This NEPA na Wah O

This NEPA na wah o

That is the slogan we hear everyday in this part of the World. It means the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, the major and only Electricity generating and distributing company is not living up to people's expectations. Lately, the President has been writing on facebook that Electricity generation has gone up and there is going to be improvement in supply. We were glad the first time he wrote and were eagerly awaiting the miracle. My dears, there is nothing like that. What we have is darkness as usual. As I am writing this, I am using a generating set. In Nigeria, every family generates their electricity. Infact those living in

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all have

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generator to light their homes. What a shame? Now, the Federal Government wants to remove the Oil Subsidy claiming the middlemen are the beneficiaries of the subsidy. This time government is determined to increase price of petrol no matter what. But they have forgotten that most Nigerians generate their own power since NEPA has gone to sleep. An increase in price of fuel would lead to higher costs of generating electricity for the people and organisations.

We have been hearing news of repairs of old POWER PLANTS and the building of new ones on paper, Social media and news. But in reality, there is nothing. The other time, Mr. Tony Elumelu led a team from the National Assembly to go round the Country assessing all the contracts awarded for new Power Stations by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo. What they saw were unbelievable and shocking to say the least. In other for them not to reveal what they discovered and the fraud, the contractors and the cabal accused them instead of fraud. They were arraigned and the case died there. Till date, no one has heard anything about the report. ALL the money paid out as mobilisation fees gone and the circle continued. The Government has come up with reasons why the New Power Stations are not built. It's either no gas supply or the foreigners want to run the plants on their own terms. Our Government is clueless on what to do to end this darkness that we are in. If fuel is increased, then majority of Nigeriand would no longer be able to generate electricity for themselves again. What a pity. As if that was not enough, PHCN notified Nigerians that tarriffs would be increased again. Can you imagined paying for what you dont use? Then paying more for a service that is not provided?. We are Tax payers yet we do not know where our taxes are used. No improved Infrastructure, roads still death traps and schools under lock due to decayed structures. Where is the so called dividends of democracy? For GOD's sake Let us have light now! Is that asking for too much. Afterall we were told during campaigns that Nigeria will turn to another America where everything works. Electricity is what our next door neighbours like Ghana, Togo enjoy 24/7. Why is Nigeria's case different?