Not everything in Nigeria is ‘worse than Canada’. I’ve attached a picture of a traffic light, which, contrary to first impressions beats anything I’ve seen in Canada on two counts.
First, it is solar powered – a growing sector of the economy in Nigeria. Both the house I stayed in, and the office I worked at had solar-powered back-up lighting and computer outlets. Not just for at night, but also during the day, when the local NEPA (Nigerian Electrical Power Authority(?)) would suddenly fail – a failing so frequent that one could almost say that the house and office were solar-powered, with backup from NEPA.
Secondly, and more importantly, it had a digital read-out of the time left until it would turn green. Unfortunately I captured this image just as it was between numbers. Coming soon to Winnipeg?
First, it is solar powered – a growing sector of the economy in Nigeria. Both the house I stayed in, and the office I worked at had solar-powered back-up lighting and computer outlets. Not just for at night, but also during the day, when the local NEPA (Nigerian Electrical Power Authority(?)) would suddenly fail – a failing so frequent that one could almost say that the house and office were solar-powered, with backup from NEPA.
Secondly, and more importantly, it had a digital read-out of the time left until it would turn green. Unfortunately I captured this image just as it was between numbers. Coming soon to Winnipeg?
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FYI - N'Djamena (Chad) has many solar powered traffic lights (donated by whom?) and Toronto has countdown indicators that work the other way...counting down during the green light to when it turns amber so pedestrians know how fast to cross the street. As a Toronto driver I know when to "goose it" to beat the amber light! Good to see such progress in Nigeria too.
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