The state of electricity supply in Nigeria is nothing to write home about.The situation has resulted in the government adopting the privatization policy as the elixir to the affliction of inadequate power supply in the country.Thus, this paper investigated the privatization policy of the power sector and how it affects development in the rural areas of the Ijumu local government of Kogi State, Nigeria. The modernization theory was adopted in this paper. Data acquired from 120 respondents selected with the use of the three-stage sampling procedure, was analyzed with Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS/PC) Version 20.The study revealed that privatization of the power sector has not transformed into a significant improvement in electricity supply.Consequently, the study recommends that there is need for the government to ensure that the policy adopted should be of optimum form to achieve the desired results.

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民营化政策与农村发展：对科吉州伊朱姆地方政府中尼日利亚电力控股公司的评估

尼日利亚的电力供应状况简直是无话可说。这种情况导致政府采取私有化政策作为困扰该国电力供应不足的灵丹妙药。因此，本文研究了电力的私有化政策部门及其对尼日利亚科吉州依朱姆地方政府农村地区发展的影响。本文采用了现代化理论。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS / PC）第20版对使用三阶段抽样程序从120名受访者中选出的数据进行了分析。研究表明，电力部门的私有化并未转化为电力行业的显着改善。电力供应。因此，