ONE OF NIGERIA'S DILEMMA OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN ITS INADEQUATE POWER SUPPLY TO BOTH DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL USAGE.
I REMEMBERED VIVIDLY LAST YEAR ON THIS FORUM WHEN SUPPORTERS AND CRITICS OF MR PRESIDENT TRADE WORDS ON
EACH OF IMPROVED POWER SUPPLY WITH THE FORMER SAYING MR PRESIDENT HAS DONE MORE THAN ANY PRESIDENT TO
IMPROVING POWER SUPPLY IN NIGERIA.THE LATER SAID THE IMPROVED POWER SUPPLY WAS DUE TO RAINY SEASON.MORE WORRISOME IS THE FACT THAT POLITICS AND EMOTIONS HAS TAKING OVER OUR SENSES OF REASON.NOW,LAST YEAR THIS SAME GOVERNMENT TOLD US OF THE HIGHEST PEAK OF 4,600 PLUS MEGAWATTS WAS ATTAINED.
I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT THE TRUTH IS THIS;NIGERIANS SHOULD GO TO NATIONAL CONTROL CENTERS BOTH IN OSOGBO(OSUN STATE
AND SHIRORO IN NIGER STATE)TO CONFIRM WHAT NIGERIA WAS GENERATING ON 5TH MAY,2010(THE DAY LATE YAR'ADUA DIED).TO HELP NAIRALANDERS AND NIGERIA,
IT WAS 3,810MEGAWATTS AND IT JUNPED TO 4,508MW IN AUGUST THAT SAME YEAR ALL DUE TO WATER LEVEL AT KAINJI,JEBBA AND SHIRORO.
EXCEPT WE WANT TO DECEIVE OURSELVES THE WAY WE USE TO,THAT IMPROVEMENT IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED TO RAINY SEASONS AND NOTHING TO SUGGEST MR PRESIDENT MADE THE MAGIC IN JUST THERE MONTHS.WHAT DID HE DO?NOTHING.THE THEORY WORKS THUS;DURING RAINY SEASONS,
THERE IS LESS VOLTAGE DROP AND TRANSFORMER LIMITATIONS.WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT,IF 300MW OF POWER IS GENERATED AT SHIRORO,295MW WILL GET TO ABUJA BUT
DURING HEAT PERIOD AS WE ARE WITNESSING NOW,IT WILL BE 260MW.IF MR PRESIDENT AND HIS VICE LEAVES FOR ANNUAL LEAVE TOGETHER IN MAY AND SENETOR DAVID MARK TAKES OVER IN ACTING CAPACITY FOR 3-MONTHS,THE SAME IMPROVEMENT WILL BE SEEN.IT IS A YEAR IN YEAR OUT SYNDROME.
IN A NUTSHELL,THE ABYSMAL STATE OF OUR POWER SECTOR IS NOT THE ORIGIN OF GEJ DOING AND ITS SUCCESS SHOULD NOT BE ATTRIBUTED TO GEJ.
IF MR PRESIDENT HAD PERFORMED MIRACLES AS HIS SUPPORTERS HAD CLAIMED,WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS MORE ERRATIC POWER OUTAGES AT THIS TIME.
FINALLY,WE MUST UNDERSTAND THIS SIMPLE FACTS THAT THE ONGOING PRIVATIZATION OF PHCN STATED IN JUNE 2005 UNDER THE OBJ ADMINISTRATION
WITH EL-RUFAI AT BPE AND ALL THE MONIES(OVER $16BILLION NIGERIANS AND HOUSE OF REPS ACCUSED OBJ OF STEALING AND MS-MANAGING WHICH TO A LARGER EXTENT IS TRUE ) THE RESULTS IS MOST OF THE POWER PROJECTS THIS GOVERNMENT IS COMMISSIONING.WE SHOULD ASK OURSELVES THESE QUESTIONS,WHEN WAS ALAOJI GENERATING STATION CONTRACT AWARDED AND SO MANY OTHERS LIKE GEREGU,OMOTOSHO AND PAPALANTOBEFORE MAY 6TH,2010.THIS IS THE LITTLE I HAVE TO SHED LIGHT ON AS I KNOW MOST NIGERIANS ARE NOT ENJOYING POWER SUPPLY AT THIS POINT.WHAT IS YOUR STAKE? MR PRESIDENT CAN WRITE HIS NAME IN GOLD BUT MAKUN(HIS INFO MINISTER) SHOULD STOP SAYING WHAT IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE SOME VERY FEW ARE IN THE KNOW.HOW IS POWER SUPPLY TO YOUR AREA?

Its nothing to write home about.... Gwainpa 1st avenue.....

Keffi, less than 2 hours per day. The two hours is even like twilight.

fo d past one week now, its been "heaven on earth" not realy 24hrs but full and like 12hrs wit like 4hrs at a stretch(part of Jos)

fo d past one week now, its been "heaven on earth" not realy 24hrs but full and like 12hrs wit like 4hrs at a stretch(part of Jos north)