Ọ̀gá ninu Olórin Fela Anikulapo-Kuti kọrin pé “Ọjọ́ wo la ma bọ o, lóko ẹrú”, orin yi fa ìbèrè wípé “ọjọ́ wo la ma bọ ninu òkùnkùn ni orílẹ̀ èdè Nigeria?”

Bi eré bi àwàdà, dákú-dájí iná mọ̀nà-mọ́ná bẹrẹ ni àsikò Ìjọba Sagari, ni bi ọdún mẹ́tàlélọ́gbọ̀n sẹhin.  Ni àsikò yi, ki ṣe pe iná ti ilú pèsè kò tó, ṣùgbọ́n a ṣe akiyesi pé awọn òṣìṣẹ́ ni àsikò na lọ ńyọ nkan lára àpóti iná, nitori eyi, ki ṣe gbogbo àdúgbò ni ki ni iná. Fún akiyesi, iná ilé-iwé giga àti agbègbè rẹ, awọn ilé iṣẹ́ bi ìlèṣẹ ọkọ̀ òfúrufú, ilé ìwòsàn àti bẹbẹ lọ ki lọ.  “Bi eniyan ba yọ́ ilẹ̀ dà, ohun burúkú a ma yọ́ni ṣe”, nigbati awọn òṣìṣẹ́ oníṣẹ́ ibi kò ri ẹni ba wọn wi, ọ̀rọ̀ iná lilọ bẹrẹ si gbòrò si.  Pẹlu gbogbo owó ti wọn ti na lati tú ọ̀rọ̀ iná mọ̀nà-mọ́ná ṣe, ó burú si lai ya ilé-iṣẹ́ àti ibi kankan sílẹ̀ ninu òkùnkùn.

Yorùbá ni “ohun tó yẹ ni, lo yẹ ni, òkùnkùn o yẹ ọmọ eniyan”, nitori òkùnkùn ti ilé-iṣẹ́ mọ̀nà-mọ́ná fa fún ará ilú, ọpọlọpọ ilé-iṣẹ́ ti kò kúrò ni Nigeria eleyi din ìpèsè iṣẹ́ kù, kò si iná lati tọ́jú ounjẹ eleyi jẹ ki ounjẹ wọn si, ìnáwó lori ẹ̀rọ iná mọ̀nà-mọ́ná pẹ̀lú ariwo ki jẹ ki eniyan sùn bẹni kò jẹ́ ki eniyan tabi ilé-iṣẹ́ fi owó pamọ́.

Á lérò wípé awọn ilé-iṣẹ́ ti wọn pin iná pi pèsè fún a yọ ilú kúrò ninu òkùnkùn nitori òkùnkùn kò yẹ ọmọ eniyan.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

In the Prominent Musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti song “What day are we going to be free from the bondage of slavery”, this song calls for the question “When are we going to be free from darkness in the country Nigeria?”

Just like play, like joke, epileptic power supply began about thirty-three years ago during Sagari’s Government.  At that period, it was not because the power generated was not enough but the corruption of the workers that kept tampering with the Transformers in order to extort money, as a result, not all areas were affected at the same time.  For example, electricity in the Higher Institutions and the surrounding areas, Airports, Hospitals etc. are spared from power cut.  “If a person is betraying the land, evil things would betray such person”, since corrupt workers were not curtailed constant power cut continued.

According to Yoruba adage “What befits it what befit, darkness does not befit human being”, as a result of the darkness brought upon the people by NEPA/PHCN, many industries have left Nigeria which reduces employment, no electricity to preserve food making cost of food items costly, expenses on generators and noise pollution that does not allow people to sleep or save.

We hope that the current deregulation of the power sector will save the people from darkness because darkness does not befit people.