Darkness as Nigeria's friend

On the 22nd of May 2014, you published an editorial entitled "The problem of power supply". You then followed it up on the 25th by publishing a letter to the editor, "The roadmap to no electricity". In that powerful editorial, you called the Generating Companies (GENCOs) jitteriness over proper metering of consumers and inadequate supply of gas to power plants, and their giving lame excuses for their failure "distasteful and unacceptable." You also said "It is a gratuitous insult to the collective intelligence and sensibilities of Nigerians." Kudos! Please, add my voice to this chorus. I believe that if we can get it right with power supply, every other thing shall be added unto us. The issue of power supply must not be allowed to leave the consciousness of those responsible for providing it - until we have achieved the target power supply! Even those who used to see "little" light, before the privatisation, that "little" has been taken away from them. It is as if darkness is Nigeria's friend. You and other newspapers can devote a small portion of your front page for a daily and sustained campaign called "For Light in Nigeria". We want it to be like the ongoing campaign to bring back the missing girls. The National Labour Congress and civil society groups should support it. Darkness must no longer be Nigeria's friend! Dr Cosmas Odoemena, As Published in The Guardian,June 1, 2014