Sorry Senator Ben Bruce ,it is because oil subsidy will disappear, hoarding and arbitrary in price will stop. One day we shall be there

Sufisunni:
mumu. He doesn't think about the economic implication of his bill. He's only after name, as the person who sponsor such bill.

For your information, Norway, Canada Saudi Arabia and recently USA r not part of Paris Climate deal for the single reason they are producing oil, partaking in such deal, will detrimental to their economy. So this fool want Nigeria who has only oil as it main source of revenue to pass electric car bill

No bros, we need to wake up from our slumber, we urgently need to diversify our economy from a crude oil dependant nation to avoid Venezuela 2.0 from happening in Nigeria. We must be proactive and stop all this reactionary policy that comes from our government. We must be ready to embrace a greener future. A policy that encourages ev can only be beneficial to Nigeria both in the short and long run.

We need to order our society first before such bills can fly. It will be better to pass bills for social security number, mandatory primary and secondary education, national healthcare system, programmes for availability of infrastructures and housing schemes.

We need to ceate a system that works first!

Why would anyone compare Nigeria with Norway or Germany? There is no IOTA of common sense in doing so!

The Senator's idea is too cosmetic and shows how far he is to reality.

Nigeria has spent tons of billions of dollars in the last 2 decades and we are still not able to power common electric bulbs not to talk of motor vehicles.

As we speak, people are investing heavily in refineries, and if you place a 2035 ban, would that not amount to total summersault?

Norway and Germany have possibly not seen any outage in 50 years because they have more than enough electricity, so it makes sense for them to force cars to use the excess, so that they can save on fuel imports (from places like Nigeria). So, they will use what they have to manage what they need!

To ban fossil fuel now will spell total doom for an economy like ours that still depends on it for sustenance.

I actually would not expect a senator from Bayelsa to be pushing this idea.

wen we never get essential things right in dis kuntry e dey propose bill of electric cars.why not proposw a bill to order the discos to step up their distributiion of electric power across d country or a bill to propose the improvement of the security forces across the country like improve on their training ,providing of good kitts or improve of their allowance etc or even the issue of fulani herdsmen scorge.electric cars is not nigeria's immediate problem right now.

This Guy should compare like for like, so Bruce how will you charge the car ?

LuciferAkbar:


Electric cars would reduce demand for fossil fuels like petrol and diesel thereby driving the price down. If the dependency on fossil fuels drop, the price will drop too.

It will also increase the need for more electricity and will force the government to either step up PHCN services or allow private firms come into the power industry.
If private firms take over the power sector, the competition will lead to improved power supply & reduced electricity tariffs (just like how MTN & Glo knocked out the likes of Nitel, Econet etc).

Improved electricity supply leads to business boom as we all know that SMEs have always cited inadequate electricity supply as a major problem hindering growth since it takes a huge chunk of their capital.

Higher output by SMEs leads to an overall boost for the economy as SMEs account for about 48% of Nigeria's GDP.
It also leads to the creation of more jobs, better income distribution, reduce air pollution, etc. I could go on & on...

It is a win-win for everybody involved.


What the hell are you on about?
The world is moving away from fossil fuels but you zombies think we should move towards it.
Must you zombies blindly support anything that you are asked to support without critically looking at it?



*spits

Sensible quote, most of our politicians are petroleum marketers they know if we move to electric cars it will spoil market for them. Just like if power supply is stable in Nigeria ,generator industries will be in trouble.

So we should just park our cars waiting for NEPA to bring light, or is it generator(that uses fuel) u want to use to charge d batteries?

Misplaced priorities

themosthigh:
To those who are saying we are not matured for it, I tell you that we are. How do nations develop? You make laws to give your people a direction. Nigeria has no policy directon and that’s the big problem.

Show me a country in the world that has such target.

Proffdada:
A case of a clown putting cart before horse
It only works when power supply is optimal abi na firewood him dey think?

A simple research could've saved you and the people who liked your comment this embarrassment. But no, a Blackman hates to read!

Electric cars use solar energy.

Visit Tesla's website to learn more.

Tufia! Ignorant youths!

Dee60:
Why would anyone compare Nigeria with Norway or Germany? There is no IOTA of common sense in doing so!

The Senator's idea is too cosmetic and shows how far he is to reality.

Nigeria has spent tons of billions of dollars in the last 2 decades and we are still not able to power common electric bulbs not to talk of motor vehicles.

As we speak, people are investing heavily in refineries, and if you place a 2035 ban, would that not amount to total summersault?

Norway and Germany have possibly not seen any outage in 50 years because they have more than enough electricity, so it makes sense for them to force cars to use the excess, so that they can save on fuel imports (from places like Nigeria). So, they will use what they have to manage what they need!

To ban fossil fuel now will spell total doom for an economy like ours that still depends on it for sustenance.

I actually would not expect a senator from Bayelsa to be pushing this idea.

Wat happens when those countries stop buying our oil.. It becomes useless to us.. And then whn they stop producing fuel cars wch will soon happen....no moni.. No electricit cars... Just old useless oil and old fashioned cars

Average Nigerian only thinks of hw to eat eba and melon soup... Then sex like an animal without sense... Period

If we continue to say the country is not yet mature for stuff like this, then that day will never come, because we will still continue to say it's not yet time while we live the life some people have lived a decade ago.

Wait is it until all other country stop using oil and gas before we wake up? If you don't know green energy is taking over. Maybe when no country need oil and gas again we go start to dey use am soak garri for here.

We all got to stop reasoning the way all this political leaders want us to think. We ought to be able to see things that are important and act on it.

AutoJoshNG:


Recently, the Nigerian Senate rejected the Electric Car Bill proposed by Senator Ben-Murray Bruce.

The bill with the objective of phasing out the use of petroleum/diesel vehicles by 2035 and have them replaced by electric cars.

The bill was first read on April 10th. However, it was never approved for a second reading because the Senate considered it irrelevant.


According to Senator Ben-Murray, the introduction of electric cars in the country will help Nigeria actualize a clean energy policy, encourage the use of modern technology, de-emphasize on oil consumption, and also reduce air pollution.

Earlier today, Senator Ben Bruce took to Twitter to lament the rejection of the bill in a tweet he captioned:

“This is the reality in the world today. Electric cars are outselling regular cars. Yet, Nigeria refuses to plan for this inevitability on the pretext that we are an oil-producing nation. Norway is an oil producing country. But she is also a sensible nation”.


See photos of the tweet below.

How does he think that the federal govt would support a bill that would prevent Nigerians from the continuous buying of petrol and diesel. Th FG is benefiting hugely from the sale of these petroleum products,both for our vehicles and generator. Do you think that the issue of power would have have dragged for this long if our greedy govt and billionaires business men/politicians didn't have a hand in it..,they keep building new refineries both within and outside our shores. Electric carshell no! It's like pouring sand in their garri.

Dee60:
Why would anyone compare Nigeria with Norway or Germany? There is no IOTA of common sense in doing so!

The Senator's idea is too cosmetic and shows how far he is to reality.

Nigeria has spent tons of billions of dollars in the last 2 decades and we are still not able to power common electric bulbs not to talk of motor vehicles.

As we speak, people are investing heavily in refineries, and if you place a 2035 ban, would that not amount to total summersault?

Norway and Germany have possibly not seen any outage in 50 years because they have more than enough electricity, so it makes sense for them to force cars to use the excess, so that they can save on fuel imports (from places like Nigeria). So, they will use what they have to manage what they need!

To ban fossil fuel now will spell total doom for an economy like ours that still depends on it for sustenance.

I actually would not expect a senator from Bayelsa to be pushing this idea.

Actually you are the one that is obliviously far from reality...this is the 21st century not Stone age...

helinues:
As if that is the major problems common masses are going through.

May be he's lamentations is based on how to refund pre payment cash from the companies that could have been the major contractors had it been the bill was passed..

What do I know self..

Dependence on oil is the major problem of Nigeria.

Ben Bruce should have known his bill won’t pass through. He is talking of depriving some people the source of the wealth and consequently power. They won’t give it up.

I see most people that criticized the bill didn't lock through it,he said 2035 if I'm not mistaken which eventually puts the government on their toes by making the necessary structures available for the full implementation of this bill but no....most people feel he's thinking too far,but a child born on December 31st 2019 would be teenager by 2035 I.e 16 years just sad how most Nigerians think backwards

This Man is really deferent from the rest in a weird way..phase out gas vehicles for electircal. With all the stakes in the oil sector. Very strange thinking from a man in the highest level.

It is not surprising the mixed reactions to this post.
In a classroom, you find the smart and not so smart. Nairaland represents this analogy.

Senator Ben Bruce's electric car bill is outright laughable.
He might as well introduce a bill for Nigerians to relocate to the moon.
That shows he does not have a good grip of Nigeria's basic problems and how to prioritise them.
Since he has received enough bashing already, I am discharging him quickly in his write up.

My dismay is mostly at those who defend the senator, saying the bill is a good thing.
These are people who, if and when given the opportunity to make decisions for us, will run the country to a halt.
Because they lack the capacity for logical reasoning.

Electric vehicle don't come cheap; they are delicate and need to be charged with regular electricity.
Where is the road on which the electric car will run?
If it is the road we have now, then get ready to pick up the batteries along the roads as potholes knock them off the vehicles.

No need repeating the basic problems we need to solve before electric vehicles.
Our electricity generation is a mess; boreholes have replaced public water supply, and unemployment is everywhere.
Workers are owed several months of salary, etc, etc.

Even developed countries that use electric vehicles have not banned cars that use fossil fuel.

Those who represent us at the national assemblies should endeavour to read and research the issues affecting the people they represent.
This is how it is done elsewhere. Abuja is not for them to go and relax and live big, read the papers and entertain visitors.
Not many members of the national assembly can boast of a good grasp of the political, economic, environmental, and other ramification of a bill on lives of most Nigerians.

I hope others will learn from the senator's blunder.

Nyceguy92:
It is not surprising the mixed reactions to this post.
In a classroom, you find the smart and not so smart. Nairaland represents this analogy.

Senator Ben Bruce's electric car bill is outright laughable.
He might as well introduce a bill for Nigerians to relocate to the moon.
That shows he does not have a good grip of Nigeria's basic problems and how to prioritise them.
Since he has received enough bashing already, I am discharging him quickly in his write up.

My dismay is mostly at those who defend the senator, saying the bill is a good thing.
These are people who, if and when given the opportunity to make decisions for us, will run the country to a halt.
Because they lack the capacity for logical reasoning.

Electric vehicle don't come cheap; they are delicate and need to be charged with regular electricity.
Where is the road on which the electric car will run?
If it is the road we have now, then get ready to pick up the batteries along the roads as potholes knock them off the vehicles.

No need repeating the basic problems we need to solve before electric vehicles.
Our electricity generation is a mess; boreholes have replaced public water supply, and unemployment is everywhere.
Workers are owed several months of salary, etc, etc.

Even developed countries that use electric vehicles have not banned cars that use fossil fuel.

Those who represent us at the national assemblies should endeavour to read and research the issues affecting the people they represent.
This is how it is done elsewhere. Abuja is not for them to go and relax and live big, read the papers and entertain visitors.
Not many members of the national assembly can boast of a good grasp of the political, economic, environmental, and other ramification of a bill on lives of most Nigerians.

I hope others will learn from the senator's blunder.

did you read where he said, the ban will take effect in 2035, so we can't solve our power crisis in 15yrs time, your likes are the problem of this country.

this type of news that always give heartattck to all those who still fight over oil land. Soon there will be oil flood everywhere. Because of abandon. I support electric stuff.



Work work work work,, wo wo wo work.

Soon we will know who be who. By the time hungry fire everybody

Ofcourse the bill should have been rejected. Where is the electricity to charge electric cars in the first place? Nigeria relies majorly on oil revenue, if everyone chooses not to fuel their vehicles and prefer electric cars, where will the national revenue come from? What the movie called "What Killed the Electric Car". It's about how the idea of electric cars in the US was killed when they first started making waves around a century ago.

LuciferAkbar:


Electric cars would reduce demand for fossil fuels like petrol and diesel thereby driving the price down. If the dependency on fossil fuels drop, the price will drop too.

It will also increase the need for more electricity and will force the government to either step up PHCN services or allow private firms come into the power industry.
If private firms take over the power sector, the competition will lead to improved power supply & reduced electricity tariffs (just like how MTN & Glo knocked out the likes of Nitel, Econet etc).

Improved electricity supply leads to business boom as we all know that SMEs have always cited inadequate electricity supply as a major problem hindering growth since it takes a huge chunk of their capital.

Higher output by SMEs leads to an overall boost for the economy as SMEs account for about 48% of Nigeria's GDP.
It also leads to the creation of more jobs, better income distribution, reduce air pollution, etc. I could go on & on...

It is a win-win for everybody involved.


What the hell are you on about?
The world is moving away from fossil fuels but you zombies think we should move towards it.
Must you zombies blindly support anything that you are asked to support without critically looking at it?



*spits

With your careful analysis, even the most shallow minded/thinking person should know the benefits that comes with or that is attached to the use of electric cars.

Without any doubt, i see you as a learned person.

But, please work on your "moniker".

CHEERS!

Horus:


A Solar Panel system will charge your car for free

solar power is not enough to charge a car. The power consumption is greater than the input.

SoNature:


A simple research could've saved you and the people who liked your comment this embarrassment. But no, a Blackman hates to read!

Electric cars use solar energy.

Visit Tesla's website to learn more.

Tufia! Ignorant youths!

solar power is not enough to charge a car. The power consumption is greater than the input. You can now start your own research on solar panel systems and power output and power consumption by electric cars. Tufia!!! Ignorant youth and charlatan.

Electric car with what electricity in Nigeria? In developed countries there are charging stations where you can charge your car for a fee, analogous to gas stations. What happens when you run out of power while traveling? We never see electricity boil water na to use for car. Abeg talk something wey get sense.

This is the only way to make Nigerians and even the government take the state of power supply in Nigeria seriously. I personally think it's a good idea... but it would increase electricity consumption against generation....especially in raining seasons.

Instead of passing a bill of ultimatum of 24hrs electricity all over Nigeria he is thinking of monopoly to supplying electric cars.thief maybe no be generator powered by the same fuel you want to reject you go use charge am.buffoon representing his selfish interest for personal gains.i wonder how this people are voted to represent people in d senate

This is like planning a wedding before even meeting someone to marry....
As for those saying its a good thing as it will force the government to create the necessary environment needed to thrive ..why do we like soldier man approach in this country? we do we think, going through unnecessary hardship is the only way forward? It's just like when people push for the ban of certain produce before building the capacity to supply enough for the country.
Rather than pushing a bill for electric cars, why don't we push bills that force d government to find ways to increase energy production, push bills that would enable more discos to come on board thereby creating competition and increasing efficiency. There are many other more important things to put in place first before forcing EVs on everyone. This is not being proactive, it's being irrational.

And comparing us to Germany is just funny... It's like comparing Amazon to one shop for Lagos.

We the twitter honourable will pass this bill into second reading.