Benoxvals:


Nigeria electricity problems didn't start during Jonathan administration sir..
That phrase•••UP NEPA!! has been since time immemorial.

rugged7:
If Nigerian leaders weren't so retarded and moronic, Nigeria should have been supplying electricity/energy to the whole of west africa and making profit on top of it too.
This ZOO is just a let down.

ifyan:
The governments of Benin and Togo on Monday called for an increase in the amount of electricity, which their countries receive from Nigeria.



They specifically requested the Nigerian electricity supply industry to increase the amount of power sent to them from 200 megawatts to 300MW.

Speaking through the Community Electric du Benin, the countries urged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to intervene in the matter, but NERC made it clear to them that they would pay stipulated commercial rates for the power from Nigeria.

The CEB, known in English as the Electricity Community of Benin, is an international organisation co-owned by the governments of Benin and Togo. It is in charge of developing electricity infrastructure in both countries, which are strongly dependent on energy imports from Ghana and Nigeria.

NERC said in a statement that it told the four-man delegation from the CEB that the governments of Benin and Togo should be ready to pay commercial rates for electricity supplied to them by Nigeria.

Speaking with the CEB team, the Transmission Service Provider and Independent System Operator for the Republics of Togo and Benin, the NERC Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi, was quoted as saying, “The ongoing reform in the Nigeria electricity industry will not jeopardise international relations and strategic interests of Nigeria.”

The delegation, the statement said, was in Nigeria to find out the implication of the privatisation of the remaining government-owned power plants under the National Integrated Power Project and how it would affect the allocation of 200MW of electricity, which the two nations were receiving from Nigeria.

NERC stated in the statement, “They also made a case for an increase in allocation from 200MW to 300MW. Nigeria currently supplies 300MW to Togo, Benin and Niger Republic, out of which the CEB countries get 200MW of power supply with the balance of 100MW given to Niger Republic.”

“You need to sign a power purchase agreement with the Nigeria Electricity Bulk Trader Plc and be up to date in your payment for electricity received as the market will be entirely private-sector-driven by the time the NIPP plants are sold,” Amadi was quoted as telling the delegation.

He explained that such financial commitment and responsibility might be an issue when considering their request for additional capacity.

The CEB team was told that the request would be deliberated at the October edition of the industry stakeholders’ meeting and that decisions reached would be communicated to them.

Source:http://www.nairausd.com/2015/09/benin-togo-beg-nigeria-for-more.html?m=1


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obinnajr:
LOL SEE WHERE BEGGERS DEY BEG BEGGER, YOU NEVER CHOP BELLE FULL YOUR STOMACH YOU WAN DO OWAMBE

Kjking:
Maybe you stay in Cameroon but me, I have experienced 5hours of light in ma area oo

dustmalik:
They should go and sit down joor. Some parts of Nigeria still don't have electricity and these people are asking for more? Now that we are enjoying near constant electricity, these people want to put sand sand in our garri.

shammah1:
Which one is some part? as a whole we lack power generationI don't think it's wise to grant their request even if they'll pay. Buhari must fulfill his 50,000 megawatts by 2019 first

989900:


[s][/s]See as market dey waste!

TonySpike:
It is their implicit right to ask for an increase in power supply because River Niger, which passes through their countries, can be dammed at any time!

rugged7:


The ZOO IS a let down...
Ka ji kwo?

slyng:
Abi won shi ni?

jmoore:
They should join Federal republic of Nigeria.

Another amalgamation ain't that bad.

Abeg 5,000 megawatts is not enough for 170 million Nigerians.

dustmalik:
They should go and sit down joor. Some parts of Nigeria still don't have electricity and these people are asking for more? Now that we are enjoying near constant electricity, these people want to put sand sand in our garri.