"Now, we are generating more than 5,000MW," another false statement by President Jonathan?
The Transmission Company of Nigeria,
TCN, has said that at no time had the
country's electricity generation
capacity reached a peak of 5,000
megawatts, MW. This contradicts
President Goodluck Jonathan's claim during his third Presidential media
chat last November that the
combined average power generation
capacity from all the power plants in
the country moved from less than
3,000 MW in 2007 to a new peak capacity above 5,000 MW. The
President had listed the 5,000MW
power generation capacity as one
of his administration's major
achievements under the Power
Sector Reform agenda. "Power is one area Nigerians appreciate we are
moving. We are yet to get 24 hours of
light in our cities, but you would
agree with me the difference is clear.
We moved, in 2007, from about a little
below 3,000 MW production average. Now, we are generating more than
5,000MW," the president told the
panel of interviewers.
As at the time President made the
claim, TCN, the Power Holding
Company of Nigeria, PHCN, successor
company in charge of monitoring
electricity transmission data in the
country, had given 4,321.3MW as the country's power generation
capacity as at August, 31, 2012.
President's Spokesman, Reuben Abati,
and the Special Adviser to the
Minister of Power, Garubadeen
Mohammed, did not respond to calls and mails sent to them seeking
clarification on the source of the
President's controversial figure. But,
the Assistant General Manager,
Public Affairs of TCN, Dave Ifabiyi,
said on Wednesday during a telephone chat from Abuja that at
no time had the country's power
generation capacity neared 5,000
MW. "There was never a time like that
(5,000MW generation capacity),
never. The highest peak generation of 4,517.6 MW was achieved on
December 23, 2012," Mr. Ifabiyi said.
The TCN spokesman, said in a
previous statement, that a new peak
power generation capacity of
4,502.2 MW was achieved on
December 21, 2012, an improvement
on the 4,454.1 MW achieved on December 19. He attributed the
achievement to the commitment of
the President to fulfill his promise to
Nigerians on improved electricity
supply. Mr. Ifabiyi dispelled any
insinuation that the TCN was probably not evacuating all the
generated electricity when he said
that transmission and distribution
companies would continue to
harness "every available generation
to ensure delivery of stable electricity supply" even as more
National Integrated Power Projects,
NIPPs became functional.
This is not the first time President
Jonathan would be making a public
statement that turned out to be
false. In his Independence Day
broadcast to Nigerians on October 1,
the president had claimed that "In its latest report, Transparency
International (TI) noted that Nigeria
is the second most improved country
in the effort to curb corruption." The
claim turned out to be false.
Transparency International stated that it "does not have a recent
rating or report that places Nigeria
as the second most improved country
in the fight against corruption." The
latest Transparency International
Corruption Index report later released placed Nigeria as the 35th
most corrupt country in the world.
The president is yet to apologise to
Nigerians for that goof, just as he
may not apologise for this. TCN to
improve operations The TCN Chief Executive Officer, Olusola
Akinniranye, said the company would
not relent in its efforts to ensure
that the transmission grid functions
effectively for greater efficiency.
Mr. Akinniranye said part of that effort is to restore the Benin-Egbin
330kV line as well as complete the
new transmission/distribution
interface projects to further
enhance the company's power
evacuation capacity. He appealed to electricity consumers to continue to
partner with TCN in protecting
electricity installations and forestall
vandalism, which he said was
constituting a major setback to
efforts to improve electricity supplies.
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That's what we get because 22million airheads voted for a man without integrity. If this man wins again in 2015 i'm leaving this country and never coming back

Op, b sincere, hav u lied dis year?

cockyjay: That's what we get because 22million airheads voted for a man without integrity. If this man wins again in 2015 i'm leaving this country and never coming back

He's telling them what they want to hear. Nigerians love promises and lies.

tobechi74: Op, b sincere, hav u lied dis year?

I have not.

Something that was said in November, you obviously arent doing much. Paid critic.

@op

go get a job you hear?
whats up with you old fashioned news this new good year nau?
oh i see you want to make front page by spoiling the name of my president.

thunder fire you.

2Legit2Qui: Something that was said in November, you obviously arent doing much. Paid critic.

are u saying it can be too late for the truth to be revealed?

ifihearam: @op

go get a job you hear?
whats up with you old fashioned news this new good year nau?
oh i see you want to make front page by spoiling the name of my president.

thunder fire you.

Stop attacking the poster, you are just as dull as President Jonathan,for you is normal to tell lies,shame on you and your President Jonathan.

don33310: Stop attacking the poster, you are just as dull as President Jonathan,for you is normal to tell lies,shame on you and your President Jonathan.

Don't mind the old fool, like father like son.