Power Sector Reform and Informal Sector Development in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

This research investigates how the power sector reform has impacted the growth of the informal economy in the Ebonyi state of Nigeria. Specific objectives were to; explore unbundling of the power holding companies of Nigeria on job creation in the Informal Economy in Ebonyi State and ascertain the frequent of power outage in the post-power sector reform and the livelihood of the small scale entrepreneurs in Ebonyi State. Survey research design was adopted. Population of the study was 3,132,897 million. Sample size of 385 was studied using Taro Yamani. The study found that unbundling of the power holding companies of Nigeria have positive effect on job creation in the Informal Economy in Ebonyi State and frequent power outage in the post-power sector reform have positive effect on the livelihood of the small scale entrepreneurs in Ebonyi State. It was recommended that government should provide access to more finance, which can be achieved by having structured credit schemes, increasing power sector skills to power sector which is possible by having continuous management and offering sector specific infrastructure to facilitate generation, transmission and distribution