LIVING WITH ENERGY CRISIS: SURVEY OF HOUSEHOLDS’COPING STRATEGIES IN KATSINA URBAN AREA, NORTHERN NIGERIA

摘要: Across much of Sub Saharan Africa, the energy sector has been facing a lot of crises that have deprived a substantial part of the population from having access to energy. The nature and effects of such crisis has been well documented but little research information exists on how people (especially urban dwellers) across much of SSA have been coping with it. Using qualitative interview data from local households in Katsina urban area of northern Nigeria, this study sets out to assess how urban dwellers cope with energy crisis. The results obtained revealed that about 90% of the households are connected to grid-based electrification but over majority (about 87%) rely on wood-based (charcoal, firewood) sources, with about 47% relying of fossil-based (kerosene, natural gas, gasoline and diesel) and less than 5% relying on renewable (wind, solar and biofuel) sources. The main challenges faced in meeting energy …