Article that the sound of generator won’t let you enjoy

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Dear reader, happy new month. I wish you 30 days of glad tidings and good will.

With 3 more months to the end of the year, we can look back at all we had to endure and smile at the fact that it could be a lot worse. Somethings however can’t get any worse and there’s a pioneer member of that category;

The Nigerian power sector.

Nowadays, you know it’s a national public holiday when there’s a news publication. Do you know what I look out for? My state electricity distribution company, PHED, giving us “light” for more than 6 hours in the day time. It might sound funny to you but that’s the highlight of that day for me; A period of electricity that I can use for more than just sleeping with fan blowing while charging phone and laptop.

One look at the power sector and you can tell we deserve so much more. Why should the fact that “Nepa brought light” be a source of joy?  It shouldn’t be able to go anywhere in the first place. It doesn’t have legs na (ah ah). To be honest, we don’t have to get satisfaction from the light spoiling and it “affecting the whole street”.

Dearest reader, they say only death and taxes are certain in the universe but I can tell you another; You will put on your generator by 7pm after a long day of predicting how light is being shared in your neighborhood (After all this week is your street’s turn, right?)

Let’s bring this to a close. I’m grateful for coming this far but just think;

If you had light right now, you would feel very different reading this article


Test; How did you feel when you saw the image at the beginning? let me know in the comment section. Thank you.

Comments

  1. UnknownSeptember 1, 2020 at 12:03 PM

    I felt that this blog was gonna be talking about this nation and its nasty power supply routine and reminded me am to put on the gen cause the light just went off

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  2. UnknownSeptember 5, 2020 at 10:20 AM

    I felt you were going to expose the Nigerian power sector for what it really is—a ‘basic’ amenity that only wealthy seem to enjoy.

    ReplyDelete

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