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Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by ohinoyee(m): 12:10pm On May 16, 2019
See cool common zimbabwe when will our government ever do this 4 God sake
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by slimfit1(m): 12:12pm On May 16, 2019
We have a dogo baa ankali president so I don't see thAt happening here.
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by okeyumez(m): 12:13pm On May 16, 2019
Nigeria is a land of deadly fraudsters and useless politicians
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by mclorenzo(m): 12:13pm On May 16, 2019
And yet our honourable Minister of darkness still had his job despite several parts of the country in perpetual darkness
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Nobody: 12:16pm On May 16, 2019
Oh God, why wasn't I born in Zimbabwe..
Oh Zimbabweans, borrow us your president for a day please
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by kokoetemma(m): 12:16pm On May 16, 2019
I tired for this country oooo
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by tgmservice: 12:16pm On May 16, 2019
flexyrule:
If you relocate the whole of USA to Nigeria, and move ALL Nigerians to the US. The level of development in Nigeria would surpase that of the US in less than 20 years. It's not the country, it's the people!
and the US will become a slum
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Pauls0n(m): 12:18pm On May 16, 2019
God when?
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by XklusivGistBlog(m): 12:18pm On May 16, 2019
mmb:
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has fired Joram Gumbo (pictured), his minister of energy and power development, over “poor electricity supply” across the country.

According to BBC, Zimbabwe is experiencing the worst electricity blackouts since 2016.

This is coming after the minister had licenced over 30 companies to provide solar power to the country and concluded plans to travel to Mozambique, a neighbouring country, to make an arrangement for an electricity supply deal.

Gumbo was replaced by Fortune Chasi, the deputy minister for transport and infrastructural development.

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), the state-owned power firm, said there would be blackouts for about eight hours daily because of a drop in output at its largest hydro plant and ageing coal-fired generators.

“The power shortfall is being managed through load shedding in order to balance the power supply available and the demand,” ZETDC had said in a public notice.

On Monday, Reuters had reported that the last time Zimbabwe experienced such serious blackouts was in 2016 after a devastating drought.

Due to low water levels and poor coal supplies to the generating plants, the country is currently producing 969 megawatts (MW) daily against peak demand of 2,100 MW.

Zimbabwe is reported to have experienced very low rainfall during the 2018-2019 raining season with most water bodies drying up.

TheCable reported how the Nigerian electricity grid collapsed twice within 24 hours last week causing blackouts in most states across the country.

The recent grid collapse was the sixth to be recorded in 2019.

https://www.thecable.ng/zimbabwes-president-fires-minister-over-power-outage-for-8-hrs-per-day

Can we have such in Nigeria?


Hmm.
Check my siggy
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Queenserah26(f): 12:20pm On May 16, 2019
Chai, Naija shocked I hail thee
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Amuocha: 12:22pm On May 16, 2019
God will punish APC government for not been able to take similar steps. embarassed

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Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by lexy2014: 12:22pm On May 16, 2019
Tripitaka:
In summary, a minister was sacked because of an 8 hour blackout in a day in Zimbabwe .

This is funny. In some parts of Nigeria we ave , accumulated 5days blackout in a week

U say 5days. My area na since February just after election. they brought bill of more than 100k for last month darkness

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Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by ZAWs: 12:22pm On May 16, 2019
Haha
You go fire tire for 9ja

In my entire life, I've never seen a problem that doesn't have a solution In the case of electricity in 9ja
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by bentwood85(m): 12:27pm On May 16, 2019
Chukwurah003:
Atiku was in charge of privatization of electricity distribution companies in Nigeria. What a fraud. May we never see his likes again

mumu
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by tillaman(m): 12:27pm On May 16, 2019
LMao Just 8 hours
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by oyeb15: 12:29pm On May 16, 2019
Mugabe is better than this man who is just using others as scapegoat.
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by grandstar(m): 12:31pm On May 16, 2019
The problem with Zimbabwe was over relaince on hydro power. Zambia too made that same mistake
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Jman06(m): 12:33pm On May 16, 2019
Chukwurah003:
Atiku was in charge of privatization of electricity distribution companies in Nigeria. What a fraud. May we never see his likes again
Stop being foolish and tell your paymaster the truth!

Atiku successfully carried out privatization, Jonathan's government built on the privatization to improve power supply in the country to a reasonable extent, then Buhari and APC came onboard and destroyed whatever efforts the previous governments made.


I have come to realize that the problems we have as a nation are not really the politicians but their supporters like this fool I quoted who fail to tell the politicians the truth because of the little selfish favour they gain or expect to gain from the government of the day.

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Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Nobody: 12:42pm On May 16, 2019
Tripitaka:
In summary, a minister was sacked because of an 8 hour blackout in a day in Zimbabwe .

This is funny. In some parts of Nigeria we ave , accumulated 5days blackout in a week
In some areas you can be sure theres been no power in 5 months atleast
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by pansophist(m): 12:44pm On May 16, 2019
Nigeria still have this Giant of Africa mentality. Even though its the largest economy and Africa's richest country, its citizens are the poorest, live a miserable life, and tiny countries across the continent enjoy fast better life than Nigeria.

It's like USA superpower mentality. Even though the US economy is over nine times larger compare to Norway, Norwegian enjoys far better living conditions than Americans in all margin of comparison .
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by blackslayer: 12:49pm On May 16, 2019
flexyrule:
If you relocate the whole of USA to Nigeria, and move ALL Nigerians to the US. The level of development in Nigeria would surpase that of the US in less than 20 years. It's not the country, it's the people!

you are absolutely right!!! when you read the comments on this forum in general, you can tell there is absolutely no hope for nigeria... the people there cannot reason and don't have the common sense to do things the right way!
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Hoodbilonia: 12:49pm On May 16, 2019
I said it tue othwr time
Kenya,zimbabwe better pass us
Im sure the citizens dnt use gen and aolar panel like the way naija dey do. Naija is cursed
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by oshaosha2014(m): 12:49pm On May 16, 2019
Who make up the country.

flexyrule:
If you relocate the whole of USA to Nigeria, and move ALL Nigerians to the US. The level of development in Nigeria would surpase that of the US in less than 20 years. It's not the country, it's the people!
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Yankiss(m): 12:51pm On May 16, 2019
mmb:
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has fired Joram Gumbo (pictured), his minister of energy and power development, over “poor electricity supply” across the country.

According to BBC, Zimbabwe is experiencing the worst electricity blackouts since 2016.

This is coming after the minister had licenced over 30 companies to provide solar power to the country and concluded plans to travel to Mozambique, a neighbouring country, to make an arrangement for an electricity supply deal.

Gumbo was replaced by Fortune Chasi, the deputy minister for transport and infrastructural development.

The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), the state-owned power firm, said there would be blackouts for about eight hours daily because of a drop in output at its largest hydro plant and ageing coal-fired generators.

“The power shortfall is being managed through load shedding in order to balance the power supply available and the demand,” ZETDC had said in a public notice.

On Monday, Reuters had reported that the last time Zimbabwe experienced such serious blackouts was in 2016 after a devastating drought.

Due to low water levels and poor coal supplies to the generating plants, the country is currently producing 969 megawatts (MW) daily against peak demand of 2,100 MW.

Zimbabwe is reported to have experienced very low rainfall during the 2018-2019 raining season with most water bodies drying up.

TheCable reported how the Nigerian electricity grid collapsed twice within 24 hours last week causing blackouts in most states across the country.

The recent grid collapse was the sixth to be recorded in 2019.

https://www.thecable.ng/zimbabwes-president-fires-minister-over-power-outage-for-8-hrs-per-day

Can we have such in Nigeria?
See functional country that has rules. See ordinary Zimbabwe. Nigeria leadership, shame on you! Haba.

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Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by aliondo: 12:54pm On May 16, 2019
flexyrule:
If you relocate the whole of USA to Nigeria, and move ALL Nigerians to the US. The level of development in Nigeria would surpase that of the US in less than 20 years. It's not the country, it's the people!

Oil dey your head!!!!!!!!!

Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by brainhgeek(m): 12:54pm On May 16, 2019
Transfer window is near, i think Nigeria can get this President on loan in a swap deal
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by murphyibiam15(m): 12:58pm On May 16, 2019
maybachmusic:
Hmmm

Many Nigerian don't know that most African countries

Are surpassing us in terms of accountability and services
Naija doctors and lecturers full botswana
are you in Botswana??
Re: President Mnangagwa Fires Joram Gumbo Over Power Outage For 8 Hrs Per Day by Platony(m): 1:17pm On May 16, 2019
Sometimes,..for 4 days in my area for Yenagoa, we never see Light, that's lyk 96hrs power outage meanwhile, some areas never even see light for about 8months.


Nigeria
SMH undecided

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