Backbencher2:


No, this is not about taxes

It is about allowing the private companies that control the distribution and generation of power the right to set their prices above what it costs to produce that power so that they have enough money to pay for improvements

Not the one where it costs 80 naira to produce one kwh of powerand government is setting it at 40to 71 naira sale price

Bythe way discos have been unable to pay taxes because they cannot make enough profit to do so

It's the federal govt that controls the grid that collapsed and not private companies. So which private companies are u referring to?

I hope Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED) not among?

Question is why must we be on a national grid?
Can't we just decentralize power transmission in this country for the sake of our sanity.
National grid was planned when Nigeria barely have a population of 60 million people. It is out dated already.

lexy2014:


It's the federal govt that controls the grid that collapsed and not private companies. So which private companies are u referring to?

The grid and the gencos get paid from what money the discos raise.

Is there anything Buhari had touched or touches during his tenure that has not collapsed? The man is something else

buckeyemedia:
No electricity here since 6am Thursday morning, so what is new?

Ironically the so called criminals you mentioned, is me & you.

At all. The criminals are the men whose faces appear below along with u who despite the fact that you know that they are scammers, you still don't see anything wrong with them

we dey use light sleep for here, them go bring am 7pm till morning 10am then take it and bring it 4pm, take it by 6pm then bring it 7pm till day break again



Note them dey pay NEPA bills well for here, dem be customer dada

Backbencher2:


Well when even with the increase , it is still below the cost of production, plus 30 to 40 percent of customers dont pay even with meters installed, what do you expect?

If you were a businessman and goverment set your prices in such a way.that you run at a loss and 40% customers don't pay, how would you run your business?

Oga all these you are talking is grammar, what should be the solution?

Backbencher2:


The grid and the gencos get paid from what money the discos raise.

And so what? In technical terms, can u explain the reason for the collapse of the grid?

As always!

The lifeless scammer and cohorts are Nigeria's WORST BLUNDER!

Nig urgently needs a SANE AND SOUND LEADER!

Backbencher2:
When you pay N20 to N60 for something that costs N53 to N80 to make, this is what you get.

No profits, bad service.

If you want power 24 seven, let the sector set its price so that money dey for more generation and better transmission.

You cannot pay 400 naira for a car.

The problem is now price What we are generating isn't even enough to power Lagos alone not to talk of the whole Nigeria. Fashola said it wasn't rocket science pre 2015. I wonder how PDP were able to manage this then

etokhana:

https://guardian.ng/news/nigerias-epileptic-grid-collapses-plunges-country-into-darkness-again/
Mynd44
Lalasticlala

Seriously, I don't know when this country will get it right? right from 1960, it's from one problem or the other and the most annoying aspect is that the idiots called P.H.C.N will still bring there useless overestimated bill as usual...Woke up with a Bill of about #35k yesterday with little to zero supply in the Month of February to which they are aware of ..SMH....God go purnish them Las Las ..Bunch of Idiots, We paying for what we are not using...

Backbencher2:


Well when even with the increase , it is still below the cost of production, plus 30 to 40 percent of customers dont pay even with meters installed, what do you expect?

If you were a businessman and goverment set your prices in such a way.that you run at a loss and 40% customers don't pay, how would you run your business?

Pls what is the cost of production? How much of estimated billing does nepa use in fleecing customers?

ayodapo:
Question is why must we be on a national grid?
Can't we just decentralize power transmission in this country for the sake of our sanity.
National grid was planned when Nigeria barely have a population of 60 million people. It is out dated already.

National grid benefits d North. All the gas powered stations from south are fed to d grid and consumed mostly by North, while they load shed d south. Check out all the power projects in this administration are in d north.

Buhari govt did not build a single Power station to increase generation

Presently we are relying on gas plants in d south bc hydro plants are having low water due to dry season.

Brendaniel:


Oga all these you are talking is grammar, what should be the solution?

Let the discos set a price that would enable them to pay for improvements plus pay gencos and tcn enough money for themto make improvements ( as seen with GSM)

Not the government.

And Yes, it means higher prices for power.

Let everyone pay his or her power bill. Goverment and elite to the poor. No more meter bypass

inoki247:
And dat stupid Fashola dey diz Govt we no hear anything from him...


What a clueless somebody dey always see Nigeria Problem from far...


Electricity is not a rocket science

I mentioned it years ago on this forum, there's nothing special about that guy...he should thank God for Lagos State

Backbencher2:
When you pay N20 to N60 for something that costs N53 to N80 to make, this is what you get.

No profits, bad service.

If you want power 24 seven, let the sector set its price so that money dey for more generation and better transmission.

You cannot pay 400 naira for a car.

So govt is still subsidizing electricity We didn't hear this during the time of PDP o ...blames will not kill u people

lexy2014:


Pls what is the cost of production? How much of estimated billing does nepa use in fleecing customers?

Pwc in their paper" solving the liquidity crunch in the power sector " put it at N83 per kwh.

( google for the paper, worth a read)

Brendaniel:







Let them make it 24 hours first, then tell people to pay, they have been increasing it without any improvement, so your theory does not hold waters at all, the new place I'm staying I was paying 4k when I moved in 2019 now I am paying N42,000 and the light got worse as they kept on increasing it and I kept on paying, so please the government here is at fault, so don't come and say rubbish about increment...

YOUR THEORY DOES NOT HOLD WATERS, CALL A SPADE A SPADE, BUHARI HAS FAILED...

Fool... Where will they her the funds

UP NEPA!

rippa:

So govt is still subsidizing electricity We didn't hear this during the time of PDP o ...blames will not kill u people

They were doing it during pdp time. In fact, APC inherited the thing from PDP.

Reversing it means higher prices

Backbencher2:


Nothing to do with abokis and everything to do with goverment pricing power at a level where companies involved cannot make a profit

And it was started by the previous administration and enshrined in law in such a waythat revising thething means govern ment pays a lot of money as compensation

Abokis destroyed everything, who are the government?

inoki247:
And dat stupid Fashola dey diz Govt we no hear anything from him...


What a clueless somebody dey always see Nigeria Problem from far...


Electricity is not a rocket science

ITS NUCLEAR SCIENCE! NOW WE KNOW!

Already nigeria is collapsing every day so it ain't new thing...

Anybody that has money should go and buy generator make everyone for yard no hear word due to generator sounds that will be better...

lexy2014:


And so what? In technical terms, can u explain the reason for the collapse of the grid?

Grid is worn out. Has been for years. Needs a lotof money ( someone put it at 100 billion dollars!) to fix.

Backbencher2:


Pwc in their paper" solving the liquidity crunch in the power sector " put it at N83 per kwh.

( google for the paper, worth a read)

So what happened to the second question I asked u? U couldn't answer it? Or are u waiting for pwc?

How much of estimated billing does nepa use in fleecing customers?

splashbaby:
Abokis destroyed everything, who are the government?

So why are you opposed to discos settingthe price of power?

lexy2014:


So what happened to the second question I asked u? U couldn't answer it? Or are u waiting for pwc?

How much of estimated billing does nepa use in fleecing customers?

Nepa does not exist. Plus even then estimated billing is a symptom of the fact that the discos operate at a loss in the first place

Backbencher2:


Grid is worn out. Has been for years. Needs a lotof money ( someone put it at 100 billion dollars!) to fix.

You still speaking English. I said in "technical terms". How is it worn out? Who is the somebody that put it at 100b dollars?

lexy2014:


You still speaking English. I said in "technical terms". How is it worn out? Who is the somebody that put it at 100b dollars?

Im only saying what the experts say. It is worn out. It needs fixing.

Backbencher2:


Nepa does not exist. Plus even then estimated billing is a symptom of the fact that the discos operate at a loss in the first place

Whether nepa exists or not isn't the issue. U still haven't answered the question. How much of estimated billing does nepa use in fleecing customers?

Backbencher2:


Im only saying what the experts say. It is worn out. It needs fixing.

You still haven't answered the questions:

You still speaking English. I said in "technical terms". How is it worn out? Who is the somebody that put it at 100b dollars?