Lagos 'Sun Tax': Charging for Solar Panels While the Grid Fails

Nigeria suffers chronic power outages. Citizens endure darkness daily. Lagos now adds insult to injury by demanding fees for home solar panels. Residents in state housing estates must obtain costly approvals before installing panels. A viral clip shows ministry officials harassing a homeowner over an unapproved setup. Globally, solar levies are linked to net-metering on stable grids. Lagos’s fees have no such justification. Many users run off-grid and won’t feed power back. Forcing approvals punishes self-reliance and stifles a vital alternative to a collapsing national grid. Spain repealed its own solar tax after EU intervention. India banned similar fees to promote clean energy. Lagos should follow suit before other states copy a ‘sun tax’ and even impose levies on rainwater or drilled wells.

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