I don't know about the specifics of Nigeria's power issue, but back home it
seems as if an over reliance on  generators seems to be part of  the cause.
Those generators always seemed to run out of fuel, or, even worse, one of
them would break down.    Consequently, GUC would have to order the
replacement parts for the generator from some foreign country, and the
citizens of Gambia would be left without power for weeks.  Then there was
also the issue of blackouts during electric storms.  The lightening would
flash and this would be accompanied by a flicker of lights, then the
blackout.  What ever happened to alternate sources of energy?  We have been
blessed with the river Gambia which could be used a a source of
hydro-electric power for a number of countries in our sub-region.  The OMVG
project seemed to be a good start.  But, I don't think that project ever got
past the planning stage.

Does anyone remember the six month(or what seemed like six months) blackout
in 1978?  If memory serves me right,  it happened right before the 1978 WC
final between Argentina and Holland.

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