Jarus:

I think the guy tried, but the problem was just too complex for him. At least we saw his passion and efforts.

netotse:

the guy is an economist, in addition to being corrupt, he was clueless. . .what we need it to keep the pencil pushers away from the energy sector in nigeria! the man didn't help matters at all. . .

check here and here too if u want proof!

i think y'all are just saying that cos of all the noise that has been made about his having a PhD in energy economics. . .so bleeding what?

Jarus:

I actually based my comment on what Ijeoma Nwogwugwu, that brilliant Economist, journalist and columnist with ThisDay, who I respect so much(although we adisagree sharply on SLS)  used to write about him. Secondly, he comes across as a refined, brilliant, soft-spoken technocrat that has a great grasp of energy political economy. I'm surprised with what you said about him now.

naijaking1:

It simply beats the imagination that useless unions that produces nothing but darkness for Nigerians should threaten "black-out"
What an irony
Where were the unions when they realized that the 6000mw objectice would not be met?

marvix:

I think the leaders of the unions calling for this shutdown should be shown the way out of our power sector reason being that they are the ones who have been working there for the past 25yrs when things were being run aground, they also should be held responsile for frustrating all past ministers of dat sector and keeping us in the dark. Are the members of the union telling us that a man who was minister for about 24mths is responsible for power failures or is it those workers at d power station who can switch off power for just any flimsy excuse?

marvix:

@netose, nobody in this country can claim he knows the power problems in and out. If they don't want babalola they should quit if babalola is reapointed and not disturb us with their noise. The real problem of d power sector can never be who the minister is.
The power problem in dis country can only be solved by teamwork, so pls we can change the minister and the new minister on resuming should start by sackin the union leaders.

kosovo:

Too many Unions, Too many duchebags

netotse:

yes, but we don't need an economist in the power ministry, the problem isn't strictly a money problem, i like ijeoma too,(dont know y she's against this NITEL sale though), but on the babalola issue we part ways, having read a number of reports doesnt give you the required knowledge or skill to solve the power sectors problems, i didnt place much stock in them, but did you hear the rumours that she was defending babalola when he first got into office cos she wanted to get a job with him(i think they've had some dealings at BPE or something).

one major part of the problem is that all you outsiders(no offense meant) think you appear out of nowhere and solve the power sectors problems without even understanding what the sector is all about, that's how bola ige promised steady light in 6months when it was(and still is) not possible in 6years.
as far back as october, i pasted it in the welcome to my office thread that the 6000MW goal wasn't going to happen, you dont expect workers to come out and announce something different from what their boss has announced do u?

naijaking1:



Like Theodre Roosvelt said, the union and authorities have to balance. In Nigeria, the unions are way too powerful and for the wrong myopic reasons, such as not privatizing their redundant companies.
Secondly, the role of[b] unions in underdeveloping our country [/b]needs tro be evaluated at some point.

To say that the govt and by xtension d minista alone aproves contracts for the ministry, but it is these workers that determine the nature of works to be done the engineers actually sit and determine the scope of works to be done. If Ige nd Obasanjo imported transformers that were not suitable the engrs should be blamed as a minister u can't determine things lik d specs of transformer blaming power probs on the minister is unfair it is the staff of PHCN who diverts funds, collaborate and collude with contractors to provide substandard equipments are to blame.
The union leaders can never be more powerful than d ministers and if they are, that is then the root of d power probs and d minista shld work on showing the union leaders the way out and until then we may as well kis goodbye to solving our power problems and in conclusion let's ask this question what has been the contribution of this union workers in solving the power crisis in this country?

oyb:

you really have no idea how it really works , do you?

this is the sort of thing that happens

engineers recommends that 20 tranformers be procured fr a project.

minister awards contract to his girlfriend, wife,self/friend none of whom is a professional

these parties procure off spec equipment

engineer challenges them - and a witch hunt ensues


to be honest, everyone has a part to play - but the truly corrupt part of phcn is distribution. for the most part, the fellows in generation and transmission are dedicated fellows - though the hiigher you go, the more you compromise yourself

marvix:

I think the leaders of the unions calling for this shutdown should be shown the way out of our power sector reason being that they are the ones who have been working there for the past 25yrs when things were being run aground, they also should be held responsile for frustrating all past ministers of dat sector and keeping us in the dark. Are the members of the union telling us that a man who was minister for about 24mths is responsible for power failures or is it those workers at d power station who can switch off power for just any flimsy excuse?

marvix:

@oyb I must tell u that within 2004 and now a lot has changed even though we still have proxies there is now at least an order to the madness. If u are interested in a big ticket transaction you must go thru some proces and the proxies come into play here and everything is involved in computin d cost. A project cld be given for 2b but d job will only cost .5b so that is d prob now and union members in PHCN are not innocent in all this sometimes they are d conduit, that is y I believe that their case is just d case of a kettle calling the pot black. Do they d union workers love us more than the minister?

marvix:

@netoste, are the union leaders justified in their threat to shut down power if Babalola is reappointed? Is it possible that this union leaders are not happy with Babalola because of his disturbance of their daily bread? Can d union truly cast the first stone? Should we not be more interested in why they are prepared to go on fasting so he does not come back but never thot of something like this when Imoke held sway? Do u really think that while he was minister he wasn't comited to solve the power crisis?
I'm waiting for your answers.

biina:

The union are doing what you would expect of them i.e. protective their collective behind.

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