#lightupnigeria

This in my humble opinion is a very noble idea. But then again, Nigerians have had so many noble ideas, so getting new ones is almost two a-penny. What matters is follow through. Can we as a group (Chxta is a member by the way), make it work? In order to make it work, we need to do things right lest we find ourselves just blowing hot air.

Fact: Kwara state had constant power between January and March.
Fact: 23 private companies have been licensed to generate power.
Fact: Kwara state's constant power died when the NEPA Act was called into play.
Fact: if all 23 licensed power companies generate power tomorrow, they have to pump it all into the national grid.
FACT: The national grid does not have the capacity to take 4000MW, not to talk of 6000MW that the FG trumpets would be available by December.

To get a movement such as #lightupnigeria to work, the NEPA Act HAS to be repealed and power distribution, not just generation has to be opened up to competition. But can we achieve a repeal of the NEPA Act by lobbying Senators?

The Romans said, abyssus abyssum invocat. When translated word for word, that statement means hell leads to hell. But as is almost always the case in language, that was not what the great minds of Rome meant. What they meant was that one misstep leads to another. So again, how do we get the NEPA Act changed?