YoursGEJ:
Fashola for President (2023-2031). Wailers can continue to wail

emerged01:


Nothing you can fast track about PHCN. It will take a lot of years to witness improvement in power.

fizufizy:
tell your militants to stop bombing pipelines and see if power won't be steady.

Yungbitz:

If you ain't myopic you will see a new initiative proffered by him aside his belief in continuity...Siting power plants far away from Fuel source has always been a wrong decision..gas pipelines will always be vandalized but if the distance is very close to the plant..you partially eliminate the Vandals out of the equation and thus constant gas supply to Power stations becomes inevitable

OLADD:


Pls point to any part of my posts both past and current where I accused Fashola of continuing with existing projects other than picking him up on inability to initiate new initiatives to fastrack the power re-engineering process. If you had read my post before criticising, you would have noticed the part where I dressed him down on failure to review the existing power roadmap having condemned it in the past. Read carefully before reacting pls.

AdamsBashforth:

That is not what the writer is saying. Just acknowledge when you see something good, that is all. Most projects initiated by the GEJ administration were well thought out. It is also good that the current minister is continuing. I am also convinced that Elrufai must be regretting the way he ridiculed the office of the presidency. You can imagine what our dear president is going through. The youths struggle to out do each other by calling the president unprintable names.

OLADD:


What's not true? That Buhari and Fashola ostensibly chose not to probe the power sector because of the bigwigs involved? Tell me another story.

OLADD:


No, compatriot. No rational thinking person would canvass for discontinuation of existing projects for new ones They must be complimentary. However, I find it unreconcilable for Fashola and Buhari not to introduce new initiatives that are different from the existing ones which they completely rubbished as a waste prior to the last election. By now, this govt should be focusing on alternative source(s) of power generation other than the gas and hydro powered ones. All the noises made in the rundown to the 2015 elections on electricity turnaround were mere hoax and election winning lies.That's my take.

tempest01:
Why site gas plants in kogi when you have to transport gas from the Niger Delta and still evacuate the power to the National Grid?



Why not site Many gas power plants in Akwaibom and other SS states, then put facilities in place to evacuate this. The pipelines to be monitored are now shorter and the raw material is readily available.

emmygzy:
what of the 40,000 megawatts they promised in 4 years? During campaign and after inauguration.

OLADD:


Pls point to any part of my posts both past and current where I accused Fashola of continuing with existing projects other than picking him up on inability to initiate new initiatives to fastrack the power re-engineering process. If you had read my post before criticising, you would have noticed the part where I dressed him down on failure to review the existing power roadmap having condemned it in the past. Read carefully before reacting pls.

TomLepskie:
((( While noting that this would deliver incremental power, he added that government is working to consider alternative and sustainable fuel supply to the 215MW plant in Kaduna which was designed to use gas, but is located several hundred kilometers away from gas sources.

stressing that government has resolved never to site power plants far away from their fuel source.

“To achieve this, we are working round-the-clock within the ministry, and with other ministries like Solid Minerals, Water Resources and Ministry of Environment, to deliver an energy mix that will assist power production, investors and all stakeholders on how to site solar power in the North, hydro power in the North and North-Central, coal in the North Central and South East and gas in the South-West and South-South. )))



Here comes the solution if well implemented, Solar/Hydro power in the North,Coal in the South East and Gas in the South West and South south.

All this yrs the only excuse all the previous govts have been giving to Nigerians for NEPA inefficiency is either shortage of gas or pipeline vandalization but with this new development the Niger delta militants ll only be doing harm to themselves if they choose to vandalize gas pipelines.

Siting power plants close to their energy source and not relying solely on gas to power this plants is the solution.PMB/BRF is a perfect team cuz it's one thing to hv a good minister and another to give him a free hand and political backing to do his job, after all it was in this country that berth nnaji was forced to resign simply because he was stepping on toes, how can you change things progressively in a country like Nigeria without stepping on toes, God less PMB.common sense is not acquired through PHD.

Could this be the reason the NDA rushed to bomb gas pipelines immediately the budget was read because they were amazed with the smile and confidence on Baba's face while signing the budget?they want to undermine the genuine efforts of PMB abi?God pass them.
PDP the best way to play the role of opposition party is not by undermining the efforts and achievements of the government in power but by criticizing constructively. By so doing Nigeria ll be a better place for us all.
So call your Niger delta boys to order for them not to be treated as common criminals.

OLADD:


Many sensible Nigerians knew they were lying.

malton:


Because power plants use water for cooling.

Stalwert:
Why some useless fools are bombing pipelines here and there sensible people are making Nigeria a great place to live ride team change

OLADD:
Sentiment aside, has anybody noticed that Fashola hasn't introduced any initiative on power improvement apart from recycling existing roadmap which he and other APC leaders (including Buhari) roundly condemned in the past? Having accused the last govt of awarding power projects to its cronies, one would have expected this govt to embark on massive review of the power contracts toward fast tracking electricity improvement but alas, it's déjà vu. Well, we know Buhari can't touch the owners of the GENCOs and DISCOs. Na only Dasuki, Deziani, Obanikoro FFK etc dem fit probe.

bayulll011:


Site them at ss,so that they will continue to bomb it abi no way,if I were bubu no infrastructural development in that region again,all offices should be relocated to lagos and sw state I don't trust ipob state also they are all child of bitterness and enemy of progress

tinsel:

I am not sure any investor will be willing to invest in SS now. They will blow up his entire investment in a minute. What they hope to achieve by doing this I don't know.

malton:

Because power plants use water for cooling.

billyG:

Did dullard like u read d part he said a case was in court 4 yrs,review an already signed contract?u think they just cancel contract like that b/c u dnt like d person face, or u wnt them 2 demolish d power plants of previous admin?do those plant belong 2 gej or naijerians.Boy grow above ethnic sentiments.

OLADD:
Sentiment aside, has anybody noticed that Fashola hasn't introduced any initiative on power improvement apart from recycling existing roadmap which he and other APC leaders (including Buhari) roundly condemned in the past? Having accused the last govt of awarding power projects to its cronies, one would have expected this govt to embark on massive review of the power contracts toward fast tracking electricity improvement but alas, it's déjà vu. Well, we know Buhari can't touch the owners of the GENCOs and DISCOs. Na only Dasuki, Deziani, Obanikoro FFK etc dem fit probe.

muller101:
that should be for nuclear reactors only

billyG:

Lie frm an ignoramus,only nuclear power plant need water 4 cooling.

989900:



Your point again?

AdamsBashforth:

It doesn't really mean someone has an opposing view when you are quoted. You are a little bit aggressive. I agree with what you wrote.

OLADD:


No, compatriot. No rational thinking person would canvass for discontinuation of existing projects for new ones They must be complimentary. However, I find it unreconcilable for Fashola and Buhari not to introduce new initiatives that are different from the existing ones which they completely rubbished as a waste prior to the last election. By now, this govt should be focusing on alternative source(s) of power generation other than the gas and hydro powered ones. All the noises made in the rundown to the 2015 elections on electricity turnaround were mere hoax and election winning lies.That's my take.

kayfra:
Construction works has resumed at the site of the 700 megawatts (MW) Zungeru power plant in Niger State, after the federal government facilitated an out of court settlement by parties involved in the dispute, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said.



The minister disclosed this while delivering a lecture titled Nigeria’s Electricity Challenge: A roadmap for change, at a public lecture in Lagos yesterday.

Fashola explained that although the project which was held up in court for several years, is now three years behind, the dispute has been resolved, parties are out of court and over 800 workers are back on site.

While noting that this would deliver incremental power, he added that government is working to consider alternative and sustainable fuel supply to the 215MW plant in Kaduna which was designed to use gas, but is located several hundred kilometers away from gas sources, stressing that government has resolved never to site power plants far away from their fuel source.

“To achieve this, we are working round-the-clock within the ministry, and with other ministries like Solid Minerals, Water Resources and Ministry of Environment, to deliver an energy mix that will assist power production, investors and all stakeholders on how to site solar power in the North, hydro power in the North and North-Central, coal in the North Central and South East and gas in the South-West and South-South.

“This is our roadmap to incremental power, because it not only makes the power cheaper, if the fuel is nearer, but it makes it easier to plan and execute transmission plan, to ensure the power is evacuated and distributed,” he said.

Other imminent power sources listed by the minister as important to the quest for incremental power include the 40MW Kasimbilla power plant, the Katsina 10 MW wind and the 222 MW Gbarain plant in Bayelsa State.

He added that “There are also those who just require gas to operate and deliver full power such as the AES 240 MW plant in Lagos, the Geregu I and II plants in Kogi state where four turbines of 115 MW each simply do not have gas, the Omotosho and Olorunsogo power plants where only three turbines out of 12 turbines are working, and with the supply of gas we can increase power from the present 160MW to over 600MW,” Fashola stated.

Speaking further on the roadmap for incremental power, the minister stated that there are also plans by this administration to complete about 2,100 inherited rural electricity projects which should have been completed by law since 2006.





Credit: Leadership. 06-05-2016

http://leadership.ng/business/524012/construction-700mw-zungeru-power-plant-resumes-fashola

Standing5:
I was expecting your type already. You accuse Fashola of continuation when you should talking about holding the last admin accountable for paying large percentage of project cost but leaving relatively little work on ground for Fashola. By pointing out fashola continuation of Power Sector Roadmap you make it seem as if construction of power plant is a new invention or the average illeterate out there doesn't know we need them in this country.

OLADD:


If you're not daft, how's this an initiative that's a clearcut departure from the age long dependence on hydro and gas power scheme that has led Nigeria to nowhere? Why are you Nigerians easily deceived by tokenism and pettiness? Changing power plant location matrix has suddenly become a big deal? How would that increase the generation capacity of the plants?Gosh!