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Electricity: A paradigm shift needed

The sudden drop of our electricity generation to 1327MW in recent time is totally unacceptable and simply reveals the ineptitude and inefficiency of both past and present government. Coupled with the scarce petroleum product, most Nigerians were made to face a hard timeout. What can we do with that capacity ? Definitely , less ! Personally, it got so 'good' that i had to without my 'precious' phone for almost three days. This is not the way to go as a nation. Things must be done right in this area of power. The privatisation exercise by the BPE looks more or less like a sham that needs to properly rechecked because there is no positive effect of the change. We need to start taking positive steps by copying other nation's models in ensuring development in that area. We should begin to look away from the conventional way of generating power . Don't know why we can't look into solar and wind power as a national project. Within 4 years we can ...