Hello fellow Nairalanders, there's been an issue that's been bothering my mind of late and i think it's best to have an open discuss on the matter.

In my area here, we've not had electricity supply for more than 2months now. You'll wonder what happened right, please read on.

The transformer got spoiled, and was impossible to supply us with electricity. This is the same transformer that the community contributed and paid for with their money o, and as soon as they installed it, electricity bill started coming in from NEPA.

Now it's been bad for 2 months now. Since then NEPA or phcn or ibpc hasn't brought any bill though, and they've not come to fix it. So the community took it upon themselves to fix the transformer, to the tune of 900k, each house contributing 5k each.

Well, you'll think that's all, but no. They fixed the transformer and brought it back, to pass electricity on it now, they say it needs oil. Money for oil is estimated to cost extra 600k. In fact it was later suggested that buying the oil doesn't guarantee longevity, so the best option now is to buy a new transformer instead.

Now my question is, what exactly are we, as citizen, enjoying from our government in this country? Because this same transformers are in various ex governor's and senators compounds, many having tens of them in their compounds, and we the citizens still have to contribute to have our own transformers. What's worse is that immediately it's installed, we get billed by the electricity companies... without any support or gain from these companies. You'll even have to beg them to please come and help you fix a pole or any issue you have in the community.

I believe the basic amenities a functioning government ought to provide is safe drinking water, good road and electricity amongst others. I for one don't enjoy any from this current government. Maybe you are, mind sharing your thoughts, or are my expectations too much?

Nothing. Nigeria is not a working country

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Free speech

Nothing... absolutely nothing!

Ussycool:
Oxygen
Free speech

They even tried to take that away from us with Twitter ban and other hate speech policies they intend to enforce.

I enjoy our darling daddy's 30K zombie stipend

Nothing to benefit freely from naijiria unless you are among the so called leaders......

We enjoy lawlessness.

Reason why many of us can't survive in a sane country.

Bypassing electric meter, beating traffic light, etc.

Everyone trying to play a fast one on the other person in a bid to show who is smarter.

We are so lawless. Everyone is guilty of this. From those who make the law to those who are supposed to obey the laws.

Just one thing-Lawlessness.

5 naira has become so useless, can't buy anything with it under APC poverty stricken party.

The sufferings never start!

This is just the beginning!

OP, Are u not enjoying the APC-induced hardship?

Fuel subsidies

What exactly do you contribute as a citizen

aribisala0:
What exactly do you contribute as a citizen

I should contribute when the government isn’t providing for the average Nigerian ??

Do you know what it means to be an average Nigerian ?

Think9ja:
We enjoy lawlessness.

Reason why many of us can't survive in a sane country.

Bypassing electric meter, beating traffic light, etc.

Everyone trying to play a fast one on the other person in a bid to show who is smarter.

We are so lawless. Everyone is guilty of this. From those who make the law to those who are supposed to obey the laws.

Just one thing-Lawlessness.

The society here breeds lawlessness. You can’t give what you don’t have.

Do you choose to continue this suffering? Do you subject your future generations to this? Or will you help bring some greatness to this region by joining 8n the utter destruction of this good for nothing union called Naijerya?

Absolutely nothing oooo. Nigerians are suffering and smiling

VladimirPutiin:


I should contribute when the government isn’t providing for the average Nigerian ??

Do you know what it means to be an average Nigerian ?

God bless you boss

He probably missed where i said the community bought the transformer. If that's not a contribution i wonder what is. In sane countries, government provide those to it's citizens.

Ok

pman06:


God bless you boss

He probably missed where i said the community bought the transformer. If that's not a contribution i wonder what is. In sane countries, government provide those to it's citizens.

Then why do have a government in the first place ??

To loot I guess. Nigeria is just an expired British experiment.

My brother we are enjoying what over countries don't, which is Hardship.

Think9ja:
We enjoy lawlessness.

Reason why many of us can't survive in a sane country.

Bypassing electric meter, beating traffic light, etc.

Everyone trying to play a fast one on the other person in a bid to show who is smarter.

We are so lawless. Everyone is guilty of this. From those who make the law to those who are supposed to obey the laws.

Just one thing-Lawlessness.

I don't enjoy lawlessness

We will enjoy when we nationalize agberoe and omonile, have patience, the peepoo leader is coming.

The ability to adapt to wherever we find ourselves.

We enjoy these:

1. Failed governance

2. Parasitic politicians

3. Gassy campaign promises

4. Charlatans as leaders

5. Institutional decadence

6. Infrastructural moribund

7. Yeyebrities on social media