SimonAndal: Let's wait and see. Nigeria's government is made up of "to", "will", "going", "soon", "going to", "will be"...

simba4us: Mubi North, Adamawa state. Enjoying over 22 hours /day power supply for the past 5 days. Up Mr. president

atikubaba: Dont b deceived increase in water lever due to the season is wat brought abt d increase in Mega watt.u wil knw beta during dry season

KOMBE: thumbs up for GEJ.

stint: This is mis-direction .this is Jonathan using virtual improvement in electricity to distract nigerias from the more important issue of security , from his failure to preserve the life of thousands of Nigerians that has died due to his mumunity.
its a pity our Government won't do their job but what is necessary to preserve their job .

GAR3TH:

From what I remember reading OBJ was the one who commissioned the project and I also read that NIPP reached 75% completion during Yar'Adua's administration. During the present and past administrations the power plants was and still are under construction. But according to you, we should give GEJ all the credit even though he had nothing to do with the NIPP expect for being the one in office when it will be completed? That like the final runner in a relay race getting all the credit for finishing even though his teammates also ran with with the baton in the race.

My point is you and a few other people on Nairaland give GEJ waaaay to much credit. You also denounce and repudiate the positive things past administrations and opposition parties did. GEJ has projects of his own but not everything completed or commissioned by GEJ is made by him.

1025:

stop deceiving urself. jonathan SHOULD COME OUT BOLD and tell nigerians when we will stop improving and be stable like other countries of this world both the rich and the poor.
how come u always come here to celebrate over the word IMPROVING? how long does this improving take a nation? all these reports of 5 days un-interrupted electricity should come with ur location. i live here in ajah lagos and the supply here is better but what about those in imo state my state of origin? are ppl in contonou, ghana, abidjan or america still talking about improving? by the way, in 2008, those living in ajah area of lagos state will bear me witness that the supply was great then too. it is all about a round about movement that keeps sucking us of our national funds.
if we have the supply we are celebrating, we have a very large market here that every company of this world will be here without delays.
today, privatization, tomorrow, megawatts and the next day, winding up phcn. what is the real programme and project for this power supply?
did barth nnaji tell us how long it took nigeria to achieve this 4237 megawatts and what we had before he came on board. celebrants here must know if barth and joe took 2 years to achieve 5 megawatts and are targeting 9000 megawatts in the next 80 years.
i hate pdp and what ever they stand for because they treat us like goats and dogs.
nigeria has all it takes and many companies out there are waiting to be contacted so why are we not having electricity? if countries like china and india have steady power supplies as big as they are, why are we hell bent on improving?

atikubaba: Dont b deceived increase in water lever due to the season is wat brought abt d increase in Mega watt.u wil knw beta during dry season

Eziachi:
Should we thumb him down for the great olympic performance?

GAR3TH:

From what I remember reading OBJ was the one who commissioned the project and I also read that NIPP reached 75% completion during Yar'Adua's administration. During the present and past administrations the power plants was and still are under construction. But according to you, we should give GEJ all the credit even though he had nothing to do with the NIPP expect for being the one in office when it will be completed? That like the final runner in a relay race getting all the credit for finishing even though his teammates also ran with with the baton in the race.

My point is you and a few other people on Nairaland give GEJ waaaay to much credit. You also denounce and repudiate the positive things past administrations and opposition parties did. GEJ has projects of his own but not everything completed or commissioned by GEJ is made by him.

gboss4sure:

Sickness, So GEJ should improve power supply to that world rate in 1 yr + of his administration? You naijas will always find fault. Tufiakwa

yuzedo: OBJ Laugh!

gboss4sure:

You said 75% completion, so why didnt i start seeing improvements in powers supply then as i am seeing now?

warrior01:
you wrote this? Never knew you're this stupid

Power is actually improving at least I can attest to that. In Benin City for instance, people hardly use generators much as one now expects Power for at least 20hrs a day; and this has generally been the case since the middle of last year except for a period of time early this year when there was a general problem with electricity nationally. While one would still want to be cautiously optimist about this new improved situation cos this has happened before yet we went back to the old 'no light' situation later, it seem there really are NOW signs that perhaps this improvement is for real. There definitely is a better organized and focused Power Ministry that seem to be alive to its work and a Minister who has finally resolved to deal with many of the saboteurs we have in the system. For instance, the reaction to the dip in Power generation and distribution we experienced early this year was followed by the swift sack of the heads of TCN who the Minister accused of sabotage(since then there have been improvements). There also seem to have been improved Distribution and Transmission facilities than we had before such the end-users are getting much better power than the smaller increase in Generation would suggest.
SOURCE: http://www.informationnigeria.org/2012/04/govt-fires-phcn-chiefs-over-outage.html

[b]The really significant thing for me though is that the Power Reform Process seem to been going according to plan this time around and it seem very likely now that we would see the end of the Privatization Process before the end of October. Below is a sketch of some of the steps already taken 1. The passage of d Power Reform Bill some years ago(which laid the legal framework for the actors in the Power Sector) 2. The unbundling of PHCN into 18 holding companies last year. 3. The start of d new investment-leaning Tariff Structure this July(This honestly was the first REAL sign for me that the government was now serious in privatizing the sector). 4. The almost complete conclusion of the termination process of the current 'PHCN' workers prior to their selective re-absorption by the proposed new owners( though there seem to be some problems with the workers' Pensions at the moment). 5. The take-over of the Transmission Company by a well-known international company(MHI) so as to reorganized and manage it before handing it back to the govt(PS: Probably so that there will be less saboteurs in the system going forward, the minister insisted that MHI bring 8 senior staff who will take over the management of the company while current Nigerian management staff act as their assistants for the 3-year period) 6. The close of the submission of d bidding process for sale of d 17 Generation holding companies two weeks ago. 7. And just yesterday, the close of the submission of bids for the Distribution companies, again on schedule.[/b]

Just yesterday the govt insisted that the time-line WILL be followed(as they seem to have been doing) and have re-started the important dates again:

"Briefing newsmen at the end of the NCP meeting on Monday, the Director General for Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Ms Bolanle Onagorowa, said that the July 31 deadline for the submission of the bids for the Distribution Company of the PHCN remained sacrosanct as the Council vowed to strictly adhere to its timeline on the exercise...BPE boss also stated that the Council would meet on August 24 to reveal the bidders that passed the technical evaluation for the Generation companies’ bidders. She also disclosed that the Council would meet on September 11 to reveal the list of bidders that passed technical evaluation for the Distribution Companies.
Onagoruwa also stated that the financial bids opening for the Generation companies will be on September 25, while financial bid opening for the Distribution companies will be on October, 8. She also added that the Council would give final approval for the commercial bids for Distribution Companies on October, 22.
SOURCE: http://www.worldstagegroup.com/worldstagenew/index.php?active=news&newscid=5519&catid=26

One can imagine what will happen if this process concludes and Power generation and Distribution is privatized. It is also great that States have finally been granted approvals to distribute the Power it generates directly to its citizens- this is not just great news for states like Rivers, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom but will hopefully also create some sought of competition amongst other states who would then be 'blackmailed' into generating Power for their own people(either solely or more likely in conjunction with Private Investors).

IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT THIS PROCESS IS SEEN TO ITS LOGICAL CONCLUSION AS THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PROCESS THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE EVER TAKEN , AND IT IS HAPPENING BEFORE OUR VERY EYES. We should not forget these dates(August24, September 11, September 25, October 8, October 22) and should insist that they are followed through please. This is where we need the Critics the most.

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1025:

in a democratic setting, different individuals are allowed to say their different minds and as a nigerian, i have that freedom of expression which no other nigerian has the legitimate right to deny me not even the president, not even the TWO BLABBING FOOLS WHOSE MEETING PRODUCED U.
most of u just live and move by the crowd otherwise, answer the following questions;
1. what is megawatt and its implications on our day to day electricity usages?
2. what was the megawatts in place before the coming of jonathan and his team?
3. what are the necessary conditions for achieving an additional megawatt?
4. how long does it take to achieve one megawatt?
5. how much does it cost a govt to achieve 1 megawatt of electricity?

you are telling us how jonathan has achieved the unachievable in a shortwhile but for the sake of ur goat brains, electricity tariff has been increased twice in his short stay. fuel has been increased with a large percentage in his short stay. subsidy on fertilizers has been removed. subsidy on corruption has been removed and thereby making corruption a free for all games. have u bought fuel for the record price of 97 pump price even when those blabbing fools that gave rise to u were still young? even during the civil war in nigeria, did we have the record killings that we have had in his short stay? amsure if those blabbing fools of urs were victims of this madness in this country, u won't be here to insult my person.
nigerians from west, north and even asari dokubo are saying jonathan has failed and he shld resign. have u heard my name on any newspaper calling for his resignation? u represent nigeria very well because u sound to local and uninformed otherwise i will make u understand that in my whole life, i have contributed money for three transformers which by all standards are supposed to be phcn properties? outside nigeria, ppl don't know what a transformer is not to talk of owning or buying it in streets. things like u don't have know why such news are on air. barth and jonathan might be on their ways to increase the tarrif once again because nobody is complaining here.
i don't blame u so much because i am 100% convinced that u are simply ignorant but u can prove me wrong by answering those questions. i will be waiting.

GAR3TH:

Because it was 75% complete as in construction of the power plants was not complete. h[b]ow will they generate electricity from power plants that are still under construction[/b]?

gboss4sure:


You wanted to be like world class countries then you gat to pay the bill. Ask people living in top word class countries, electricity and fuel aint cheap.

gboss4sure:

You said 75% completion, so why didnt i start seeing improvements in powers supply then as i am seeing now?

taharqa: Guy plz get yr info right. Obj only completed a few of d NIPP projects(and even dose plants dat were completd cud nt deliva power to d grid cos they 'forget' to connect gas facilities to them). When Obj left, Yar'adua did virtuali nothing to complete d projects(infact he stoppd it cos of d Power Probe tin, remember?). GEJ is nw completing d project, upgrading Transmission nd Distributn infrastructure nd supplying real power to people as well as Privatising d sector, nd here u are trying to tk d credit 4rm him yet u guys wud blame him 4 evri wrong time in d coun3(even if most happend b4 he came to power). By d way, if oda presidents hv bn continuing Projects they met as he is doing wud d coun3 be in its present state?

jude33084:

Is τ̲̣̣̥н̣̣̣̝̇̇̇ε̲̣̣̣̥ power not meant for τ̲̣̣̥н̣̣̣̝̇̇̇ε̲̣̣̣̥ entire country? Where was it concentrated in SS, SW ΆŋԂ SE?

Is it safe Ť☺ do Ŧħåϯ?