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1Reasons for Power Outages in BeninNy Miteraka Ny Fahatapahana Herinaratra Ao Bénin
2[All links lead to French text unless otherwise stated.]Miasa amin'ny labozia- Sary an'ny mpanoratra nanomezany alàlana.
3Burning the midnight oil - Photo by the author with permissionEfa ho andro vitsivitsy izao, niverina indray ny fahatapahan'ny herinaratra manerana an'i Bénin.
4Benin has again been experiencing power outages over several days. Following a long silence, the director of energy production for the Benin Electric Energy Company (SBEE), Saturnin Yèdonou, denied all company responsibility for these latest power cuts on the national television channel.Rehefa nangina nandritry ny fotoana ela, nanàla ny maha-tomponandraikitra ny Société Béninoise d'énergie électrique(SBEE), orinasa mpamokatra herinaratra ao Benin , ho nahatonga izany fahatapahana herinaratra vaovao izany i Saturnin Yèdonou, talen'ny famokarana ao amin'io orinasa io, tao amin'ny fampielezampeom-pirenena.
5According to Yèdonou, Nigeria, which provides some of Benin's electricity, is behind these cuts.Araka ny tenin'i Yèdonou dia ny fanjakàna nizeriana izay mamatsy ny ampahany amin'ny herinaratra ao Bénin no tomponandraikitra amin'ireny fahatapahana ireny.
6Technical difficulties with their gas-fired power stations could be the cause:Olana ara-teknika mitranga any amin'ny tobim-pihariana any amin-dry zareo , izay ahodin'entona no hoe antony :
7According to the director, these difficulties have lowered the energy level produced by the giant neighbour to the East [Nigeria] on which Benin depends. [..]Araka ny tenin'ilay tale, ireo olana ireo dia nampihena ny tanjaky ny herinaratra novokarin'ilay goavana mpifanolo-bodirindrina ao Atsinanana ao, izay iankinan'i Bénin.
8Faced with this situation, the director Saturnin Yèdonou asked people to understand that the disagreeable circumstances they are subjected to, are, once more, independent of the will of the SBEE.Eo anoloan'izany tranga izany, nanasa ny vahoaka ingahy tale Saturnin YEDONOU mba hahatsapa fa ny fahasorenana mianjady aminy dia tsy inona akory fa zavatra mbola tsy miankina amin'ny sitrapon'ny SBEE indray koa.
9Questions on the agreements with NigeriaFanontaniana vitsivitsy mikasika ny fifanarahana amin'i Nizeria
10If the energy policy is fragile this is mostly because the country depends to such a large extent on its giant neighbour. This according to the authorities responsible for the provision of energy to the people.Raha araka ny lazain'ireo manampahefana tomponandraikitra amin'ny famatsiana angovo ho an'ny vahoaka, osa ny politikan'ny angovo izay miantraika any amin'ny toekarena ny vokany ary mampihisatra ny asa fiveloman'ny olona ao Bénin, indrindra fa noho ny fiankinan-dohan'ny firenena amin'ilay goavana mpifanolo-bodirindrina aminy.
11The consequences of this dependency affect the economy and slow the activities of the Benin populace.
12TCN [en] lines from Nigeria and the VRA [en] from Ghana currently provide around 230 MW to Benin, which they have been selling to the country for tens of years.Amin'izany, ny tambajotra TCN avy ao Nizeria sy ny VRA avy ao Ghana no mamatsy eo amin'ny 230 MW eo ho an'i Bénin amin'izao fotoana, fatra izay amidin'izy ireo aminy efa hatry ny taona maro.
13However, faced with the energy deficiency situation in Benin, questions could be asked about the limits of the economic relationship between Benin and Nigeria.Saingy manoloana ity tsy fahampian'ny angovo ao Bénin ity, azo atao ny mametraka fanontaniana mikasika ny fetran'ity fifandraisana ara-toekarena eo amin'i Bénin sy Nizera ity.
14The authorities are therefore urged to enlighten us as to the contents of this agreement.Antsoiny araka izany ireo manampahefana mba hitondra fanazavana ho antsika mikasika ny votoatin'io fifanarahana io.
15Rodrigue Tokpodounsi from Cotonou wrote the following on Jolome News:Manoratra i Rodrigue Tokpodounsi ao amin'ny Jolome News :
16The belated reply from Saturnin Yèdonou brings nothing concrete.Rehefa dinihana tsara, tsy mitondra zavatra mivaingana ny fivoahan'i Saturnin Yèdonou efa taraiky loatra.
17What matters to the people of Benin, is knowing how long their troubles are going to last and which measures the authorities are going to take to spare them in future.Satria ny zava-dehibe ho an'ny olona ao Bénin dia ny mahalala hoe hatramin'ny oviana no haharetan'ny fahorian-dry zareo ary inona no fepetra raisin'ireo manampahefana mba hisorohana izany amin'ny hoavy.
18The paradoxZava-mifanohitra
19Let us find out a little more about the situation in Nigeria, on which Benin depends.Ndeha hifantohantsika akaiky ny toe-draharaha misy ao Nizeria izay iankinan'i Bénin.
20More than 60% of Nigerians, that is around 100 million people, no longer have access to electricity and half of Nigerians living in rural areas have none.Maherin'ny 60 % amin'ny Nizeriana, eo amin'ny 100 tapitrisa eo, no tsy afaka mampiasa herinaratra ary ny antsasaky ny vahoaka Nizeriana no miaina any ambanivohitra tsy misy herinaratra.
21However, an entire country (Benin), depends on the Eastern giant for its energy needs even though Nigeria has obvious difficulty meeting the needs of its own population.Kanefa, firenena iray manontlo mihitsy (i Bénin io) no miankina amin'ilay goavana ao Atsinanana mba hiantoka ny filàny rehetra amin'ny angovo, izay hita mibaribary anefa fa sarotra ho azy na dia ny hanentsina ny filàn'ny vahoakany aza.
22This situation has continued for decades.Ary efa ampolo taona maro izany toe-draharaha izany no nisy.
23To refresh our memories, in Nigeria, the largest oil producer in Africa, this situation is explained by the fact that the infrastructure does not allow conveyance of electricity to the entire territory.Ho fampahatsiahivana, ao Nizeria, izay firenena lehibe indrindra mpamokatra solika aty Afrika, ny hanazavàna izany zavatra izany dia ny hoe tsy afaka hanapariahana herinaratra hanerana ny firenena ireo fotodrafitrasa misy ankehitriny.
24Nearly two thirds of the population live below the poverty threshold and those who have access to the electricity network are subject to daily power outages.Araka izany, efa ho ny roa ampahatelon'ny vahoaka no miaina ambanin'ny fetran'ny fahantrana ary ireo mba manana fahafahana miditra amin'ny tambajotran'ny herinaratra indray dia mizaka fahatapahana isanandro.
25In the end, it seems that the energy situation in Benin is far from being sorted out.Hamaranana azy, toa raharaha mbola ho ela vao hivaha ny olan'ny angovo any Bénin.