Does public capital expenditure reduce energy poverty? Evidence from Nigeria

Purpose Given the ever-growing fiscal commitments of Nigeria and her chequered history electricity generation distribution, fortunes energy sector in country have been affected by prevalence poverty. Government policies such as public capital expenditure (PCE) present a crucial option for reducing poverty Nigeria, providing purpose this study. Design/methodology/approach To investigate relationship between government spending five distinct proxies, research applies Bayer–Hanck cointegration system auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound test. Findings The findings indicate that worsens access to electricity, urban electrification, renewable consumption generation, with positive but insignificant influence on rural electrification. Originality/value This inquiry presents pioneering investigation nexus PCE Nigeria. Also, aside from variables adopted existing studies, study incorporates output implications sustainable development.