nairalanda1:


So, if you were selling bread that cost you N1000 a loaf to make, you would sell it at N200 per loaf to help poor Nigerians.

No profit to pay your suppliers, and workers, and your taxes, and yourself.

But hey, that's the thing you endorse.

Good afternoon.

And don't call me an APC, Buhari, or tinubu supporter again, and I am not in the power sector.

udemzyudex:
You add the darkness or you minus the darkness?


For my parent side the electricity dey constant, they can go three days without interruption and even if dem take am, within 30mins dem don restore am,na you go dey recharge your meter when you no get light but others get.
But for my side especially those wey no get prepaid dem dey get over estimated bills even for darkness and FG dey get mouth dey talk about electricity cheapest in Nigeria.
Omo FG dey cap.

Yampotatocarrot:


True, I noticed areas where most houses have prepaid are given constant light... Whereas areas with postpaid meters don't have light constantly

I wonder why they do it like that

GeneralPula:
No be lie..

EcoBrick:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/05/cost-of-electricity-consumption-in-nigeria-cheapest-in-the-world-fg/

Mynd44

Invitationn:

I used to live inside the Redemption camp in Mowe. There’s stable electricity in the camp- at least for 97% of my 2-year residence there.
30k recharge on my prepaid meter takes 5months.
I bought a unit for N35.

Same electricity in the UK. I pay at least £90/month.

The migrant crisis in Libya and the Nigeria experience

The drive for survival and for greener pastures has continued to force millions of West African young men and women to gamble with death in attempts to cross over to Europe and other parts of the world. This quest to escape poverty, hunger, unemployment and insecurity, among other reasons, caused a major segment of Nigeria’s population to seek alternatives for better livelihood prospects for themselves and their families.

Those seeking economic survival see irregular migration as the best alternative, given the difficulty and resources involved in migrating through regular and legitimate routes. In many instances, very few of the original number who set out on these dangerous journeys live to tell their stories. While many regularly drown in the Mediterranean Sea, many also die in the deserts, and others are sold as slaves in a modern slave market.

Most of the victims of this trade are from West Africa. Many of them leave home with expectations of getting to Europe and other destinations perceived to have better economic prospects for them, but they end up in the slave merchant nets in North Africa. The victims are put in camps and sold in open markets in Libya, while the international community watches in silence. The geographical location of Libya renders it a transit route for migrants journeying to Italy and many other parts of Europe. The migration crisis in Libya and its attendant consequences was made more possible by the instability in Libya, occasioned by the October 2011 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)-led war against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. The fall of that regime left the country even more politically unstable, with increased security threats that are spilling over into other parts of Africa. Europe, in particular, lost a credible partner in its efforts to address or reduce irregular migration from Africa. Poor governance and institutional ruin as a fall-out of the war paved the way for the emergence of criminal syndicates, whose trade in human beings is now finally attracting some global attention. To address this, the European Union (EU) proposed setting up reception centres in Libya for African migrants while their asylum applications undergo consideration.

https://www.accord.org.za/conflict-trends/the-migrant-crisis-in-libya-and-the-nigeria-experience/

EcoBrick:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/05/cost-of-electricity-consumption-in-nigeria-cheapest-in-the-world-fg/
But with the worst electricity supply in the world. Sometimes, I feel cheated to be born into this part of the world.




Mynd44

nairalanda1:


The thing Nigerians do not get is that you need a profit to run things well. Take GSM. GSM companies were allowed to charge whatever they wanted, and in the first 2-3 years, service was BAD. Very awful. Even home internet was not possible with GSM (it was dialup then VSAT we was using....now things have changed). Yet we paid up the high prices with a lot of complaining...and the GSM companies made a lot of profit.....which they then reinvested in domestic growth, and things started improving from 2003 onwards.

The kind of 'schizophrenic' thinking I see from Nigerians when it comes to power supply is funny. On the one hand they want good power supply before they pay full price, on the other hand they want the power companies to keep charging cheap prices, below the cost of production. And somehow they expect power to be miraculosly good on those terms. Challenge them on that...they will claim poverty, and claim that everyone is on minimum wage (the concept of minimim wage is so misused on this site...while it is true that many people are not paid well, most of us are not on minimum wage whatsoever)...and so the suffering continues.

As for me, either we pay market price for power, or we accept that we can never have 24 hour power in our lifetimes. Time we stopped lying to ourselves.

I'm done arguing.

Blackdeewhy:
It breaks my heart when this "government people" comes with one sided story.

Like is the economy of this country the same as those mentioned?

Security wise, are they also suffering from kidnapping, Fulani herdsmen?

Is there infrastructure as bad as ours?

Do they also pray to God to have lights and other social amenities

These our government people just like reasoning with their anus most times.

lomprico:
I'm typing this no light in my area for 2 days now. And by month end they will come with fat bill. Nigerians pay the most expensive power bill in the world, imagine paying for darkness?

GreyLaw:
Rubbish. Just like Ngige shouting at the top of his lungs about subsidised education. You can only call something subsidised when you offer original quality/quantity at reduced cost.

Nigeria wey light no dey and people dey pray make PHCN give light for heat period make dem fit use fan na hin dem say their electricity be the cheapest.

Thanks goodness Buhari is packing his bags home to his home in Niger or wherever he calls home. Let's someone else try. Maybe BAT go do better. Just maybe.

Invitationn:

I used to live inside the Redemption camp in Mowe. There’s stable electricity in the camp- at least for 97% of my 2-year residence there.
30k recharge on my prepaid meter takes 5months.
I bought a unit for N35.

Same electricity in the UK. I pay at least £90/month.

GreyLaw:
Rubbish. Just like Ngige shouting at the top of his lungs about subsidised education. You can only call something subsidised when you offer original quality/quantity at reduced cost.

Nigeria wey light no dey and people dey pray make PHCN give light for heat period make dem fit use fan na hin dem say their electricity be the cheapest.

Thanks goodness Buhari is packing his bags home to his home in Niger or wherever he calls home. Let's someone else try. Maybe BAT go do better. Just maybe.

seguno2:


So why are Nigerians going to Redemption Camp to pray and fast for the opportunity to sell their inheritance prematurely, like the prodigal son in the Bible, to risk death in the Sahara Desert, Libya and the Mediterranean Sea for a japa chance to the UK where electricity is so expensive?
Can you please help unravel this mystery