Ayra Starr also appealed to African leaders to address electricity challenges, stressing that every child deserves electricity and other basic social amenities for proper growth.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Afrobeats singer and songwriter Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has revealed that a poor electricity supply in Nigeria impacted her childhood negatively.
She made this known recently while speaking at the Global Citizen NOW event in New York, United States.
According to Ayra Starr, had she grown up in an environment with a steady electricity supply, her life would have been different.
She added that the epileptic power supply affected her education, career development, and even her family’s means of livelihood.
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The 23-year-old artist said: “Every Nigerian child has faced some type of electricity issues. My grandma used to sell tomatoes and pepper and I used to assist her. We had to sell them quickly because we didn’t have electricity to store them.
“The harsh experience made me who I am today, because I had to find ways to do what I had to do without the comfort of electricity.
“Growing up, having electricity would have made a big difference. If I came back from school and I had AC or even a fan in the heat while doing my assignments, that would have made a big difference.”
She went on to appeal to African leaders to address electricity challenges across the continent, stressing that every child deserves electricity and other basic social amenities for proper growth.
