Curbing the menace of saboteurs in Nigeria's electricity sector

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo once said, "attempting to solve the problem of power supply in this country is like deepening your hands into potopoto". Meaning, no matter how principled you are, how holy you are, how uncorrupt you are e.t.c, if you involve yourself in electricity matters you must soil your hands. So, it is better to stay clear rather than drag your name into the mud. The cabals holding the sector to ransom are like spirits who work in the invincible. So, no matter what effort is put into electricity in this country, it will never work!
But we cannot continue like this, a mighty hand must put asunder all the Saboteurs in this sector. The ministry of power under the watchful eyes of Babatunde Raji Fashola has done a lot to restore the glory of this sector, yet to no avail. I still cannot imagine that some group of people in this country are totally against an efficient and reliable power supply system. They say steady power supply in the country would affect their businesses. What a flimsy reason and excuse! They do not realize that a stable electricity supply can open doors for better and more profitable businesses. They are holding the entire country to ransom just because of their business. This is unfair and shear laziness. Just because they are scared of losing it all and starting from scratch.
Our neighboring West African countries like Ghana, Togo, Cote de Voire and even Benin Republic all have an efficient and reliable power supply system. So why can't we? These countries do not have as much resources as we do, yet they have been able to harness the little they have, channeling them into real infrastructural development(Power Supply Inclusive). That is what I call being proactive. Recently I learnt that Ghana celebrated 10 years uninterrupted power supply. When will Nigeria celebrate 1 day uninterrupted power supply? It is indeed saddening.
In my own opinion, if in the next 5 years this situation still remains the same, then it is high time we looked in another direction. Importation of power is not a bad idea. It could even be the final solution! Canada imports power from the United States of America(U.S.A) through a device called interconnector. Canadians enjoy uninterrupted power supply courtesy United states. It should however be noted that, it is cheaper at some point to import power rather than investing huge amount of money on personal power supply system project that will end up not working.

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