The lack of electricity is pervasive in rural Nigeria, where 90 million people live entirely off the grid.  Zaharaddeen Umar, from the German public service broadcaster, DW, asked people in one village in far northern Katsina State how they get by in the dark.  Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari comes from Daura in Katsina State.

The village of Unguwar Dogo, comprised of some 2,000 households, has never been connected to the electricity grid. Jamilu Sanusi, a 34-year-old resident, says the villagers are in dire need of electricity.

"We have to travel to another village to charge our mobile phones. It usually takes 40 minutes to reach the place. But if there was electricity here, we could charge the phones from the comfort of our homes," says Sanusi.

The people of Unguwar Dogo depend largely on subsistence farming, but during dry spells the young among them have to move to urban areas to make a living. Youth leader Adamu Haruna says the absence of electricity is fueling the exodus.

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