Federal Government Finally Accepts That Even PHCN Cannot Bill the Sun

The Federal Government has announced that the new terminal at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport will be powered by solar energy, marking what experts describe as the country's first official attempt to keep critical infrastructure as far away from the national grid as humanly possible.

The directive, issued by the Minister of Aviation, has been widely celebrated as a breakthrough in energy policy, with officials admitting that airplanes generally perform better when airports have electricity.

"This is about reliability," a government spokesperson explained. "Passengers should be worried about missing flights, not whether the boarding gate is experiencing load shedding."

The decision has reportedly unsettled officials at the national electricity sector, who were surprised to discover that a government agency had voluntarily chosen another source of power instead of participating in the nation's long-standing tradition of hoping electricity eventually returns.

Industry analysts described the move as "a vote of confidence in the sun," which has maintained one of the most consistent attendance records in human history.

Unlike many public utilities, the sun has never issued a statement blaming vandals, heavy rainfall, excessive sunshine, low gas supply, high gas supply or national grid disturbances for failing to report to work.

Passengers have welcomed the development but insist they won't celebrate until they witness the revolutionary experience of checking in, collecting luggage and charging their phones without hearing a generator coughing somewhere behind the terminal.

Airport workers are equally optimistic.

"We've become so used to backup generators that some of us thought they were part of airport architecture," one staff member confessed.

Environmental groups praised the initiative and urged the government to continue thinking this way.

"If solar power is good enough for an international airport," one activist asked, "could we perhaps try the same experiment on hospitals, universities, ministries and maybe... just maybe... the rest of the country?"

At press time, officials confirmed they were considering another radical innovation: constructing public projects that continue working after the commissioning ceremony.