nbright:
Zombies will be like.

poseidon12:


What do you mean by home grown solutions? The main reason we are not able to get anything right, including power generation, is because we have a dysfunctional political structure. We are running a unitary system of government. If we don't fix the dysfunctional political structure, we will never get anything right. We will just be wasting our time.
No leader can transform Nigeria without political restructuring.

siraj1402:
I voted for Buhari a fulani man, I can't remember voting for an angel. So I never expected a miracle, I voted for change not magic.16 years misrule can not be repaired in a year..... #I_Stand_With_Buhari

Smooyis:


Thank you sir. Sometimes I wonder if it takes the eyes of a prophet to see that Nigeria needs restructuring. Nothing can work with the present arrangements.

For instance in the power sector, states that generate power are mandated to supply such to the national grid first before it can be shared back to them. Ask why states no longer invest in power generation. Our youths are docile and bereft of what the solutions are. They don't know more than criticisms along party lines. Rather than form pressure groups and suggest ideas they tow the lines of zombies and wailers. What a pity.

poseidon12:


What do you mean by home grown solutions? The main reason we are not able to get anything right, including power generation, is because we have a dysfunctional political structure. We are running a unitary system of government. If we don't fix the dysfunctional political structure, we will never get anything right. We will just be wasting our time.
No leader can transform Nigeria without political restructuring.

ZZ22:
Are you sure your human? To make sure your human type this captcha below.... ZoMb1E

Flets:
Anybody who thinks Buhari can fight IPOB, Tompolo, Nigerdelta, call the bluff of the south and expect the gas pipelines to stay intact needs to check his head.

No nation disunited in purpose ever makes progress.

LudaChriz:
I could remember vividly how the duo of [b]Fashola and Osinbajo were "mouth wetting" during campaign periods that power generation is not a rocket science.

[/b]One would think that these men have the master plan to give us 24 hours power supply ones elected; but Lo & behold, reverse is the case.

The "power supply is not a rocket science" chant was all in an attempt to paint GEJ as clueless and confused before the masses; but down inside them they know quite well that they do not have the solution to our epileptic power supply.

To them now they have succeeded in rooting GEJ out by scamming the populace and they will be calling themselves great politicians. Hmmm, they forget two things - God & karma. We shall see what becomes of APC at the end of it all

siraj1402:
I voted for Buhari a fulani man, I can't remember voting for an angel. So I never expected a miracle, I voted for change not magic.16 years misrule can not be repaired in a year..... #I_Stand_With_Buhari

greatgod2012:
Honestly, when are we going to get anything right in this country

Little wonder, everyone wants to travel abroad.

Quakertellicus1:


Not just zombies...wailers too.

When NEPA was NEPA...one big complaint they used to have was that people did not pay their bills.From time to time...they would release figures saying that people owed billions of naira...and Nigerians just looked at them

Then there is the fact that our transmission system is in a mess...and it needs fixing. That is why GEJ privatized power.

Finally, generation too needs to be increased....and it needs money.

You can call me a zombie.... but you can agree with me that there is no such thing as a free lunch . Time we Nigerians started paying for our electricity.

megareal:
No light in my area for like 3 weeks. This new drop means we fit no see light for eternity.

nbright:
but buhari promised free lunch, does your statement meant buhari lied to Nigerians?

biomedixexcel:
We have entered one chance

Quakertellicus1:


Actually....and this is not a defence of the APC (disclosure...I have been following Nigeria's power sector for some time), APC had nothing to say about power (except Atiku saying that they should reverse the privatization policy....but that was him speaking in his personal capacity).

The main problems are generation and transmission. APC should sort them out....promises or no.

TPAND:
We made a mistake.

We got wheedle into this doom called CHANGE.

APC, Buhari - I should have known this man has never been a man of his words. This guy on 2 different occasions swore never to contest for the office of the president. He even swore not to go to the election tribunal or a court if he loses the elections, he never kept to his word.

A chameleon can only change its color but not its skin.

Jirate:


This is very Painful. Their inability to maintain anything Good left behind by their predecessor. They are all a Bunch of Foooools as far as I am concerned. They should learn to give credit to GEJ whenever it is necessary rather than always eager to rubbish his name and legacy, when they know within them selves that they will never be able to out perform him.

LudaChriz:
As if to call the bluff of President Muhammadu Buhari’s pronouncement to generate 10,000 megawatts, MW, by 2019, output from the generating plants dropped to as low as 2,841MW by mid-day, yesterday.

Data from the Nigerian Systems Operations Department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, website, www.nsong.org , indicated that the situation had gone even worse with generation dropping again to 2,841.90MW as at 12:42pm, yesterday.

The President’s declaration, Tuesday has attracted a lot of scepticisms from various stakeholders, who argued that it was a mission impossible given the current state of the Nigerian power sector, which is characterised by weak and obsolete system.

They noted further that 10,000MW was not a new power target, considering that former President Olusegun Obasanjo had also touted the same capacity target for 2010, which never came to pass till date.
Specifically, they argued that 2019 was exit period of the current administration and, therefore, the President would not be held responsible in the event of failure to achieve the 10,000MW.
They added that to achieve the set target by 2019, will mean generating at least 3,333MW every year over the next three years.

The challenges in doing this, they noted, include the weak transmission network, which cannot wheel that amount of power, given that the much talked about transmission grid has not been constructed.

The transmission system in Nigeria comprises 330 KV and 132 KV circuits and substations and the highest maximum daily energy wheeled nationwide was the one-off 109,372MWH, which was attained when generation output hit a record 5,074MW on February 2, 2016.

Also, except new capacities come on stream, all the existing power plants in Nigeria cannot generate 10,000MW, while the 11 existing distribution companies, DISCOs, cannot accommodate the 10,000MW due to weak tools and equipment.

Although the Systems Operations did not give any reasons for the drastic drop, or which plant generated what, it, however, indicated that the 1,580.6MW were distributed to the 11 electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, as follows:
Ikeja - 426.29 MW; Abuja - 326.82 MW; Eko - 312.61 MW; Benin - 255.77 MW; Enugu - 255.77 MW; Ibadan - 369.45 MW; Jos - 156.30 MW; Kano - 227.35MW; Kaduna -227.35 MW; Port Harcourt - 184.72 MW; and Yola - 99.47 MW.

Accordingly, analysts argued that except a miracle happens, the 10,000MW target will remain a mirage.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/power-generation-drops-2841mw/

Pidggin:
55 years after independence we are still battling with this issue, when will we get it right

Chessco:
. The minister for power is not even an engineer to start with.

agbangam:


Give credit to who? Which legacy did he leave behind.. My problem wit looosers like u is dat u really do not know d source of ur problem.
GEJ sold our power to incompetent pple in d name of privatisation, pple who do not have clues on how to manage d power sector. So it is d outcome of ur Heroes privatisation dat we are suffering.
I Say Receive Common Sense

just2endowed:


That's change for u

Flets:
Anybody who thinks Buhari can fight IPOB, Tompolo, Nigerdelta, call the bluff of the south and expect the gas pipelines to stay intact needs to check his head.

No nation disunited in purpose ever makes progress.