A middle aged Hausa man have claimed to be making N180,000 from charging phones in Lafia, Nassarawa State.
Simply identified as Ibrahim Usman, the man owns a shop in Lafia, where he uses I pass my neighbor generator and solar energy to make a living.
“I took advantage of the irregular provision of electricity in Lafia and makes N180,000 monthly,” Usman told the News agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Saturday.
According to him, charging of phones and several other electrical accessories has being a source of income and it has also put food on my table and cash in my bank account.
“Although, i’m not happy that there’s irregular electricity provision in Lafia, I will say that has been to my advantage currently.
“Had power supply been stable, I would not have been able to make the N6,000 I make at least in a day. If you multiply it into 30 days, it is N180, 000 in a month,” he said.
He told NAN that he powers his business by solar energy to augment his petrol-powered generator, on which he spends N1,000 daily on fuel.