According to ITUC-Africa, economic growth must lift Nigerians and other Africans out of poverty rather than deepen inequality, frowning at Nigeria’s government plans to remove subsidy on electricity. He faulted the plans by the Nigerian government to remove so-called subsidy on electricity in 2027, arguing that it is aimed at satisfying the Bretton Woods institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank. Subsidy removal will make electricity inaccessible to workers and the majority of the citizens. AdvertisementHe said, “As we speak now, Nigeria is talking of subsidy removal on electricity. All developed economies depended on public sector-driven electricity and not private sector.