The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki, said power privatisation in the country had started yielding results with 18-hour uninterrupted power supply to consumers in Lagos.

This is contained in a statement by BPE’s Head of Public Communications, Mr Chigbo Anichebe, on Friday in Abuja.

The statement said that Dikki made the disclosure when members of Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ABUCCIMA) visited the Bureau.

Dikki, it said, however stated that power supply around the country would have improved but for the shortage in gas supply to power generating plants.

He said that the new power owners had invested heavily to upgrade infrastructure so as to give Nigerians steady and uninterrupted power supply but restated that steady gas supply had remained an impediment.

While appealing to Nigerians to be patient with the new owners of the power assets, he said that the Federal Government was doing everything possible to solve the gas challenge.

He pointed out that the establishment of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Debt Management Office (DMO) and National Pension Commission (PENCOM) represented government’s resolve to reform the economy.

The director-general affirmed that BPE would take advantage of platforms provided by credible organisations like ABUCCIMA to showcase its achievements.

According to him, the pension reform, for instance, has attracted over N4.2 trillion into the financial system which could be quadrupled in the next few years.

He appealed for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to open up the oil and gas sectors for job creation.

“I appeal to organisations like ABUCCIMA to prevail on the National Assembly to the pass the PIB with clear separation of the role of policy formulation, regulation and operation.

“This will open up the oil and gas sectors so that jobs will be created to take care of the country’s teeming unemployed population,” he said.

The statement said the First Deputy President of ABUCCIMA, Mr Tony Ejinkeonye, assured that the chamber would partner BPE to showcase its activities during the upcoming 9th Abuja Trade Fair.

I agree with this figure. Have obeserved it for about 2 weeks now.

Which part of lagos

Please tell me this is true as there was nothing like this. Phcn will give u light when the want to come and collect allocation from u through crazy Billing. This is another lie that can not be proven. The only way to prove this is to show is how much reduction is observer in the consumption of diesel and petrol in the state which has not reduce but increases buy day.

Let this government prove to us that billions it has been budgeting om power is not for boy by giving us uninterrupted power supply not political noise supply.

Firstly, 18 hours power supply is a lie...as am typing, there hasn't been light for the past 24hrs in my neighborhood in Surulere which i want to believe is not outside his Lagos.

Secondly, we won't have patience until PHCN becomes worse than NEPA, when we will have total blackout for weeks. What GEJ promised was 24hrs power supply, what we're getting is 20hrs uninterrupted blackout supply. We're back to the days kids scream UP NEPA with just a flash of a bulb light.


God bless Nigeria

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The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki, said power privatisation in the country had started yielding results with 18-hour uninterrupted power supply to consumers in Lagos.

This is contained in a statement by BPE’s Head of Public Communications, Mr Chigbo Anichebe, on Friday in Abuja.

The statement said that Dikki made the disclosure when members of Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ABUCCIMA) visited the Bureau.

Dikki, it said, however stated that power supply around the country would have improved but for the shortage in gas supply to power generating plants.

He said that the new power owners had invested heavily to upgrade infrastructure so as to give Nigerians steady and uninterrupted power supply but restated that steady gas supply had remained an impediment.

While appealing to Nigerians to be patient with the new owners of the power assets, he said that the Federal Government was doing everything possible to solve the gas challenge.

He pointed out that the establishment of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Debt Management Office (DMO) and National Pension Commission (PENCOM) represented government’s resolve to reform the economy.

The director-general affirmed that BPE would take advantage of platforms provided by credible organisations like ABUCCIMA to showcase its achievements.

According to him, the pension reform, for instance, has attracted over N4.2 trillion into the financial system which could be quadrupled in the next few years.

He appealed for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to open up the oil and gas sectors for job creation.

“I appeal to organisations like ABUCCIMA to prevail on the National Assembly to the pass the PIB with clear separation of the role of policy formulation, regulation and operation.

“This will open up the oil and gas sectors so that jobs will be created to take care of the country’s teeming unemployed population,” he said.

The statement said the First Deputy President of ABUCCIMA, Mr Tony Ejinkeonye, assured that the chamber would partner BPE to showcase its activities during the upcoming 9th Abuja Trade Fair.

Wished I could charge this man for misuse of office and language. He is outrightly misinforming the general public! Abi nor be naija we dey again??

Dikki, yhu sure?
To some extend sha, light don improve for my area. But one thing wey I never understand be Sey, why we no de get light for Sundays?

englishmart: I think it's yielding progress.

For over 6months we've had uninterrupted power supply.

Chai! U can lie . 6Months ko,6 seconds ni

Abeg na all ds lie me no dey like, am in ketu nau and I neva see light for more dan 3hrs since I don land on thursday. So is Ketu part of Ogun state

fresh ear everywhere

Really? Do we now have another Lagos state apart from eko in Nigeria cos me no see lighty

Story for the gods of the gods.

I have noticed an improvement but 18hrs,Mbanu!

Maybe when it stops rainning,we will go back to our normal ways.Kainji rise,light full ground,Kainji water dry,light turn ghost.

As I type this post, there's no light.

The light situation has improved a bit sha but this guy shouldn't exaggerate it.

echobee:
Chai! U can lie . 6Months ko,6 seconds ni

you don't know where I stay, do u?

I will agree totally cos I have not used my Gen for close to a month in the part of Abuja where I stay.

Which kind result...






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Yielding positive result wey for this side them just dey bring am since day before yesterday as person on tele wan watch them go take am back abeg make una change am to yielding positive but negative result

U better don't get too hard on yourself by celebrating fair power distribution during raining season in Nigeria with our fuckin obsolete hydro electric power generators!!!

At the dry seasons now..we are reverted to old ways!

Now, what is there to even celebrate? If not for lack of senses, it isn't that the feds built a new dam, and not that the old engines were replaced so, this is pure luck as usual..

Year in, year out!!!

after elections we knw wat will happen. keep deceiving urself sir

Really enjoying the 20hours uninterrupted power supply in Rivers state noni.....

They better improve o...we all know its cause of the rain...

I understand that there has been some improvement sha but to say 18 hours of uninterrupted power supply is over-exaggeration.

Anyway, privatization is the way to go especially with our mentality of "eating national cake" from any corporation owned by government.

Come to think of it, will it not be good if Nigeria as a whole is privatized?

I mean, let's try the model and I tell you we will be the first country in the world to do it.

For this life??not whr m living o abeg

englishmart: I think it's yielding progress.

For over 6months we've had uninterrupted power supply.

are you livving in london?

They get it right wit dis one. It's true. In my area of Lagos @ 18 hrs. Its over 3 wks now since i ON my gen. Sometimes i have to put off d fridge.

here goes anoda super story,, a story dat touches d heart n bombom...man pikin continues watchin story for d gods on d phone...low bat3,,generatin on sick leave,,wat shai man do wit 23hrs INTERUPTED POWER SUPLY