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Enjoying Toast and tea....
Enjoying it a lot !
A toaster is yet another watt hungry monster that we've designated as best left for when there is NEPA.
This morning we're enjoying an air conditioned start to the weekend, toast, and there is a whole lot of washing and ironing going on (the young squatter is hard at work).
BTW - toast with fresh avacado, tomato, a little salt and pepper is highly recommended.
The Mr & Mrs Okada research centre do not have the resources to figure out if this binge of electricity supply is because His Excellency President Goodluck Jonathan is in town, or is it NEPA in one of their funny moods.
President Goodluck commissioned an extension to the Trans Amadi power station yesterday (its about the 3rd or 4th time various bits of it have been commissioned). Both he and the State Governor were honest enough to admit the damn thing is not delivering most of its electricity because of grid and connection issues.
Now that is not too smart.
Building more power stations is only a small piece of the puzzle.
If any of you are ready to plunge into the complexities of power management then this write up by one of This Day's smart columnists will give you a taste of the arcane but very important stuff (and that's before you get into the engineering challenges of building a better grid etc etc etc)
This editorial gives a taste of the corruption and insanely poor administration that has to be unraveled at the same time.
Important Memo to the President - Sir, you've got your work cut out if you are to deliver more light into the lives of the Okada family by May next year !
As much as we're enjoying Mr President's visit we think its time for him to head back to Presidential HQ before he forces us to choose between electricity and traffic.
The traffic !!
Mrs Okada was home in a mere 2 hours 30 minutes yesterday as she wove her way past closed roads, traffic jams, and enough AK47 wielding security to mount a small war.
One more day of sirens and madness to go....
Please can the last dignitary to leave the state NOT switch off the lights
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Yes its our NEPA meter - how much power will it get ?
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 ).
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 ).
Our Grid connection
Yes its our NEPA meter - how much power will it get ?
Mr & Mrs Okada
- Mr Okada
- Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Mrs and Mrs Okada live quietly in suburban Port Harcourt in a little 2 bedroom place with a garden, neighbours not even a stones throw away, quite a few chickens, and an assortment of local cats, dogs and other creatures. There are mangoes, avocados, papaya, but not a lot of light to see them by. email us at goolucknepa AT yahoo DOT com
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