The chairman of Silverbird group and the senator elect representing Bayelsa East senatorial district, Ben Murray-Bruce had received backlash on twitter, after he suggested a better way for Nigerians to stay ahead in this era of petroleum scarcity.
Ben Murray-Bruce
Ben Murray-Bruce took to Twitter and said Nigerians should adopt the electronic car and stop bothering about about fuel in the time of fuel scarcity.
See his tweet below :
Nigerians who seem to think the man is wrong reminds him of the epileptic power supply Nigeria is currently facing, and ask him if Nigerians would be able to charge a car that needs to be charged in a country without electricity. A Nigerian man is surprise with 24 hours power supply and might mean the power supply company will put it off for another 2 weeks.
Even though President Goodluck Jonathan said in a CNN interview with Christiane Amanpour that the country power supply is stable and one of the proud achievement of his government, Nigerians have believed the information was wrong by the president and the country's electricity is still in bad shape. (See Video from the 5:00 mark)
See some Nigerians tweet below:
The fuel scarcity in Nigeria has been on for a long time and Nigerians find it difficult to get gas for cars or power on their generator due to epileptic power supply in the country. A town in Lagos state, Epe local government have not experienced 30mins power supply in 5 years.