The chairman of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, has assured Nigerians that the challenges faced by Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, will soon be a thing of the past, as his commission had given licenses to companies that understand the major challenge facing Nigeria in the sector to generate power.
He also spoke of plans to increase power supply in the country to 9,000 megawatts, but he noted that the plans would still not beenough for a country as large as Nigeria.

Speaking during a joint workshop organised by Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) and the Nigerian Human Rights Community (NHCR) in Lagos at the weekend, Dr. Sam Amadi, the Chairman of NERC, said the support of Nigerians and civil society organisations was crucial to helping the sector .

While emphasising on other issues concerning the power sector, he urged the human rights society to getorganised and set up a civil society group that would be in a position to represent the communities for public hearing, which should either be funded by the government or organisations.

“This group should create a coalition that would be called ‘consumer advocate’ believing it would affect thelives of the people. Nigerians should come together and partner with NERC through the human right groups in the country to handle the situation and look for a way forward,” he added.

He said the plan was to have 6,000 megawatts in 2012 at N24 per unit cost, adding that everybody was not supposed to pay the same amount because of the state of the very poor people in the society who consume very little energy.

“No one will want to invest on Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) unless they know how they can get their money back…South Africa for instance, produces 40,000 megawattswith 40 workers while Nigeria produces 4,000 with 40 workers also, which is not rational and people are the ones loosing, South Africa has about 42,000 while India is about to add another 100,000,” he said.

Amadi stressed that the N24 cost was changed to N4 per unit and was madepossible through subsidy, explaining that low tension and maximum demand have no subsidy because theconnection is directly from the transformer.

Also reacting to the increased service charge by PHCN from N500 to N750, he stated that what should bother Nigerians is effectiveness of the service not the charges.

His words: “Although the service charge ordinarily looks much, it is nothing compared to the N180,000 compulsory service charge industrialists pay monthly. What I think we should bother ourselves withnow is how effective is the service going to be soon.”

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is it too hard for dis people to shut up? i hate we will, i like we have!!!!

notify us when it has actually become a thing of the past, all this 'we will soon do this and that..... we hav signed papers,.... we have awarded contracts... ' no be today something....... do it! and we will applaud u and hype ur effort just like we are doing now with the enugu airport. no be promises and paper we go chop.

Well I believe one day we will witness uninterrupted power supply for a Whole week.is a pity I have nt set my eye on light since three days ago

which party is he? He talks like our usual politicians

Enough of the shenanigans! Just give us light,simples! Isn't it ironic that a so called religious nation like Nigeria can't even hold hold up the very first principle of creation;'let there be light'..sigh

Interesting.

First to comment.brb

No change,even worse.

Am tired of hearing we will. Is upto 2months now no light here so it doesn't change anyting.I thank God for this my I better pass my Neighbour

Seeing is believing...thats all im sayin

googlepikin: is it too hard for dis people to shut up? i hate we will, i like we have!!!!

They cannot shut up. While they are working, they must give us a progress report and regular updates, else how will we know they are working at all? Transforming decades of darkness is not a 24 hour job. What we should do as citizens is scrutinized the reports they bring and critically analyzed where we are on the road map.

These reports are very important to many people. If you don't like it, just skip the thread. There are many other threads you can read.

we would soon increase d power supply up2 9000mw dont wory naija. Hmmmmm fools of d 1st order ,since 13yrs ago ok ooo . F**ls ar waitin but not me.

i wish nigerians would one day take up challenges against the power sector. it is high time we refuse to pay for services not rendered. perhaps, disconnecting our homes from the national grid would be a good way to press home our demands since most of us spend much fueling
our generators on a monthly basis

puhahahahahaha this pple just dey make me laugh as am used to my gen set.

any mechanic in the house? my generator needs servicing .......

Another empty promise 4rm a rheeetarded govt!

E b like say no light for the office sef... see as the office dark .

In Hotoro in Kano State we receive an approximated 4hrs light in a week. If not for generators eh only God would know how man pikin go charge battery.

Senator (Y emma) broda....#Lobatan....Darelee on Nairalee..

Hw many times hv we been told dat?


*now playing* Eldee - na wash

googlepikin: is it too hard for dis people to shut up? i hate we will, i like we have!!!!

Please cool your temper. Even the 'we have' will soon turn to tales by moonlight. Tangible developments in Nigeria always tend to relapse.

First of all....First of all....

theoctopus:

They cannot shut up. While they are working, they must give us a progress report and regular updates, else how will we know they are working at all? Transforming decades of darkness is not a 24 hour job. What we should do as citizens is scrutinized the reports they bring and critically analyzed where we are on the road map.

These reports are very important to many people. If you don't like it, just skip the thread. There are many other threads you can read.

And what is dis one saying? Ur papa na NEPA? Sm1 jst expressed his opinion, d least u can do is express urs n move on.
And yes, transforming darkness to light can happen in 24hrs, 24 minutes even, if they really set to work...mtcheew, my gen dne off sef because of u.

librangyps: notify us when it has actually become a thing of the past, all this 'we will soon do this and that..... we hav signed papers,.... we have awarded contracts... ' no be today something....... do it! and we will applaud u and hype ur effort just like we are doing now with the enugu airport. no be promises and paper we go chop.

Thanks. You just pointed out the same rhetoric used by ASO ROCK occupants since May 1999. Thank goodness Nigerians are no longer buying into those lies.

All we are saying*music*give us 1-day uninterrupted power supply.

If a slave sells his inheritance to his master, what do you expect? If PHCN is handed over to generator importers, what do you expect? Abeg all na wash the man dey tell us.

#WASH#

Pretyangel25: Am tired of hearing we will. Is upto 2months now no light here so it doesn't change anyting.I thank God for this my I better pass my Neighbour

Do we live in the same area?

Cos this is the eight week and running since they blinked the light.. ..

PHCN is the biggest scam of our time,
You compulsorily pay for unrendered services.
To the management of PHCN~ as you collect my money without giving me light, that money shall never serve a good purpose in your lives, rather it will bring darkness to your lives.

i ve a drim dat 1day nigeria wil ve a stable power supply,support the gov wit ur prayer itz nt mission impossible."yes we can" obama