The sorry state of Nigeria’s electricity power supply cannot be more graphically illustrated than in the recent lamentations of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) and other stakeholders. Their faultless conclusion is that development and its indices would continue to be comatose for as long as the present hiccups subsist. In short, not only does the power situation continues to threaten the country’s political and economic stability, it again poses a strong reminder that the country’s power system remains a disaster waiting to happen, unless government summons the courage to address its problems head-on. The urgent need for government to frontally tackle this issue of national disgrace cannot be over-emphasised. The OPS which is comprised of organisations such as the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) and the Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) is a critical stakeholder in the development of the Nigerian economy and needs to be taken seriously by the authorities.