My people, e be like say Japan don finally give green light to restart di Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, wey dey one of di largest for di world! Na serious matter wey dey happen ni, as this plant don dey dormant since di Fukushima wahala wey spoil plenty tins for 2011.

As di Niigata prefecture assembly don vote in support of Governor Hideyo Hanazumi, e mean say dem don open road for di plant to start work again. Abeg, make we reason am well: dis plant dey about 220 km from Tokyo, and e fit supply power to million homes! But wetin be di koko? Plenty people dey vex for di restart, even though e fit create new jobs and chop electricity bill small.

Omo, as di assembly dey gather for di vote, 300 protesters dey outside with banners like “No Nukes” and “We oppose di restart!” Na wah! One 77-year-old protester wey dey call Kenichiro Ishiyama don talk say e dey angry from di bottom of him heart. E don even shout say if any gbege happen for di plant, na dem go feel di wahala pass!

TEPCO, di company wey run di Fukushima plant, dey plan to restart di first of seven reactors on January 20. Dis first reactor alone fit boost electricity supply wey go dey serve di Tokyo area by 2%. For where dem dey talk am, dem no fit forget how Fukushima take change di koko for energy policies for Japan since di accident, wey cause plenty people to mind how dem dey use nuclear power.

Even di Niigata governor dey talk say e wan see time wey Japan no go dey depend on energy wey go give dem anxiety. But despite di mixed feelings, TEPCO don promise to inject 100 billion yen (wey be about $641 million) into di prefecture within di next 10 years to sweeten di ground for dem.

But di reality be say, 60% of di residents no believe say di conditions for di restart don dey met, and about 70% dey fear wetin TEPCO go fit do. Na serious matter o! Some people wey don suffer from Fukushima palava dey join protest too, like Ayako Oga wey dey struggle with post-traumatic stress from di accident wey make her leave her home.

As primary minister Takaichi dey try solve energy wahala and reduce import cost wey dey affects plenty people for Japan, di resuming of dis Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant na di first step to meet di future energy demands and dem decarbonisation goals.

Ay, make we watch how dis whole matter go unfold! If dem manage balance di benefits and di fears, na so Japan go sabi run its energy for di future. Naija no go like make history repeat itself, abeg!