SalamRushdie:


When Fashola increased Tarriffs disnt he say it would make electricity improve significantly within 3 months and now you are yarning dust

9jakohai:


The tariff increase was written into the privatization law in 2014.Fashola had nothing to do with it, and reversing it would have been legally problematic.

And anyway, tarrif increases were inevitable..... our power industry needs huge amounts to work properly, and we are the ones who pay for it thanks to privatization.

Ghana has better light supply than we do. They also pay twice as much as we do in bills.

9jakohai:


Actually GENCOS own the power stations...

Here is a list:http://iwin.org.ng/index.php/news/itemlist/category/179-generation-company-genco

And from the above link...


Olorunsogo Power Plant (Phase I)

The Olorunshogo plant is a 335MW gas plant, located in Papalanto, Ogun State. In 1999, the FGN began an aggressive restructuring of the power sector with several aims, including introduction of efficient, private sector standards and management principles, and methodology, leading to reliable power. In 2001, the FGN approved a National Electric Power Policy (NEPP), followed in 2005 by the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act. EPSR Act provides the legal authority for the unbundling of Nigeria’s power utility as well as the introduction of a new, regulatory scheme managed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), an independent regulatory commission, to guarantee open access and ensure efficiency throughout the industry. Outright sale option was adopted by the Bureau for Public Enterprises in the sale of Olorunshogp phase I which was culminated on the 1st of November 2013. The new owners are Pacific Energy.

Power generation has been privatised. All that is left is transmission....which is run by the Transmission Company of Nigeria....a govt company. Even then....the DISCOS are supposed to generate funds for the rest of the power industry.

In other words...the DISCOS generate funds and pay to the GENCOS....for power which they distribute.GENCOS...pay for gas and (hopefully) improve and expand generating facilities.

proeast:
For real bro, the general consensus now, is for him to vacate aso rock asap, whether dead or alive!

9jakohai:


Power is privatised. Direct your complaints to the DISCOS, GENCOS...and the average Nigerian who refuses to pay his light bill.

masseratti:
please don't insult Nigerians while you re trying to defend politicians, provide constant light and see if Nigerians won't pay, you can't bill me for darkness and expect me to pay, ikeja disco disconnect my line for 3 months, out of the 3 months I travelled for a month, transformer got spoilt replaced, that took them 2 months I was billed 65k for those three months of total darkness, the bad part is that they forgot that they had disconnect my line.

9jakohai:


1.I wish i was defending politicians...maybe they could pay me N700,000 monthly for the privilege......

2.The problem with your proposition is that for Nigeria to get constant light....we need money. And the money is quite a lot.

Here are some estimates...in 1997 N5 trillion was the cost to get us 24 hour light. In 2013...a committee set up by the GEJ govt put it at $100billion in extra funding....note extra funding...for the enxt five years.

3.During the days of PHCN....most Nigerians did not pay their bills. Nowadays, in the days of DISCOS....most Nigerians do not pay their bills. (And I know how you feel....once had to pay, along with two others, the lion's share of PHCN bills for a private student residence during my student days. Most of the students there refused to pay....it was just a few of us paying on their behalf...and we were students.).

You do not pay for service...you cannot get that service. If you owned a business....and I came in and took one of your products without paying....you would (rightly) call me a thief. Which is what you are proposing we do with respect to Power supply for Nigeria.

Or how do you expect them to give us light...when it is just a few of us paying for most of us (which in fairness includes govt parastatals/ministries).....and as a result...the DISCOS AND GENCOS....do not have the cash to make the necessary improvements for light.

Like right now we need to generate more electricity.Maximally we generate 6000MW. Lagos needs 10000MW to see light 24/7. And all that needs money....trillions of naira....which govt, corruption aside....does not have. It has to come from our pockets. Benefit of privatization(Maybe we should have spoken up in 2014 when the process was ongoing)

9jakohai:


And his replacement will do what?

1.Take over the whole NEPA again....that has been privatised?

2.Force Nigerians to pay the high bills needed ....so that DISCOS can raise the money needed to repair and replace the transmission system...and the GENCOS can build new generating power plants.

3.Find N5 trillion to do the needful.

GEJ did a lot of funny things....privatizing power was not one of them.

And thanks to that....there is nothing the rocket scientist can do...Power minsitry does not control power anymore....except for the grid...and even that....funding for its replacement is coming from...the DISCOS...and that means...you and me.

Pchidexy:
Shut your dirty mouth! Government generates power the Discos distribute. I don't know the kind of idiots we have on Nairaland. Pathetic!

Pchidexy:
Shut your dirty mouth! Government generates power the Discos distribute. I don't know the kind of idiots we have on Nairaland. Pathetic!

Pchidexy:
Shut your dirty mouth! Government generates power the Discos distribute. I don't know the kind of idiots we have on Nairaland. Pathetic!

9jakohai:


Generation is controlled by the GENCos.... Which are all PLC....private companies

Thank you and good evening.

Omoakinsuyi:
Fashola should go and apologise to Jonathan

EternalTruths:
God is just humiliating Fashola