We just have to stop this nonsense. If it was a behaviour displayed only by children, it would have been easy to comprehend. It is an anomaly for an adult to indulge in such a puerile act. It might mislead an alien to think we are still in the Stone Age.

I am referring to this our condemnable habit of shouting NEPA whenever power is restored. I am short of words to describe this show of shame. Even now that the body of NEPA has been laid to rest, we have continued to invoke its spirit to haunt the extant power companies. And as if to corroborate my suspicion of an uncannily diabolical nexus between the gone and the existing, the shout of NEPA is usually crowned with an ephemeral stay of power before returning us to pits of darkness.

Nwa_Nimo: I also shout it when they take the light - its just they way Nigeria has programmed me.

I hope you were not programmed to become Shekau's by the same Nigeria.

Welrez: I hope you were not programmed to become Shekau's wife by the same Nigeria.

No....but after how many decades of 'Nepa' the habit of cursing them won't cease over night.

Nwa_Nimo:

No....but after how many decades of 'Nepa' the habit of cursing them won't cease over night.

What I'm sincerely scared of is the possibility of it becoming generational to the extent that future generations might just continue the habit without meeting the dismantled corporation.

Welrez: What I'm sincerely scared of is the possibility of it becoming generational to the extent that future generations might just continue the habit without meeting the dismantled corporation.

It will die out the day we have constant electricity.....and not before then.

The first things most infant learn in Nigeria is shouting NEPA whenever the light comes on/off... Whether na gen, phcn or somebody switch on/off, dem go still shout NEPA... Me thinks it run in the blood...

I recall as a youngster & through my teenage years, that chant was a diabolic constant with me. Now more than 30yrs since its evolution, I watch & hear little kids carry on with the tradition & this provokes the question will this puerile chant ever fade into non-existence?

Is power instability a curse on Nigeria? :/

Chai.......'NEPA',

(anyway, goodnight....make I save battery)

shey una get lite for una syd bcoz diz nepa dey do me strong tin ere o

You should rather ask: when will the chant of "up nepa" stop?

OK.. we have hear

lol

OP, I'm disappointed.

With all the grammar you just blew here, you're actually this chronically superstitious?

You're the one who's been Chronologically set back not us the super fans of NEPA.

Maybe they should replace it with the shout of 'stupid nepa'

It can only stop and die a natural death when there is constant power supply in Nigeria...

Meanwhile, UP NEPA!!! (Dem just bring light here)

is it our fault? Since the phcn isnt stable why shouldnt we express joy and surprise when we manage to see it?

And btw OP,

When Super Eagles scored against Argentina, didn't you scream when you knew fully well Argentina scoring again was imminent?

reminds me of how my fathers older sister always called her money Pounds when every body called it Naira...I was too young to remember the days of the nigerian pound...She never went to London to spend pounds there and she never left Nigeria in her life, she called her Naira:pound all her life..I never understood until later in life why older people don't change with the times as easily as youngsters.....
I remember the days of Nepa, and i prefer to say Nepa anyway...

Awon nepa ti mun no de o, oya e pariwo UUP NEEPAAAA!

Welrez: We just have to stop this nonsense. If it was a behaviour displayed only by children, it would have been easy to comprehend. It is an anomaly for an adult to indulge in such a puerile act. It might mislead an alien to think we are still in the Stone Age.

I am referring to this our condemnable habit of shouting NEPA whenever power is restored. I am short of words to describe this show of shame. Even now that the body of NEPA has been laid to rest, we have continued to invoke its spirit to haunt the extant power companies. And as if to corroborate my suspicion of an uncannily diabolical nexus between the gone and the existing, the shout of NEPA is usually crowned with an ephemeral stay of power before returning us to pits of darkness.

Up NEPAAAA!

what is the need for us to shout "up nepa" when dere is constant electricity. Not until electricity problem ids addressed in Nigeria, it won't stop #GBAM

It is called reflex action.. Sometimes I only realize it after the deed has bn done.. Not our fault

drlawizle: You should rather ask: when will the chant of "up nepa" stop?

Word!

so all Nigerians are now spiritualists as everyone invokes the spirit called NEPA, which can now haunt on the new management companies.


The irony of weirdos tagging others as weird.

btw, the exclamation is Up NEPA





oga seun, that we had data loss doesn't mean meaningless threads should fill up the FP

At least u dey see nepa light, na d shouts dey disturb U... Me I can't remember d last time I saw nepa light in my school, its always gen gen gen
Note; my skul is in a village

People have been shouting this before the new millenium and I hope "America will know" when it will stop.
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NEPA: Never Expect Power Atall
PHCN: Problem Has Changed Name
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Naija; shouting up NEPA since 1980!

It will stop the day day gej gives us light

Poverty is the main curse cause.



I marvel at how even a 5 year old shout "UP NEPA", don't blame them pls, they also feel the heat.


The trend will continue to go from generation to generation until there is constant electricity.


BTW, kids also fake "UP NEPA" and this can really hurt an adult after saying a silent "thank u Jesus" only to ON the light and find out he has been fooled.
Kids do this a lot especially when u have prolonged blackout.

U no wat dude??.


It cant stop so go find anoda thread to open

Even ef dem change 4rm phcn 2 zhcn.Nan up nepa plp go stil dey shawt..Oti mon wa lara !