By Tayo Ogunbiyi
Nigerians bear a lot of burden. Perhaps, they could, at best, be referred to as ‘beasts of burden’. In various parts of the country, major highways are becoming impassable. Some Nigerians live in places that do not dignify the human race as recently reflected in a documentary which a major news-based TV station in the country did on some of the satellite settlements in Abuja. Many die avoidable deaths in painful but preventable circumstances. Often, security agents that are paid to protect them inexplicably turn against them. Poor Nigerians! They are virtually short changed on all fronts. Even GSM service providers are not left out in this grand conspiracy to add to their already heavy yoke as they are usually charged for calls they don’t make in a service that has become quite disruptive.
Currently, the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, saddled with the responsibility of providing electricity to homes across the country, is taking undue advantage of the burden bearing capacity of the average Nigerian through its indiscriminately high tariff. In recent time, Nigerians have had to grapple with the weight of PHCN unbelievably soaring bills. Ironically, the current state of power supply across the country remains unsatisfactory. In the particular part of the country where I reside, popularly referred to as ‘New Lagos’, the current position of public electricity leaves much to desire. Yet, officials of PHCN regularly come around with crazy bills and with sheer impunity and arrogance threatening fire and brimstone if you dare argue with them.
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