lastempero:
Nigeria cannot progress with the current constitution and arrangement even in the next century.

lastempero:


So why is geometric power not distributing their energy because I know there plant in ABA has since been completed n test runner.

wirinet:


To register an oil company is not that difficult. All you need to do is to go to CAC and register a company and then operate like a regular business.
A better option is to register and investment company and then partner with foreign companies with expertise in the oil industry or any other interested industries to operate and run the business. Lagos States has Ibile Holdings - http://ibileholdings.com/about-us/ . Awolowo did wonders with Odua Investments, they dominated the cocoa industry. Odua Investments at a time was one of the biggest conglomerates in West Africa.

There are no Laws against incorporating a company and partnering with foreign companies to do business in Nigeria. At the start of this democracy in 1999, many state governments partnered with Econet Wireless to bring GSM to Nigeria and their states, like Lagos and Delta, but greed took over the governors and they sold the shares and pocketed the money.

lastempero:
Nigeria cannot progress with the current constitution and arrangement even in the next century.

lastempero:
Nigeria cannot progress with the current constitution and arrangement even in the next century.

wirinet:

Britain does not have a written constitution and yet it makes progress.

rexwalters:
There is nothing wrong with our constitution,to the best of my knowledge there is no such thing as a perfect constitution anywhere in the world,the people's interpretation of the constitution is what gives it its value,majority of the people in UK and USA will end up with nothing but debt at the end.

So go and struggle and be the best you can be,Nigeria owes you nothing,it was your fore fathers that wrote the constitution or are you telling me your fore fathers no get sense?

A man cannot give what he does not have,Oyibo dey Europe,Black man dey Africa.

meccuno:
yeah. because Britain are a group of countries who AGREED to come together to be ONE. Nigeria was just a business venture. that is why you would always have agitations. me personally do not think a people should be forced to patriotism through the barrel of a gun. it has to be mutual. when we speak about these ills its like we dont like progress. like the issue of IPP that you discussed. in a country ,do you need to start exploring the loop holes just because you want the best for your people? the constitution is not a peoples constitution and at best a written document that serves the general interest of the caliphate and the British.

wirinet:

Britain does not have a written constitution and yet it makes progress.

wirinet:


Because Geometric Power registered as a Genco, Generating company. They generate power to be distributed to the Discos, through the Transcos. Once the power enters the FGs transmission lines, Geometric has lost control of where the power goes.

rexwalters:
There is nothing wrong with our constitution,to the best of my knowledge there is no such thing as a perfect constitution anywhere in the world,the people's interpretation of the constitution is what gives it its value,majority of the people in UK and USA will end up with nothing but debt at the end.

So go and struggle and be the best you can be,Nigeria owes you nothing,it was your fore fathers that wrote the constitution or are you telling me your fore fathers no

A man cannot give what he does not have,Oyibo dey Europe,Black man dey Africa.

wirinet:


You just described 95% of the world countries. Britain did not just AGREE to come together to become one, they went through lots of political upheavals including centuries of wars[b] before they eventually agreed to be one[/b], and that agreement is tenuous at best. Scotland and Northern Ireland might still decide to leave, based on the type of Brexit the government gets.

Once a country is forged together, it is extremely difficult to break, and the fall out of the breakage if often painful (civil wars, power tussles, economic issues, etc), theses might take decades, sometimes centuries to resolve.

As I said, I agree the constitution is faulty. Yes it favours the north. My argument is that within the framework of this faulty constitution, a lot can be achieved and progress made, with[b] right visionary and sincere leaders.[/b]
Most of the problems besetting the states or regions is not due to the faulty constitution, but due to[b] greed, visionlessness and incompetence of the ruling class on all levels.[/b]
The Niger Delta and the South East cannot boast of one, just one outstanding visionary leader.
The north also has the same problem, that's why a Buhari is worshiped as the best the north can offer.

lastempero:


Check types of constitution and reply back to me, dont dive into conclusions like women.
We have written n unwritten constitution, they all guide the government. What Nigeria has, is killing it period.

lastempero:


So why is geometric power not distributing their energy because I know there plant in ABA has since been completed n test runner.

lastempero:


Dont think they can equally register a transmission company that easily in order to transmit there energy as well because there was a time they had issue with EDC.

meccuno:
at least they have a choice to decide their future. Thats the one important point i am trying to make in this discussion. a lot can only be achieved with sincere and visionary leaders and i agree without mincing words. i also agree that in as much as the constitution favors the north, a lot can be achieved with visionary leaders but the constitution is a major setback and impediment. take for example my state Anambra state, our IGR is very low and funds are scarce major roads are not constructed using a company like Julius berger whose work probably is the best in Nigeria. no matter how hard you try to make things better, there is little you can do because you do not control your resources which enables you to create direct jobs and automatically creates in direct jobs too. it needs a large population to increase IGR through tax and etc. i agree that the SS and SE do not have visionary leaders but i equally would say that the SW do not have visionary leaders too. unless you have your own personal definition of who a visionary leader is. for example, Awolowo and Zik are clear examples of who a man with a vision is, Sam Mbakwe is one who had vision for his state and people even Jakande. these men were selfless and knew the direction the wanted to take their people to and they had tremendous impact in the lives of their people. These leadership problem in Nigeria cuts across all regions,tribe and ethnic group. what the SW has is a charismatic leader. but thats a discussion for another day. for me the constitution needs to be changed as soon as possible. it impedes development. no matter how visionary you would even be. if Awolowo was restricted with this kind of constitution i doubt if he would have made a massive impact in the lives of the yorubas in education infrastructural facilities and the position he wanted the Yorubas to occupy in the scheme of things in Nigeria.

Carlyscales:
I think power generation is actually in d exclusive list just like natl Defence, police, aviation, customs, state creation etc.

Infact almost all critical components of development in Nigeria is in the exclusive list. It's all intended to besically to gather more power n control in d center so that no matter how any region or state pushes, other week regions will be carried along.
It's actually counterproductive now.
That's y many bouyant states are not really interested in providing there own power.
Because if u generate? U can't distribute it urself

Any, what do u expect when the Constitution was literally written by a northern controlled military.

rexwalters:
If our Brothers up North seize mambilla dam and Kanji dam,you people down south bragging will be the 1st ones who will start the begging.

wirinet:


You are just repeating what I already said, Britain does not have a written constitution. My point is that you cannot put Nigeria's woes only on the constitution, the sincerely of the operators of a constitution plays a major role in the success of a country or any other organisation.

AZeD1:

Geometric has a problem with the owner of the distribution company in ABA and the last I knew about the issue was when Fashola was trying to broker peace between Geometric and the disco..

lastempero:


Yea I am aware of that too. Nigeria is holding itself down.

AZeD1:

Good that you are aware of that. When that is solved, ABA and environs would have 24hrs light.

meccuno:
Yeah. they did this so that we all can move at their pace and level. because if other states are allowed to grown, then we would see the real reason why Nigeria should have never been a Nation.

AZeD1:

This is wrong. The reason why power was sent to the national grid was because of cost. It's cheaper to generate power via water (hydro stations) than gas because the input for hydro stations which is water cost nothing. So using a central grid meant a person in kano paid the same as a person in Enugu.

Now the law has been amended (since 2014) and anyone is free to generate power and distribute as they like.

Transmission is different from Distribution and the FG only controls Transmission.

ezenwajosh:


I LOVE YOU... Do you know in ANAMBRA STATE I WAS GENERATING ELECTRICITY AND WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE SAME NERC THAT GAVE ME PERMITS... THE ELECTRICITY I WAS GENERATING WASN'T EVEN ENOUGH TO POWER A COMMUNITY BUT EEDC STARTED LOSING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND I WAS SHUT DOWN... BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GIVE 17HRS ELECTRICITY A DAY

lastempero:


I pray professor nnaji will live to see his dream come through. Nigeria is really good in killing it's own.

ezenwajosh:


Making a law is different applying is another.

Last year I started generating electricity and reselling down in IFITE AWKA ANAMBRA STATE I got a permit from NERC I only ran the business for a month+ with a 17hrs electricity daily the DISCO CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION THERE, EEDC RAN OUT OF CUSTOMERS THE NEXT THING NERC CAME TO SHUT ME DOWN I SHOWED THEM MY PERMIT they said the order is from ABUJA.

meccuno:
at least they have a choice to decide their future. Thats the one important point i am trying to make in this discussion. a lot can only be achieved with sincere and visionary leaders and i agree without mincing words. i also agree that in as much as the constitution favors the north, a lot can be achieved with visionary leaders but the constitution is a major setback and impediment. take for example my state Anambra state, our IGR is very low and funds are scarce major roads are not constructed using a company like Julius berger whose work probably is the best in Nigeria. no matter how hard you try to make things better, there is little you can do because you do not control your resources which enables you to create direct jobs and automatically creates in direct jobs too. it needs a large population to increase IGR through tax and etc. i agree that the SS and SE do not have visionary leaders but i equally would say that the SW do not have visionary leaders too. unless you have your own personal definition of who a visionary leader is. for example, Awolowo and Zik are clear examples of who a man with a vision is, Sam Mbakwe is one who had vision for his state and people even Jakande. these men were selfless and knew the direction the wanted to take their people to and they had tremendous impact in the lives of their people. These leadership problem in Nigeria cuts across all regions,tribe and ethnic group. what the SW has is a charismatic leader. but thats a discussion for another day. for me the constitution needs to be changed as soon as possible. it impedes development. no matter how visionary you would even be. if Awolowo was restricted with this kind of constitution i doubt if he would have made a massive impact in the lives of the yorubas in education infrastructural facilities and the position he wanted the Yorubas to occupy in the scheme of things in Nigeria.

deomelo:




In a thread about sending IPP generated power to the National grid, you concluded that they don't have visionary leaders in the SW when in fact the SW and one of their visionary leaders built the first IPP (271MW) in Nigeria to supply power primarily to Lagosians in Lagos state, a visionary and revolutionary idea that was sabotaged, dismantled and truncated by the shortsighted, unpatriotic and moronic politically bankrupt like OBJ and the PDP at the National level.

That power plant is still pumping 271MW into the National grid and the LASG is still paying for that power plant till today via deductions from monthly allocations.

That sabotaged vision is the reason why the Lagos state doesn't have such power plants and uninterrupted power supply today.

meccuno:
what has he been up to by the way? i mean barth Nnaji?

meccuno:
i am fully aware of what LASG did back in the days of OBJ. But the truth is RVSG did it back then. i believe during Amaechi's time. AKSG did it too. now let me tell you what i mean by Visionary. Awolowo. His visions are the Reason why Yorubas are were they are today in terms of Human resources and infrastructural development. That is a visionary who was selfless. he affect Millions in the 6 states of the south west,the mid west and people from the SE benefited. That is the vision i am talking about. what he did has not been replicated in Nigeria. i respect the LASG for doing that. but anybody with money can do that. it takes brains to do what Awo DID. forget we might have these clashes as per tribal stuff but thats the truth. VISIONARY IN THE MOLD OF LEE KWAN YU. This is the first time you have responded without insult. hope your account wasn't hacked.