Former OPEC President,Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, has said that Nigerians may have to pay more for electricity if the current energy reform is to bear meaningful results. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Lukeman made this known while speaking at a convocation lecture of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, on Saturday.


In the lecture titled: “Confronting Nigeria’s Energy Challenge: The imperative of immediate reforms’’, Lukman said that the crisis in the power sector in Nigeria accumulated over two decades. “It is not realistic therefore to expect this crisis to be solved overnight. “In addition, we need to acknowledge that the power supply problem is a moving target, there can not be a once and for all solution”, he said.


The honorary Strategic Adviser to the President on energy said that South Africa, which had surplus power capacity a few years ago, now experiences problem.


“Countries must therefore continuously strive to upgrade capacity, improve infrastructure and boost investments in the sector’’, Lukman stressed. The former OPEC chief noted that Nigeria’s power crisis could not be resolved by government alone, adding that the private sector must be encouraged to invest heavily on electricity supply in the country.


MY QUESTION IS ALL THE ISSUES RAISE ABOVE, IS IT THE FAULT OF THE ORDINARY MAN?


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Pay more for electricity they now pay for but hardly get 2 hours of daily LMAO!!!

the next time someone says, our problem materialised over decades, and it will not be solved overnight. . .i will hit them upside the head.

even power systems that have been destroyed in wars have taken less than two years to reconstruct. . .

bloody nincompoops

Once the power situation has been dramatically improved,with electricity supply being close to regular,we can then talk about consumers paying more.

Even Iraq has managed to improve its power supply the invasion to a level that will put Nigeria to shame.

Please all of you that have posted which of you will come to nigeria and provide electricity so that people in Nigerian can buy cheap.

Talk is the cheapest commodity common sense is however very expensive.

Backslider:

Please all of you that have posted which of you will come to nigeria and provide electricity so that people in Nigerian can buy cheap.

Talk is the cheapest commodity common sense is however very expensive.

Perhaps if Nigerians decide to support only what is right and constantly condemn what is wrong, even if it was going to benefit them materially MAYBE Nigerian will be provided with decent electricity at a good cost

Once the power situation has been dramatically improved,with electricity supply being close to regular,we can then talk about consumers paying more.

Even Iraq has managed to improve its power supply the invasion to a level that will put Nigeria to shame.

let's stop comparing the efficiency of the US army engineering corp and haliburton to that of the Nigerian government. energy must be privatized in nigeria.

I can't disagree any less with dr. lukman's lecture.

the crisis in the power sector in Nigeria accumulated over two decades. “It is not realistic therefore to expect this crisis to be solved overnight. “In addition, we need to acknowledge that the power supply problem is a moving target.

the problem definitely snowballed over time, and the pathetic politicians couldn't deal with it. makes me wonder if we really have 'politicians', 'leaders' and 'people with passion' in nigeria. politicians are meant to 'talk' as well as 'motivate'  their subjects to 'change' things for the better, but i'm afraid a major fraction of the current set of people in power are not capable of delivering what it takes. 'the problem was due to the fact that previous administrations did not do anything about it'. for goodness sake. s. covey classifies 'blame trading' as a quality of an ineffective person, and i'm afraid this has been the order of the day in nigerian politics. until this present crop of politicians are phased out ([s]esp. those in the fec, dilly-dallying like mohawks gone completely wrong[/s]), the status quo will not change and we will still be in the same gutter.

What electicity?? You mean prize for candle don go up ??

God help us

Nigeria we hail thee!

One day one day,
one day e go better, !?$%&*

Lord have mercy on whoever it is that will climb my electric pole to disconnect my light by the time they hike electric bills.

hear them,
", South Africa,which had surplus power capacity a few years ago now experiences problem, "

How come these people can't have a better example, Ghana celebrated full year of uninterrupted power supply sometimes ago, our leaders cannot strive towards such lofty goal,

, countries must therefore continously strive to upgrade capacity,improve infrastructure, blah, blah , blah, like OBJ did in his 8yrs reign.

The point is increasing bills cant solve Nigerias problem. It is rooted in corruption and it is endemic!
Solve the problem of corruption in this nation and I'm telling you over 70% of our problems are gone!

incompetence! what is the point of celebrating sustenance in democracy when the state of the ordinary man is deteriorating daily. time and again people have complained bitterly about the most basic of problems. i shared in dozie nwanna's embarrassment just d other day on the developing megaslums in lagos and other cities in nigeria. until it occurs to our leaders that the difficulty faced by the least citizen is also their problem, then i'm afraid we are still going plunge further deep into this stinking gutter.

pay more for a non-existent amenity
fu*king having a laugh!

If the money is going to be used the right way - to build up our power infrastructure - then why not?

Even if we pay more for electricity, let it be available first, and secondly, it's about time PHCN stopped this estimate billing. Either they come and read the damn meter or they give us pre-paid meters.

all those billions being investigated were also supposed to be used the right way - i doubt if thi price hike will be any different.

Pay more for more darkness Its amazing when people who ought to know better start talking a whole load of rubbish. Lebanon when they were at war had constant electricity, Darfur, Iraq, Chad all have constant electricity yet our leaders still talk rubbish.

We don't mind to pay more, if we are going to see the lite to use, I dom talk my won

uche1:

We don't mind to pay more, if we are going to see the lite to use, I dom talk my won

otokx:

Pay more for more darkness Its amazing when people who ought to know better start talking a whole load of rubbish. Lebanon when they were at war had constant electricity, Darfur, Iraq, Chad all have constant electricity yet our leaders still talk rubbish.

i dey wonder!! let us see the electricity first before issue of price becomes something to deliberate over, why put the cart before the horse

Seun:

If the money is going to be used the right way - to build up our power infrastructure - then why not?

The great thing about speaking hypothetically is that you can rationalise every potential scenario:If corruption was non-existent in Nigeria,we would be able to trust politicians-if Govt enterprises were optimally run,there would be no need for privatisation,e.t.c

Reality is much different,moreso in Nigeria.When was money ever used the right way in Nigeria by the Govt? Unless and until the reforms have run its course-including full scale privatisation and deregulation-handing any money to Govt run enterprises will surely lead to waste.

na today, make i hear word, una better leave matter for mathias

some of us talk of privatisation, NITEL was PRIVATISED or have u forgotten TRANSCORP?, some part of aso-rock was privatised too, we hear of lands in Abuja and other corporation privatised among the privilege few? Please don't even suggest privatisation in Nigerian context. Privatise NEPA sorry PHCN and the stone age will be paradise. Go and ask NITEL.

by privatization, no one is talking about just selling the company. we are talking about allow private energy companies to compete for contracts among each other. the energy industry shouldn't be monopolized by one company(NEPA or PHCN). deregulate the power industry and force private companies to compete for market share.

truly ttruly i say unto thy,i have my electricity disconnected yesterday cos Nepa saw it was a new house and they believe say na their main target,however notin like electronics yet in this house,was at their office today and you need to see the organisation,People way dey nepa No ready work shishi,na daily money them want,make dem cut ur lite,make dem colelct money reconnect for you,its goes to their own pocket,so unless we wipe away the whole flawed process,truly truly we sha no no light 24hrs till 3020.

The syndrome of the rich are getting richer while the poor will continue to get poorer!

Whatever happens to all the $10b obasanjo used to restore Electricity. dont tell me he used it to buy condoms for yanch his son's wife?

Not too long ago, we heard that Ms. Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, Obasanjo’s first(?) daughter, and her Austrian friends were given contracts to build power plants, even when it was clear they had no previous experience in that sector. Well, as everyone now knows, the whole thing ended so sordidly, with each party in the grand perfidy against the nation, spilling the bin against the other, with Nigeria, of course, being the ultimate loser. Who cares? Why are these people always treating their fellow citizens like lesser beings, just because they are in power? Why
What a sad country ruled by criminals, crooks and no-brainers ,

Hahah.

     Guy you dey talk oooooo. how could you say such a thing on this webpage dont allow peopel of Obj handle you badly,

                       ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT IS TOO BAD FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT YOUR EX-PRESIDENT LIKE THAT ON NET WHAT IF SOME ONE ELSE SEES IT? YOU WANT THEN TO STOP US FROM BROWSING i DONT WELCOME THAT YOUR TOPIC ooo. THANK YOU. THEN ONE ABOUT OBJ AND HIS SONS WIFE IS REALL THEY ARE IN CURT NOW.

                        FOR THE PROJECT GIVEN TO OBJ LAST YEAR 2007 ABOUT OUR ELECTRICITY HE USELESS THE CASH ON FOLLOWING MARREID WOMEN. PLEASE DONT HESITATE TO TELL HIM TO BE CEARFUL, TKIA

The Nigerian government has stretched the resources of both the middle and lower class too thin to the extent that it is practically impossible to survive in the land that flows with milk and honey.