Why We Failed To Meet 6000mw – Minister
Written by By Doris Igyor, Abuja
Friday, February 05, 2010 12:41:26 PM

Minister of Power, Dr Lanre Babalola, has said that the major reason why the ministry did not make the required deadline of 6,000mw was largely due to the constraints of gas supply. He said that poor quality of gas, inadequate volume of gas and the vandalisation of pipelines all contributed to the inability of government to meet the deadline of December 2009.

Dr. Babalola, who was speaking at the ministerial press briefing of the ministry at the auditorium at the Presidential Villa yesterday, said that project delivery slip dates, infrastructure  inadequacy, funding and operational issues were some other contributing factors.

He said that project slip date was directly responsible for government's failure, in that the Chevron Phase 1 Pipeline, one of the major pipelines that was supposed to convey enough gas to aid distribution of 7,00mw, had been vandalized and left idle for over a year, and that the expected 6,000mw had been based on the assumption that the pipeline would be completed before the end of the year, but the delivery date of the project had slipped to February this year.

The minister also stressed that his approach to reforms in the ministry was to decentralise the approach to power through the of new small and medium hydro-electric power projects, HEPPs.

The chairman of the event, Prof. Dora Akunyili, the minister for the transparency in the session, saying this was in line with the on going rebranding campaign currently going on in the country. She also advised the minister to look closely into private sector participation as it is very important.

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This man is still talking because even in his failure he still keeps his job.

Kx:

This man is still talking because even in his failure he still keeps his job.

Which I doubt could happen in another world but Nigeria.

Minister: Story, story

Nigerians: Stoooooorrrryyyyyy

Minister: Once upon year 2008, we promised to deliver to Nigerians 6,000MW of electricity by December, 2009

Nigerians: murmurs, foot shuffling, yawning

Minister: Now the story is that, you see, eemm, clears throat, scratches head, looks up, now sweating


NONSENSE - These guys should go bury their shameless heads in the hot Saudi Arabian sand

why cant dìs pple stop deciving der selves. Dont dey kno dat Chelvron or so pipe limme as been vandalized b4 dey start talkin about 6,000 mw. take dis as my word ALL SO-CALLED GOVT. LEADERS IN DIS COUNTRY (NIGERIA) AR ALL FAILURES !

And come 2020 it becomes vision 2050.

There is no excuse for this failure honourable minister

In the world they live in there are always excuses.

The minister ought to be sacked for gross incompetence.Period.
Ordinary 6,000mw!!! What a shame.

There is no excuse at all for Nigeria not to be able to deliver on only 6000mw, there are too many technology to make it happen, and we have the money to do it, so if i were the guy, i would just keep mute.

why is this guy still talking? he knew the challenges before he took on the job, so all these excuses are untenable. we need results not some lame excuses.

Why didn't the minister address the gas supply issue then ? It is an open secret that gas supply
to the power stations is a major stumbling block in power generation in Nigeria.

He had the entire 2009 to address it - so what is his excuse ?

I know that the man has an enormous task at hand, but for him to blame the govt's
inability to attain 6,000 MW on lack of gas is pitiful because this is an open secret
and the man had the entire 2009 to address this.

As far as am Conrned Nigeria is a Failed country. this set of Cabinets and Minister,House and Senator are Crooks. They are Enemy of Progress

Our Leader dont built for Generations that is coming and even Jonathan too have little to Offer Nigeria

with this declaration by the Minister 6000 MW is now RIP

Hi,

I read something like this somewhere:

Is it not a shame on us that Dubai city alone, with a population of 1.19 million people, generates 16,000MW? Poor ‘Yar Adua proudly said to Nigerians that he is ready to provide 6,000MW for the entire nation of 140 million people.

South Africa currently generates more than 40, 000 MW of electricity- a country that got independence in 1994 exactly 34 years after Nigeria became a nation-state. Toyota Motors Company in Japan alone generates more than 36,000MW of electricity from its own private generating plants. Singapore, a city of only 4.8 million people, generates 68,000MW. U.S.A with less than double our population generates 3.2 million MW. But we are still talking of nonsense 6,000MW.

If that is really true Nigeria is on it way of becoming a fail nation.

snowdrops:

And come 2020 it becomes vision 2050.

abi. be like say that 10 year interval is not working
it all started with vision 2000, 2000 turned to 2010, 2010 now 2020.

Sack the minister. He is useless at his job

monkeyleg:

Sack the minister. He is useless at his job

If it's in another country the minister would have "sacked" himself. . .

Well, that is were we have let ourslevs down time after time. We are very good and swallowing crap and enjoying it. Time to start taking those in government to task. If he doesnt do his job well get rid of him. what is the point of such a monumental failure only to make stupid excuses. The country has been in the dark for far too long

It’s not exactly rocket science to make it difficult to vandalize pipelines. It may be costly, but the cost to the country in terms lost productivity, arrested development and health issues resulting from personal-generator pollution can be many times more.

Adopting a security-fence technology known as “closed-loop, live-earth system” to wrap around the pipelines, and burying the pipelines deep underground are effective ways to make life difficult for vandals. Enclosing the pipelines in clam-shell type concrete pipes will add a redundant layer of security. The “closed-loop, live-earth system” technology can map the entire length of the pipeline in discrete sections. If the security of a section is breached, an alarm is sent to the pipeline security office, which can quickly dispatch armed personnel to the area. The protection inherent in this approach is that vandals have to spend hours digging through soil, reinforced concrete and electrified security enclosure to get to the pipeline. Throw in security cameras, off-limit perimeters along the pipeline, and constant patrol; you can achieve near-impenetrable security around the pipeline.

The problem with Nigeria is not lack of money. The problem with Nigeria today is the culture of apathy and lack of accountability and dedication. The minister of power should know how to keep the pipelines safe from vandals. That’s his job. But since no one would hold him accountable, he has found it convenient to sidestep responsibility and blame his failure on vandals.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NIGERIA AND HER PLIGHT, BUT THIS IS ONE PROJECT THAT I REALLY BELIEVED IN UNTIL WE WERE SLAPPED WITH THE NEWS THAT THE TARGET WAS NOT REALISABLE. WHEN IS NIGERIA GOING TO START MAKING HER CITIZENS BELIEVE IN HER AGAIN?

^^^Stick to optimism.

In my opinion it was quite obvious when announced that the 6000MW capacity could not be achieved, what baffles me is once this became obvious to him why he did not just come out and say it won't be achieved, instead of leading everbody on, in my opinion this undermines his integrity.

Our honorable minister next time try and be more transparent instead of trying to fool Nigerians, the sad thing is it might not even be possible to achieve the 6000MW by the end of 2010 at this rate.
Honorable minister please prove me wrong.