By Tunji Ariyomo
One of the Ministers of Power (there are two of them) was quoted as telling a South African delegation last week that evil spirits were preventing Nigeria from achieving sustainable electricity supply. The minister, Hajiya Zainab Kuchi, was even quoted as recommending exorcism. “We must resolve to jointly exorcise the evil spirit behind this darkness”. Okay, I concede that Nigerians, especially the ‘collective children of anger’, as usual, might be tempted to twist her statement beyond its basic intendment. It, therefore, did not come to me as a surprise to observe that Cyberia went into overdrive, latching onto this patriotic recommendation of the minister, tweeting it, facebooking it and what else – ‘2going it’. From relative obscurity, Hajiya Zainab has been catapulted into national reckoning and today, it is likely that she is one of the most well known ministers.
I, however, share a different view. I affirm that the minister is right. It could, however, be a dangerous error to attempt exorcism of these “evil spirits” when we are yet to identify the type that have turned PHCN and the ministry of
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