BETWEEN THE PHCN AND BOKO HARAM

I have often wondered what Nigeria’s fate would have been if Boko Haram was like the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and vice versa. Would the country have been better than it is presently?

Would the PHCN have recorded astounding power blasts across the country especially in the north and would Boko Haram have struggled to deliver the dividends of its treachery.

Would Nigerians be scampering to find refuge in Borno, Yobe and Bauchi States because they have constant light or would the kingpins of Boko Haram thrash about the negligible impact their heinous plans have made.

Would the PHCN be in the front page of every newspaper owing to the joy they or would the Boko Haram leaders be burying their heads in shame.

Would every graduate be itching to work with the PHCN and would fewer fanatics make themselves available to be sacrificed for nothing.

Would the Federal Government be seeking talks with the authorities of the PHCN on better compensation for their workers or would the financiers of Boko Haram keep firing its leaders for not meeting its expectations.

Would we have been less scared of mosquitoes (PHCN allies) or would we have been more united in our fight against terrorism.

Would the President have acknowledged the bravery of the PHCN in transforming the power sector instead of been scared that Boko Haram would someday blow up the Aso Rock Villa.

Would the JTF have been protecting PHCN facilities instead of playing hide and seek with Boko Haram fighters?

Would the fear of Boko Haram have remained the beginning of wisdom or would the fear of power outage have been a Nigerian factor. (We are so used to darkness that we sometimes get scared when power comes on)

Would Corps members have been paying huge sums of money to work their postings to the north instead of detesting serving in such a wonderful place? (I served in Katsina State and I will always have fond memories)

Would Nigerians have stopped referring to PHCN as NEPA (old things should really pass away) and would they have stopped tagging every annoying Hausa/Fulani man on the street as Boko Haram.

Would my family members have been excited if I fulfilled my childhood fantasy of marrying an Hausa girl with pointed nose or would they have been happy if I abandoned every other job and carried my ladder to follow PHCN?

Would I have been sweating profusely as I write this piece because there is no power to hold or would I have even bothered to write about Boko Haram in the first place?

Wonder! Wonder!! Wonder!!!