A Village amidst Civilization

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Up Nepa!!! So much cheering around

Power has finally been restored

It’s been two months since I came around

yet not a single sense of civilization around

You can hear the children cheering with joy

rushing into their homes to answer the great call

Everyone excited to see the light

They all danced around with great delight



In shock I watched everyone scramble

As the new turn of events made me marvel

Gatherings begin to tumble

Television sets starts to mumble

Click! Clack!! Click!!! Clack!!!!

Switches were turned on

Wrrrh! Wrrrh!! Wrrrh!!! Wrrrh!!!!

I hear our pumping machine working



Thirty minutes later, *lights out*

I remember water has been out for days

We were down to our reserve supply

I saw the children sadly march out

The look on their face so sad

It’s like an enlarged sad emoticon

If only they could see the future

They wouldn’t be so sad

Children back to playing,

But they are mentally waiting

Hoping it would soon be evening

When they would have access to power again

The noise of generating sets around

Everyone supplying their own power

Wondering when all these will end

On the government we can’t depend



A town in a city,

But no electricity

A town in a city

But no sense of living in a city

Bad roads, no electricity

Poor housing, no facility

Yet a lot of people we have,

Living in this vicinity



Over ten years since electricity was brought

Over the years, transformers have been bought

Yet no positive results

I wonder how the people have lived

I marvel at how they have thrived

If people are fed by electricity

Many would have starved

If people lived by electricity

Many would have died



No power, no electricity,

A village in a city

No power, no electricity,

A village amidst civilization

A town in a popular city

Yet they all live with no electricity

They can barely boast of any amenity

Well, *sigh*


God help their community.
A real life situation in Egan via Igando, Lagos state ,
Written September 2016 by Fasanya Samuel 

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