mmsen:
I wasn't being partial. I used his name as an example. They are ALL trash.

Segunhife:
Honestly in my own point of view we cannot expect a politician importing generators and we expecting there will be progress in the power sector. Just saying

anonimi:


Is Buhari importing generators

anonimi:


Do you mean no show for their 20,000 Mw promised


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kurupt1:
Your getting it wrong.....the generation aspect of power is still government controlled while the distribution aspect is in private hands

anonimi:


see your answer below.


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Salebo:
OLODO RABATA!!!

PHCN has been....read it..P R I V A T I S E D....by your god GEJ.

GENCOs are not government business.

Help your brain so as to help your future generations.

tactius:
It is bad, but the fact is, fixing the problem needs cash, and lots of it.

If Nigerians and their government agencies, rich and poor pay their bills regularly, power might just improve.

If we want 24/7 power, we needs must pay for it.

Simple.

Revolution won't change the problem.

tactius:
It is bad, but the fact is, fixing the problem needs cash, and lots of it.

If Nigerians and their government agencies, rich and poor pay their bills regularly, power might just improve.

If we want 24/7 power, we needs must pay for it.

Simple.

Revolution won't change the problem.

seniwellsFX:
Another certified Apc worm spotted. Did Nigerians ever complain to you or any or your fellow urchins that they are unable or unwilling to pay for electricity? Nigerians currently pay for electricity they never used. The government should provide social services and Nigerians will be more than ready to pay for them. Stop being an idiot because you feed your family from crumbs, off, the table of Apc government

Rolly22:


Are you listening to yourself? Na your type make this country dey stagnant

tactius:


The truth is Nigerians have to stop expecting everything to be free.

Take petroleum and power. If we ran both as the businesses they should be run, there would be an improvement in power.

But because prices would shoot up, leading to protests, no politicians would do that.

Atiku rightly proposed privatization of NNPC, then went on to propose increasing subsidy on fuel. The APC's inefficient subsidy regimen too is another issue.

Discos have to be run as businesses. Everyone must be metered. Prices have to go up to cover cost of generation. Profits mist be made and reinvested.

But no political person wants to lose power

NotBeenPaid:

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There was an earlier thread on here that it fell to 2441MW remember?


PHCN took the light the moment I opened this thread

chidi2pus:



Dear Sir, nobody expects anything for free
Do you agree that the cost of running petrol Gen is more expensive, stressful and environmentally detrimental?

Do you agree that Nigerians don't like Gen?
Do you agree that Gen is the most effective way to get power in offices, factories and homes?
Do you agree that Nigerians in diaspora always pay their power bills?

Why say Nigerians expect light for free?

Please reply

tactius:


Power has been privatised since 2014, long before Master Rocket Science took over.

All he can do now is

1.Negotiate for a long term loan to fix transmission
-The money would find its way to private pockets

2.Force discos to.meter everyone
- No government enforcement, so discos refuse in order to bill arbitrarily on purpose

3.Allow discos charge the prices they want to charge, and allow competition
- How do you charge for power that is not provided or metered?

Thanks to privatization, we are now the ones responsible for funding the power sector.

litaninja:
LOL. see answers to points made

1.Negotiate for a long term loan to fix transmission
-The money would find its way to private pockets
Because you Nigerians are lazy, you don't want to hold your politcians accountable, and you defend your favoured politician when caught.




2.Force discos to.meter everyone
- No government enforcement, so discos refuse in order to bill arbitrarily on purpose
MAP is happening here in the ABUJA disco. Plus....that's what government is supposed to do.

3.Allow discos charge the prices they want to charge, and allow competition
- How do you charge for power that is not provided or metered?
When the GSM companies came, and were charging 10000 and above for SIM...and service that was so poor that it was difficult to call between different providers at one point....yet we kept on paying...and the money was used to improve things.




Stop being cynical. If you want genuine change...run for office.If you want to change things...then learn to hold your government accountable. Democracy is hard work.

anonimi:


What is this obsession with Jonathan by people who can't fulfil their promises of four years ago on which they were elected into office
A cover up for incompetence of the dullard?
How many of the countries that Nigerians are fleeing to and where bubu was called lifeless leader of shittyhole nation, have their electricity companies run by the government?
Blame blame is the game of the lazy ones.


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Salebo:
LazyBrain!

Stop being deflective...You accused the present leadership for the power outages...

I am telling you that government has little to no blames...PHCN was privatised by the Drunken master from otueke aka my wife is also a thief aka I am the ineffective buffoon....

tactius:
It is bad, but the fact is, fixing the problem needs cash, and lots of it.

If Nigerians and their government agencies, rich and poor pay their bills regularly, power might just improve.

If we want 24/7 power, we needs must pay for it.

Simple.

Revolution won't change the problem.

Tianamen1:


90 percent of american children go through public education. If the Nigerian government provided quality education as other governments do, Nigerians would be able to pay their electricity bills

tactius:


Because the Americans paytaxes at rates higher than Nigerians...(and earn more).


If we charged Nigerians at that tax rate....there would be riots.

Plus, Americans know who their local government leader and governor is. Nigerians only know who President is, but LG chairman...zero.

tactius:


Well, this current government could have done something...like get a long term loan to fix things.....

Privatization was a good idea. The problem is that the government is still controlling prices...which is what drove away international bidders from the disco bidding process under GEJ. Removing price controls...however...is not politically popular.