The issue of power supply in Nigeria seems to be one that will last till the end of the world. All attempts at change of Nomenclature has yielded the same poor fruits; epileptic power supply. No matter what new names they want to call the power sector, as long as there’s no improvement in power generation, Nigerians will keep calling it NEPA. We ain’t got time to call the same old poor performing structure new, fancy names.

Moving on to the the subject of this post, I came back from work yesterday to the sad news that the Transformer had ‘blown’, so i asked Nigerians how long they think it would take to fix a faulty Transformer? The answers I got have left me shocked and speechless

How long does it take NEPA to fix a faulty transformer?

*My transformer is faulty, y’all shouldn’t break my heart by replying with 3 months

— FAVOUR ONYEOZIRI (@Rouvafe) September 28, 2017

Hoping against hope, i proffered some very unrealistic options as you can see above, but Nigerians were not going to have any of those bullshit options so they started replying with more realistic ones. There were those who believed it would take months and then some crazy ones believed it could take as much as 7 years. Now I’m absolutely heartbroken. Here’s a look at some of the replies

The Funny Ones

4days ke? 😑, depends on the sound it made though, really it could take morethan 3months minimum

— Temidayo Oreoluwa (@iamthatemi) September 28, 2017

Try 1yr-Never. Nepa is like that main chick that likes to do shakara. You need to get a side chick (generator) for those dark lonely nights.

— Calypso (@The__QueenBae) September 28, 2017

VIP areas 2months non VIP area u need to write a petition and attach 2 long serving civil servants signatures and wait for 7years👍

— JULIUS CEEZA (@IAM_NAMELEZZ) September 28, 2017

Man it’s as if you are not living in Nigeria, NEPA fix transformer in 4days? That would be a miracle. Start budgeting frm 6mnths upwards.

— chuso (@minospeed007) September 28, 2017

Ok, cos if it is “gboa” it will take like 2months, if it’s “gbo gbo gbo gboaaaaa” and brought out fire, like 4months

— Temidayo Oreoluwa (@iamthatemi) September 28, 2017

Have they started fixing transformers? Wow thats new!

— Dr. Barz (@dr_barz) September 28, 2017

Where’s the remaining part of the poll that includes options for months?

— Ms.PRESHIEY (@ediye_owo) September 29, 2017

You and buying fuel pic.twitter.com/fogH5HhLXI

— Saucegod 🇳🇬 (@Iam_Vital) September 28, 2017

Someone’s whole childhood

— Baba is lit (@vertix_baba) September 28, 2017

Then there’s the heart breaking answers

8 years

— DESSY (@mztholu) September 28, 2017

This one who claims to be a NEPA staff just shattered all of my hopes

 

seriously and to be precise, I am a staff, depend on who is staying in the area, Wealth people: 2nd Day and other: till Jesus come

— #TrapaDrive (@afodapsy) September 28, 2017

is been up to a year in my village and dey are still fixing 😋😋😋

— jimoh Friday oyinda (@Riczben) September 28, 2017

In cally Nepa folk laughed & told me to forget about the transformer which was bad…5mths later when I was leaving, still wasn’t fixed.😁

— eL (@Russoe364) September 28, 2017

Mine took 11 months. Good luck

— Duzie (@Duzie_) September 28, 2017

Does anyone important live on your street? If no then it’s 5yrs

— Okhae Adeleye (@okhaeadeleye) September 28, 2017

Standard is 6months but if they are standard bastards could stretch to like 48months..do the maths

— Churlz Ritze (@churlzritze) September 28, 2017

4yrs should be in the option 😑😑

— Emmy Manwell OG 🇳🇬 (@manwellsneh) September 28, 2017

The neighbourhood should just have a meeting on how to get a new transformer, nepa don’t do repairs no More.

— #Geoffrey (@Okparageoffrey) September 28, 2017

None of the above, it took them 8months to fix ours and it worked for only 3 weeks….we contributed 5k per ous less i forget

— Oloye (@OloyeBukoye) September 28, 2017

My friend have been without light for over 11 months and they even paid 15k each yard to buy a new transformer but no hope of it coming soon

— EHIOGIE ENDURANCE (@Ehiogieeddy) September 28, 2017

They don’t! Your community has to contribute money to buy a new one. You are looking at 18 months! Convincing people pay till 12 months.

— dave chukwuji (@alanza) September 28, 2017

They have started fixing transformers???? B4 They will Just leave it then 2years later The community will gather money And buy new one

— ThatKiddIsrael (@_Israel16_) September 28, 2017

Took about 6-7years where my grandma stays and No it’s not a village…

— Victor✌✌✌ (@vicctor_og) September 28, 2017

So what do you think? does it really take months and even years to repair a faulty Transformer? am I in for long days of sleepless nights and rumpled shirts? someone please answer, so i can start looking for another accommodation elsewhere