Nobody in Anambra has forgotten March 25th, 2023.
A day wrapped in hope.
A day packaged with headlines.
A day sold to us as the beginning of permanent light.
The cameras flashed. Speeches flowed. Smiles were arranged like stage props.
And somewhere between the promises and the applause, we were told:
“Anambra will enjoy 24 hours electricity, 7 days a week.”
The MoU with EEDC was presented as a turning point — a bold declaration for a state where more than 78% of small businesses rely on constant power to survive.
But more than 365 days later, the reality is humiliating.
Because while the promise was bright, the present is darker than ever.
The numbers now speak louder than the ceremony:
Over 60% of communities report blackouts lasting 12-72 hours nonstop.
Businesses spend up to 40% more on fuel just to stay alive.
Productivity has crashed — artisans now shut down before sunset.
Some areas barely receive 4 hours of electricity in an entire day.
This is not progress.
This is not transition.
This is decline.
Every night, people sit outside, staring at dead transformers like they’re waiting for a miracle.
Hospitals are trapped in generator roulette.
Cold rooms count their losses in spoiled goods.
Children sleep in suffocating heat.
Families pray for the hum of electricity like it’s a luxury.
And through all this, one question keeps growing louder:
What exactly was signed on that day?
Because promises may lie, but data does not.
Suffering cannot be hidden behind press releases.
And blackout cannot be rebranded as “progress.”
So, we ask again — clearly and without politeness:
Was it truly a Memorandum of Understanding… or a Memorandum of Misunderstanding?
Anambra is not begging for magic.
We are not asking for what is impossible.
We are demanding only what was promised:
Honesty.
Responsibility.
And the light we were told had already arrived.
Linus Anagboso.
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