ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION OFFICIALS BEING ATTACKED BY THEIR NIGERIA CONSUMERS – ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF THE FRUSTRATION AND ANGER BUILDING UP IN THE HEARTS OF MANY
April 8, 2021 | News
The ugly truth is that for quite some time now and still counting; Nigerians are getting more hungrier, more unsure of their safety and protection, more frustrated, more desperate to survive, more stressed to their limits of containment daily, and have become so angry that people are either driven to act inhuman and inconsiderate in the slightest provocation,
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION OFFICIALS BEING ATTACKED BY THEIR NIGERIA CONSUMERS – ANOTHER EVIDENCE OF THE FRUSTRATION AND ANGER BUILDING UP IN THE HEARTS OF MANY
The ugly truth is that for quite some time now and still counting; Nigerians are getting more hungrier, more unsure of their safety and protection, more frustrated, more desperate to survive, more stressed to their limits of containment daily, and have become so angry that people are either driven to act inhuman and inconsiderate in the slightest provocation, or some just give-up the ghost as they slump – for not being able to handle it anymore. While some others are expressing their frustrations on fellow Nigerians who are seen as ‘officials of Government’ and their institutions they represent. To complicate issues, it is as if nothing seems to work as everything and every sector is replete with a lot of problems that are making things worse, thereby further dwindling the little hope Nigerians had when this administration came on board.
I am sure most of us have seen the video online said to be ‘Area boys’ pursuing a supposed electricity Distribution man in Warri, Delta State, to the point he was practically dragged down from an electric pole while trying to escape from the mob. While we cannot say for sure, when and where the said video was taken, and if it was actually recorded in Warri, Delta State, as there is no evidence as seen in the said video to suggest so. However, the said incident is a classic example of the fact that “Everywhere is tensed up in Nigeria! And people are not smiling at all.”
This reminded me of similar videos that were online early this year, of electricity distribution officials getting aggressively attacked by residents, as they try to disconnect their electricity supply. In one of the videos, an elderly man who is disabled, and an older woman was seen trying to rough handle and prevent the said electricity distribution officials from disconnecting their power supply. Regardless of what might be the reason for these incidents and developments, the bottom line is that these are pictures of poverty and hardship being thrust at a people, who evidently could no longer take it anymore. Hence, their only response is anger and frustration, which have been accumulated over the years as a result of the ineptitude in Governance by political leaders of this era. Who is not aware of the electricity scam and fraud in the country?
It is only in Nigeria that electricity distribution to the populace has been a total fraud and scam, and our supposed Government at the Federal and State levels are just there watching. The Nigerian Government at the Federal and State levels have practically gone to sleep, as they have shown no iota of concern in addressing these overwhelming public complaints, and the insincerity being perpetrated by DISCOS, against the Nigerian people. Yet, they have increased the electricity tariff in the country. It is only in Nigeria that you would see, where you, as an individual (landlord) or group of persons, would be required to buy electric Poles (either concrete or wooden), and also buy the electric Cable(s) and the Meter (be it analog or pre-paid), before the so-called DISCO managing the area concerned, would connect you to the electricity supply to your house/building. And it does not end there, as you are always required to contribute money to buy or replace the Community Transformer or any time something is spoilt in it. But as soon as you have done all these, both the said electric Poles, Cables, Meters and Transformers automatically become the sole property of the said Electricity Distribution Company concerned.
This is just one example of the sort of things the Nigerian citizenry are daily subjected to. And that is how it is across the sectors in the country. Sadly, the disposition and thinking of many well-meaning Nigerians and general masses is that the ‘unwillingness’ and almost refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to genuinely listen to the cries of Nigerians and consider the alternative opinions of some experts on how to reposition the economy to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians, is making matter worst for the country. And we really wonder how long are we going to continue like this as a nation, if we really want things to change for the good of all.
To borrow the statement issued some few months ago by a concerned civil servant, he said President Buhari should realize that “a nation of hungry people is a nation of angry people” and he should seek help from economic experts in the country, not minding their political, religious and ethnic affiliations.”
“It is no longer about politics. Rather, it is about preventing hunger from exterminating Nigerians and we are sure that the President himself knows that hunger does not understand political parties. A bag of rice that was less than N8,000 when President Buhari assumed office is now over N25,000! How can a civil servant survive with his minimum wage under this situation? Even basic drugs and medicare are getting out of the reach of the common people and the resultant effect of this will be avoidable deaths! The harsh reality is that a Nigerian whose income was N100,000 per month in 2015 and still earning the same N100,000 now is actually earning less than N40,000 because what he could buy with N100,000 then cannot be bought with N200,000 now. This is the worst time for parents whose children and wards need to go back and remain in school. How to pay school fees is causing depression for a lot of parents under the Buhari administration. “All these are signs that President Buhari needs help from those who can assist the country…Therefore, our President should listen to suggestions being offered by Nigerians on ways to bring the country’s economy out of its woes than it is now.”
It is said that “desperate times call for desperate measures.” We are indeed in such desperate times, which requires the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Team to urgently adopt ‘desperate’ measures to caution against the dire effects the Nigerian economy is punching the bellies of Nigerians.
There is the need for President Buhari and his Team to find out from Nigerians what his CHANGE Message now means to everyone. Maybe that will make them have a rethink the way they are currently handling things. Almost every day we hear of kidnappings, killings, terrorist attacks, banditry, armed robberies, cultism activities, and all kinds of criminal activities, more than we had seen or heard of before. Though there is no excuse for crime, the Nigerian Government at all levels have consistently failed to improve the lives and standard of living of the general masses. We blame the Nigerian Government of the day at all levels for their failures, the consequences of which we are now seeing all around us. And the sad reality is, if the country’s political leaders should continue on its current unproductive and selfish paths, we would continue to see the outbursts of bottled-up anger and frustration of Nigerians in different degrees about the ineptitude of the Government.
Zik Gbemre.
April 8, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes
The ugly truth is that for quite some time now and still counting; Nigerians are getting more hungrier, more unsure of their safety and protection, more frustrated, more desperate to survive, more stressed to their limits of containment daily, and have become so angry that people are either driven to act inhuman and inconsiderate in the slightest provocation, or some just give-up the ghost as they slump – for not being able to handle it anymore. While some others are expressing their frustrations on fellow Nigerians who are seen as ‘officials of Government’ and their institutions they represent. To complicate issues, it is as if nothing seems to work as everything and every sector is replete with a lot of problems that are making things worse, thereby further dwindling the little hope Nigerians had when this administration came on board.
I am sure most of us have seen the video online said to be ‘Area boys’ pursuing a supposed electricity Distribution man in Warri, Delta State, to the point he was practically dragged down from an electric pole while trying to escape from the mob. While we cannot say for sure, when and where the said video was taken, and if it was actually recorded in Warri, Delta State, as there is no evidence as seen in the said video to suggest so. However, the said incident is a classic example of the fact that “Everywhere is tensed up in Nigeria! And people are not smiling at all.”
This reminded me of similar videos that were online early this year, of electricity distribution officials getting aggressively attacked by residents, as they try to disconnect their electricity supply. In one of the videos, an elderly man who is disabled, and an older woman was seen trying to rough handle and prevent the said electricity distribution officials from disconnecting their power supply. Regardless of what might be the reason for these incidents and developments, the bottom line is that these are pictures of poverty and hardship being thrust at a people, who evidently could no longer take it anymore. Hence, their only response is anger and frustration, which have been accumulated over the years as a result of the ineptitude in Governance by political leaders of this era. Who is not aware of the electricity scam and fraud in the country?
It is only in Nigeria that electricity distribution to the populace has been a total fraud and scam, and our supposed Government at the Federal and State levels are just there watching. The Nigerian Government at the Federal and State levels have practically gone to sleep, as they have shown no iota of concern in addressing these overwhelming public complaints, and the insincerity being perpetrated by DISCOS, against the Nigerian people. Yet, they have increased the electricity tariff in the country. It is only in Nigeria that you would see, where you, as an individual (landlord) or group of persons, would be required to buy electric Poles (either concrete or wooden), and also buy the electric Cable(s) and the Meter (be it analog or pre-paid), before the so-called DISCO managing the area concerned, would connect you to the electricity supply to your house/building. And it does not end there, as you are always required to contribute money to buy or replace the Community Transformer or any time something is spoilt in it. But as soon as you have done all these, both the said electric Poles, Cables, Meters and Transformers automatically become the sole property of the said Electricity Distribution Company concerned.
This is just one example of the sort of things the Nigerian citizenry are daily subjected to. And that is how it is across the sectors in the country. Sadly, the disposition and thinking of many well-meaning Nigerians and general masses is that the ‘unwillingness’ and almost refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to genuinely listen to the cries of Nigerians and consider the alternative opinions of some experts on how to reposition the economy to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians, is making matter worst for the country. And we really wonder how long are we going to continue like this as a nation, if we really want things to change for the good of all.
To borrow the statement issued some few months ago by a concerned civil servant, he said President Buhari should realize that “a nation of hungry people is a nation of angry people” and he should seek help from economic experts in the country, not minding their political, religious and ethnic affiliations.”
“It is no longer about politics. Rather, it is about preventing hunger from exterminating Nigerians and we are sure that the President himself knows that hunger does not understand political parties. A bag of rice that was less than N8,000 when President Buhari assumed office is now over N25,000! How can a civil servant survive with his minimum wage under this situation? Even basic drugs and medicare are getting out of the reach of the common people and the resultant effect of this will be avoidable deaths! The harsh reality is that a Nigerian whose income was N100,000 per month in 2015 and still earning the same N100,000 now is actually earning less than N40,000 because what he could buy with N100,000 then cannot be bought with N200,000 now. This is the worst time for parents whose children and wards need to go back and remain in school. How to pay school fees is causing depression for a lot of parents under the Buhari administration. “All these are signs that President Buhari needs help from those who can assist the country…Therefore, our President should listen to suggestions being offered by Nigerians on ways to bring the country’s economy out of its woes than it is now.”
It is said that “desperate times call for desperate measures.” We are indeed in such desperate times, which requires the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Team to urgently adopt ‘desperate’ measures to caution against the dire effects the Nigerian economy is punching the bellies of Nigerians.
There is the need for President Buhari and his Team to find out from Nigerians what his CHANGE Message now means to everyone. Maybe that will make them have a rethink the way they are currently handling things. Almost every day we hear of kidnappings, killings, terrorist attacks, banditry, armed robberies, cultism activities, and all kinds of criminal activities, more than we had seen or heard of before. Though there is no excuse for crime, the Nigerian Government at all levels have consistently failed to improve the lives and standard of living of the general masses. We blame the Nigerian Government of the day at all levels for their failures, the consequences of which we are now seeing all around us. And the sad reality is, if the country’s political leaders should continue on its current unproductive and selfish paths, we would continue to see the outbursts of bottled-up anger and frustration of Nigerians in different degrees about the ineptitude of the Government.
Zik Gbemre.
April 8, 2021
We Mobilize Others To Fight For Individual Causes As If Those Were Our Causes