Ways for the Nigerian Government to improve Our Power Supply and Performance at the Olympics
It is the duty of the Government to
provide an enabling environment for Growth and Development. As the
most Populous Black Nation in the World , a lot is expected from our
Government. Power and Youth development are two important issues the
Nigerian Government should address. In this article, we recommended
a few ways for the Nigerian Government to improve our Power Supply
and performance at the Olympics.
Power Supply
Although PHCN was unbundled into 18
companies, Nigerians are yet to reap the benefit of uninterrupted
power supply. A lot of families use generators. I don't want to go
into the consequence inadequate power supply or the Politics
involved. I simply want to ask a these questions:
- Is this Power Issue beyond our Government?
- Are we unable to improve our power supply because of corruption?
- What is “Estimated Bill” and how do you calculate it?
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I find it difficult to agree that
corruption is the reason why we have not improved on our Power
Supply. I know there must be one Good Man somewhere in this country
that can handle this project. Secondly, Electrical Engineering
programmes are approved in almost all Universities and Polytechnics
in the Country. The Government can also think of partnering with some
of these institutions to come up with a practical solution on this.
If this option fails , then the Government can also pick a few
bright students, sponsor them abroad to study how it is done in
developed world. This will solve the problem in the long run.
We also need to know why the
distribution companies have Unmetered Consumers. Sadly most of these
Unmetered Consumers have applied for the so called “Pre Paid Meter
online”. Just last week I received an outrageous bill. It is
almost the cost of my monthly rent . On enquiry, I was simply told
this “You do not have a Meter”. So how did they arrive at that
cost? I think the distribution companies should enlighten us more on
this “Estimated bill”. It increased by more than 100%. Yet the
power supply did not improve.
I believe in this Country. I also
believe the Government will tackle this issue urgently.
Olympic Performance
Urgent improvement is required in this
area. Nigeria won 2 Gold medals 1 silver and 3 bronze medals at the
1996 Atlanta Olympics. A total of 6 medals. We won 3 medals in 2000.
In 2016, we won only on bronze medal. It is obvious there is a
decline in this sector. The talents of our youths will be wasted if
we do not revive this sector. We have lots of talented youths in this
Country. We can pick these talents from our primary and secondary
schools. At the state level, Sports Competitions should be organized.
Names of outstanding athletics enrolled as a member of the State
Sports athlete where a trainer/coach will be assigned to them to help
them. A development plan should be put in place to also to bring
these young athletes together at the state and the national level.
The young athletes should also be exposed to visit their counterparts
in other parts of the World. It could take up to 8 years or more
before the impact will be felt. But this is a long term plan for us
and we need to start now. As they saying goes “if you fail to
prepare is plan you planned to fail”.
If the Government can execute this
plan, it will improve our outings at the Summer Olympics.
We have recommended a few ways for the Nigerian Government to improve our Power Supply and performance at the Olympics. Let us know what you think on this issue.
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