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ABSTRACT
The objective of this research is to analyze the impact of power supply outage on the performance (productivity and profitability) of small and medium enterprises. This research is a cross sectional survey. Sample of 32 SMEs were selected using a non-probability sampling procedure in form of purposive sampling techniques. Criterion for the selection of the SMEs includes their location within the sokoto metropolis as well as use of electricity in the business operation. Structured questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. MRM in a form of OLS was employed. StataCorp 14.0 (2015) was used to analyze the data. The result of the finding reveals that 90.91% of the enterprises studied indicated that power supply outage was the major constrained to their productivity and profitability with average of 180 hour of power outage per month lasting 6-8 hours per day causing the enterprises an average of N300, 000:00 monthly, and power supply outage negatively affect the performance of the studies SMEs. This study suggested that there was need for the sokoto state authority to establish an independent power plant in order to bridge the gap from the National grid for improved efficiency of SMEs with the metropolis and the SMEs should used renewable energy as alternative to generating set.
Keywords: Power Supply Outage, Generation, Transmission nd Distribution
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