refrigeration, and forced residents to rely on well water, which they must boil or purify with alum.
