We are in a government of deceit..... Negative change is what we have been experiencing thus far! Terrible government!

Buhari Incompetent buffoon. Deceit and blaming government. Your body odour nko

APC has contributed nothing to power grid. Lai Mohammed pls stop deceiving Nigerians with your. Propaganda. This government can not achieve much nor maintain the infrastructures on ground put by Prof Nebo who worked tirelessly to achieve what what were enjoying as long as a lawyer continues to head power ministry. Appointment should be by merit and not compensation. The ministry should be headed by a seasoned Engineer to consolidate the work of Prof Nebo and for Nigerians to enjoy dividend of democracy

Obiagelli:

Doesn't mean i'm blind

Good to know you're not, at a point I thought all of you were.

eluquenson:
The federal government has apologised to Nigerians for the persistent power failures, blaming the situation on gas failure as well as sabotage and vandalisation of power infrastructure.

According to a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Segun Adeyemi, special adviser to Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, the government said that all efforts were being made to rectify the situation and ensure a gradual improvement in the power situation.

“There will be a decent improvement in the power situation from this weekend, thanks to ongoing remedial efforts that will double the current power supply to 4,000WM. Getting back to the 5,074MW all-time high that was reached earlier will take a few more weeks,” Mohammed said.

The minister said that at a time the routine maintenance by the Nigeria Gas Company had affected the supply of gas to power stations, forcing down power supply from an all-time high of 5,074 MW to about 4,000MW, a combination of unsavoury incidents further crashed the power supply to about half that figure.

“The vandalisation of the Forcados export pipelines forced oil companies to shut down, making it impossible for them to produce gas. Then, workers at the Ikeja DISCOS, who were protesting the disengagement of some of their colleagues after they failed the company’s competency test, apparently colluded with the National Transmission Station in Osogbo to shut down transmission,” he explained.

“Finally, the unfortunate strike by the unions at the NNPC, over the restructuring of the corporation, shut down the Itarogun power station, the biggest in the country. Due to these factors, only 13 out of the 24 power stations in the country are currently functioning. It is this same kind of unsavoury situation that has affected fuel supply and subjected Nigerians to untold hardship.”

The minister condemned the situation in which some Nigerians, under the guise of the various unions in the oil and gas sector or sheer vandalisation, would continuously sabotage the country’s power infrastructure.

“The bitter truth is that for as long as these groups of Nigerians continue to sabotage the power infrastructure, Nigerians cannot enjoy a decent level of power supply. We therefore admonish all Nigerians who may be agitating for their rights in whatever form to refrain from any action that will further hurt the same people they claim to be protecting,” he added.

During the week, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, had blamed Nigerians for sabotaging power infrastructure.

“On the issue of power, it seems Nigerians are their own problems. You can recall about four weeks ago, the power ministry came out to say that the megawatts we had was 5070, which is an all-time high in 16 years,” he said.

“A few days after, some people blew installations in Bayelsa, we lost about 1600 megawatts immediately. After that, installation was blown in Delta and we lost another 1,000 megawatts. What would the government do in that kind of circumstance?

“If the people who should be provided power are the ones sabotaging installations, they can’t turn round to say government is not providing power. Nigerians need to determine what they want. If South Africa has about 50,000 megawatts, it is because their own people are not sabotaging their installations, they are not going to blow up the lines. If Nigerians continue to blow up and sabotage, then they can’t come around to say that there is no power.”


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govmts r dey r jst fleeping nigerians,lie lie mohamed (so call minister fr info)noes dos dat r sabotaging dia clueless effort on power,pls nairaland help buhari wt a clue on ds power issue.

let them continue to blame gej forgetting that what goes around comes around. this propaganda must be stopped.

I still believe it's too early to write the APC government off. A lot of things will fall in their proper place after the budget is passed. There would be more liquidity in the polity and funds applied as budgeted including fighting vandalism and others. Nigerians needs to exercise a little more patience.
By the end of 2016 to mid 2017, I expect APC to have gotten their acts right otherwise, the Change will change again in 2019.

Can we have a review of the generation and transmission policy?.Let us abolish this idea of adding everything generated to the national grid;I mean let states implement IPP (Independent Power Project)to power their states.This will discourage vandalisation . If a man in Bayelsa knows that his act of vandalism will affect only his area,he will naturally think twice.The people(locals) also will become more protective as they will take full ownership.Also,It is much easier for state to protect owned power infrastructures. Am not intrested in tales and blame game, I just want Nigeria to be great.

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quote author=Fadipeshet post=43696458]Can we have a review of the generation and transmission policy?.Let us abolish this idea of adding everything generated to the national grid;I mean let states implement IPP (Independent Power Project)to power their states.This will discourage vandalisation . If a man in Bayelsa knows that his act of vandalism will affect only his area,he will naturally think twice.The people(locals) also will become more protective as they will take full ownership.Also,It is much easier for state to protect owned power infrastructures. Am not intrested in tales and blame game, I just want Nigeria to be great.[/quote

Very brilliant idea.
I hope the government is thinking along this line. ]

Of everything way vex me for the matter, the stupid Adeshina is blaming the average Nigerian. So as I day here so, me t thing for me to do is bomb installations? How stupid can this idiot get?
You have failed the people shikena, instead if admitting and moving on, you still have to blame Nigerians.

Of everything way vex me for the matter, the stupid Adeshina is blaming the average Nigerian. So as I day here so, me t thing for me to do is bomb installations? How stupid can this idiot get?
You have failed the people shikena, instead of admitting and moving on, you still have to blame Nigerians.

eluquenson:


During the week, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, had blamed Nigerians for sabotaging power infrastructure.

“On the issue of power, it seems Nigerians are their own problems. You can recall about four weeks ago, the power ministry came out to say that the megawatts we had was 5070, which is an all-time high in 16 years,” he said.

“A few days after, some people blew installations in Bayelsa, we lost about 1600 megawatts immediately. After that, installation was blown in Delta and we lost another 1,000 megawatts. What would the government do in that kind of circumstance?

“If the people who should be provided power are the ones sabotaging installations, they can’t turn round to say government is not providing power. Nigerians need to determine what they want. If South Africa has about 50,000 megawatts, it is because their own people are not sabotaging their installations, they are not going to blow up the lines. If Nigerians continue to blow up and sabotage, then they can’t come around to say that there is no power.”


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Oga Adesina

I said it here months back that Nigerians are their own enemies. With one mouth they want the best, with the other they talk down those doing everything possible to give the best, which ultimately means " making sacrifices".

Some Nigerians wont mind as long as they eat, drink, have electricity 6 hours a day, they are comfortable. But try delay same electricity for 5 days to give them 22 hours consistent after, the same would curse and condemn you ( oh and they call that criticism).

Nigerians need to be set straight. Baba Iyabo knew this, Buhari knows this.Nigerians need STRONG and IRON hand not kid gloves.

Fashola, carry go..nothing go shake you.

You mean south Africa has 50,000mega watts and Nigeria has 1,500 mega watts at the moment ?This is the bad news of the century. What's the population of SA compared to that if Nigeria. Our leaders should indeed cover their head in shame. I no blame people wey dey relocate o. This country is a zoo.

jmoore:

looooooooool a pix is worth a thousand words true true

When I made mention of the negative effect of the actions taken by IKEDC staff and its contributions to the blackout situation, so people went bunkers. We are our own enemies!

ERICCHUKS:
APC has contributed nothing to power grid. Lai Mohammed pls stop deceiving Nigerians with your. Propaganda. This government can not achieve much nor maintain the infrastructures on ground put by Prof Nebo who worked tirelessly to achieve what what were enjoying as long as a lawyer continues to head power ministry. Appointment should be by merit and not compensation. The ministry should be headed by a seasoned Engineer to consolidate the work of Prof Nebo and for Nigerians to enjoy dividend of democracy

Please credit is for Prof Barth Nnaji and not Nebo.

Quakertellicus1:


1.South Africa has three nuclear power stations. Nigeria has none

2.South Africa has good maintenance culture. Nigeria does not have it.

3.South Africa has a large industrial sector which contributes a lot not only to SA gdp,but even African GDP. As a result...the power supply has to work.

4.SA also exports electricity to many other African countries....meaning the lights better work....or that is a source of forex gone.

5.The average SA citizen pays her or his electricity bill. The average Nigerian for the most part does not.

Nice one. But I doubt if they will understand. Too many mindsets fixated on blaming the government due to hatred and bitterness. Supporters of corruption and saboteurs will be disgraced and Nigeria will be great again.

Ephemmm:
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Na today una start from lack of power supply despite the availability of resources(the price of crude oil still at its peak)? You can only pray it ends under this regime.

I nor follow. Infact since I was born.light never go off where I have lived. And I ain't joking.

No be new thing here in Akure

you call this apology? Casting blame and making excuses? Nigerians open ur eyes joor.

Apology accepted............and tanx for promise kept, there is light already in my area (Ojere Abk Ogun) since morning

Tinyemeka:
They've blamed NNPC, blamed pipelines, blamed the petroleum workers, oil workers, palm wine tappers, including the old mama on the street. I find it extremely shocking that GEJ wasn't blamed here.

Blamocracy is all I see. Govt of the blamers, by the blamers and for the blamers.

In the words of DJ Khaled,

All they do is blame, blame, blame no matter what/
Got blaming on their minds/
They can never give it up/
Cos everytime Lai steps up in the building/
Everybody's ears go up!
And the blames fly/
And the lies fly/
And they stay there/
Up down up down up down/
Cos all they do is blame! Blame! Blame!
Got blaming on they minds/
They can never give it up and they stay there!!!

Keep it up.

Chief Lai has now discovered that he can't utter a word without involuntarily including one false blame or the other, hence this unusual decision to issue this flimsy excuses through an assistant. Power has now changed hands. Likewise the title ownership of the Clueless Commander of the Federal Republic CCFR.

omg, dead

i was actually rapping along, freaking hilarious

]is there need for the apology.... we are used to it.... we are the supplier of light to other country but we are denied of light in our precious land

Why do they need to apologise. Do you apologize for being naturally incompetent, inefficient? And don't they know that every single Nigerian has generator at home?

eluquenson:
The federal government has apologised to Nigerians for the persistent power failures, blaming the situation on gas failure as well as sabotage and vandalisation of power infrastructure.


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ladyF:

lol...since this light and fuel saga started dealing with everyone...

Kk. I standunder! But you still one of us oh, #istandwithbuhari!

EnigmaticEnigma:


omg, dead

i was actually rapping along, freaking hilarious

The blame games were overwhelmingly inspiring.

Ephemmm:


A govt apologizing for something I knew it didn't cause. This is change I voted for unlike the clueless one who keeps deceiving Nigerians for six years with empty promises despite availability of resources to curb this lack of power supply (the price of crude oil still at its peak coupled with enough reserves)

Ride on Mr President: God will back you up as you are planning to take Nigeria to a greater height.

height of gulliblity is visible to the blind