Welcome to Our Live Blog of power supply in this Niger delta

Sitting in our little 2 bedroom flat, listening to the thrum of the generator, Mr and Mrs Okada decided to give a live account of power improvements (and declines) in our neighbourhood.

We have been inspired by the sight of 3 successive Presidents promising us more electricity. This time we intend to help by providing live data from the field. We'll innovate, gyrate, and create. Soon we hope (with your assistance) will be a luck-o meter where we can measure how much things have really improved.

Its a survey of one, but we hope you'll share your stories, that NEPA will bring light and that laughter will at least abound.

If you really like the look of this little diary you may want to try reading from the bottom to the top.

(we still haven't figured out how to get blogger to keep our first entries at the top of the page and let you read through from the beginning ).

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Mrs Okada goes to the NEPA Office

Madam Okada went to the NEPA office yesterday as requested.
She actually sat down with a very nice gentleman who was quite shocked by our meagre 1 hour per day average for electricity (its true that we seem to be at the worse end of the scale).

Peace was restored - we will not be disconnected from our not very reliable supply.

It turns out that no-one can find our April bill, not to speak of bills for February or March (here's a hint on an issue for NEPA to resolve when they complain no one pays their bills).

However its now promised that all will be reconciled when our May bill comes out.

Electricity on Sunday:  About 40 minutes   (Madam and our young squatter argue it was less !)
Supply on Monday:                30 minutes

 
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