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Nigerian Government Solves Electricity Problem With New Innovative Approach by Nobody: 7:36am On Mar 12, 2011 |
Nigeria solves electricity problem by giving a generator to each household Abuja - The joke goes that Nigerian men are the most romantic men in the world - because they always have dinner by candle light. But as jokes go, this one is a play on the fact that the Giant of Africa subjects her citizens to perpetual darkness due to the Nation's legendary epileptic power generation. Well, those days of eating dinner by candle light are now over, thanks to the Federal government's announcement that every household in the nation will be given a generator to tackle the electricity problem once and for all. This news follows announcement of billions of Naira allocated in the 2011 budget for purchase of generators for the Nations Embassies. Shocked Nigerians reacted by questioning the rationale behind buying generators for use in countries like France, China, and the USA where power outages are as rare as Paris Hilton farting, but the government soon announced that a typo in the budget was responsible for what looked like a colossal waste of public funds. According to the government, the budgetary allocation for generators is not meant for the nation's embassies, but for every home in the country. This, it seems, is the government's answer to the problem of power generation. According to a source in the presidency, "When everyone has a generator, we will close down NEPA (PHCN) and replace it with GDA; Generator Distribution Authority." A spokesperson for an opposition party has since condemned the generator-for- everyone policy as a ploy to win votes in the April 2011 elections. According to him, Nigerians should be vigilante and take the news with more than a pinch of salt because, as he said, "They are only deceiving people so that they will vote for them. The only party that can solve electricity problem is our party. Our chairman is the biggest importer of generators, so only he can guarantee that every Nigerian will get one generator each." He further said: "I am sure that the generators they are buying are fake or tokunbo, or those small, small, I-better-pass- my-neighbour things. Our party chairman only imports original British Made Perkins generators from china! He is their sole distributor, so only he can import best quality generators for every Nigerian." Ordinary Nigerians have received the news with mixed feelings. While some citizens have praised the national government thinking outside the box, others - who have read too much book - are talking about noise pollution, inflationary pressure on price of fuel, and something they call the ozone layer. Others seem to have adopted the wait and see mentality, and as one Mr Dantin Tomasi said: "Ol' boy, na like so they promise us during 50th Anniversary say they go bake the biggest cake in the word. You, you see cake?" Jowo Mabinu, for wazobiareport.com check out the link: wazobiareport.com/reports/Nigeria-solves-electricity-problem-by-giving-a-generator-to-each-household my mechanic and i finally got the gen running last nite but when morning came and time to switch off, another wahala com dey, gen no gree off! Despite all our best efforts to turn back the key. It finally did tho when a smart guy pulled on some mechanical thingy on the body. |
Re: Nigerian Government Solves Electricity Problem With New Innovative Approach by Nobody: 7:45am On Mar 12, 2011 |
For anyone who still doesn't realize it, the post is a joke. |
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