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Happy Independence Day, Nigeria!
Today, we celebrate the people, cultures & stories that make us one.
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Every night before I fall asleep, I imagine what it would feel like to drift off peacefully in your arms. I feel like being held by you would be one of the safest and most comforting feelings in the world.
Our eyes met for a moment, and I remember thinking, So this is what it feels like to be struck by lightning.
It was brief, but somehow it stayed with me.
And the strangest part is knowing that I may never get to experience that exact moment with you again. Yet for those few seconds, it felt like the entire world disappeared and there was only you and me.
I’m attracted to depth. Give me conversations that make us lose track of time. Tell me what shaped you, what scares you, what you dream about, and what keeps you awake at night. I want to know the person behind the surface.
I’m not looking for someone who simply knows my favorite color. I want someone who wants to understand my fears, my dreams, my past, my silence, and everything that made me who I am.
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Open letter to our member representing us in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Cyril Omini @cyriljamesomini
It has been one whole year since my family, and the rest of my street and this area, saw light.
Since 2025, none of us in my household has drank cold water from our fridge because of no light.
And here we are, 24 hours to Independence Day, and we still do not have light.
That means, for an entire year, people in this area have lived without electricity.
In February this year, there was a transformer placement was delivered by The Director General of the Cross River State Electrification Agency (CRSEA), Mr. Francis Ekpo on behalf of the Governor of Cross River State @officialspbo@jameseku2
And I want to make it very clear that this is not the first attempt to get help on this matter.
One of us in this area has made private efforts to reach out to you, or to people around you, and those efforts have been completely futile.
So I am appealing publicly now because we genuinely do not know what else to do.
In my compound alone, we have two retirees who have collectively given about 70 years of their lives to serving this state.
Seventy years.
These are people who have worked, contributed, paid their dues, and served this state.
They should not be spending their retirement in darkness.
We also have an almost 70-year-old woman, who live alone and depends on electricity.
Before the light went off, she had people who would help her cook in bulk and put food in the fridge so that she could manage to fend for herself..
But since the electricity situation, it has become incredibly difficult for this woman to even fend for herself at home..kids have to come help her warm her food everyday.
This evening, I would still support financially for us to power her generator that serves all of us since we don't have any here.
I spent yesterday evening with her. And she lamented so much about this situation. But she told me about her attempts to reach out to your people. She told me that the last time she consulted with someone high up in our area, she was told to write a letter.
A woman who has served as a community principal in a community secondary school is now being asked to write letters simply to get electricity in her home after an entire year of darkness and after 35 years of service.
How is that okay?
How do we expect people like this to survive?
You may not know this, sir, but in Ugep today, people pay ₦500 to charge a laptop and ₦200 to charge a phone.
₦500 to charge a laptop.
₦200 to charge a phone.
₦1,000 to rent a power bank for a day.
Since I got back again, I have been moving up and down, paying to charge my gadgets and already thinking of leaving again....but what happens to my folks if no one speaks up? How can I compete with my global peers in these conditions?
Imagine going for an entire year without light.
Imagine what it has cost us.
And sir, I have heard and seen some of the good works you have done.
I also don't know exactly what role you played in getting this transformer here.
I don't know whether the government provided it and you were simply there to commission or place it.
If you are not the right person to address this issue, please tell us who is. Because, sir, we cannot continue like this. The transformer is still standing there. With the nylon that was wrapped around it when it was placed in February still on it.
And we still do not have light.
A transformer is useless to the people it was meant to serve if it is not functioning.
We have also heard rumours, that perhaps there is cable that needs to be brought in for the transformer to work.
We don't know how true that is.
And we should not have to beg this hard for something as basic as light as tax paying citizens.
Please help us...I will be back to publicly acknowledge the fix too🤦 God bless you as you do.
Cc @cyriljamesomini@officialspbo@jameseku2
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