In spite of the vast water resources, the hot weather, the forests and the accumulated fossil fuels, most developing countries including Nigeria are plagued by energy crises arising from the inadequate availability of power for private and commercial usage. Some of the reasons for the poor energy situation in Nigeria, with its abundant petroleum resources, have been attributed to the technological inadequacy, managerial incompetence and sabotage. The prices of petroleum products which are not affordable to the majority of the populace have remained on the increase. Apart from the price, the products are not always available and just as its occurrence is finite.