You see, I write this very post with so much vex in my heart.. Why is there still general blackout in Nigeria? Why can't we just deliver oureslves and help our ailing economy by acheiving maximum power( electricity) supply like every other country like Ghana? Would you beleive that in this age and time, I know of a place in Enugu State where power generation is being shared in days (2 days on, 1 day off), yet the power is not even constant nor is it reliable in those two days that they are to have light, whereas on the day that is to be off, the power distribution company won't even wait for day break before cutting off their power supply for the wole day till whenever they like on the next day. Haba! The worse and most annoying part of it was that when it is time to pay the billing charge, the amount of money charged on the poor, voiceless and cheated power consumers was outrageous and ridiculous. Like they are paying for the darkness/blackout they are forced to endure, else they would face immediate disconnection which comes with a penalty fee upon reconnection. Business in Nigeria can hardly ever grow or florish because this lack of electricity makes buiness owners to spend more money on alternative sources of power supply than on necessary capital project for their businesses.
Even me that is talking is seriously affected because it affects my current reaserch work and blogging career as I need LIGHT to keep my laptop and smartphone always on and available. It is so frustrating because this epileptic power supply can also lead to unnecessary and avoidable deaths.
Please whoever is in charge, or whoever knows whoever is in charge should in God's name plead with them to change for the better by increasring their rate of power supply nationwide because we all really need it.
The government should help us to help ourselves because I seriously believe that should our electricity generation situation improve, a huge percentage of our small scale businesses, our economy would receive an instant boost and the rate of umemployment or job seekers would reduce because many industrious young Nigerians would become self employed as the cost of running a business would become affordable.
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