Nigerians are good in everything but not in electricity. why?
electricity is a perfect science what you put is what you get, it's not banking that we can fake. we have everything to generate power still we can't.

Nigerians are good in everything but not in electricity. why?
electricity is a perfect science what you put is what you get, it's not banking that we can fake. we have everything to generate power still we can't.

Yes you are right in a way

The Road Map is full off a lot of Red tape, still no sign of anyone with a well rounded experience technical know how @ the level of formulating the ideas/vision.

Whose vision are we running with ? Is it GEJ already running from a simple debate 

Over 149 pages of a Road Map Document that will never be read by any of these make believe "I'm so busy with my parastatal" people,

That is why we are not moving forward, 2 much talking NO ACTION,

I bet you there will be another 10 to 20 seminars on power before 2012,

we always start all over again where we've stopped b4,

This looks like another NITEL to me,

NB:

See the document and the number of Red Tape over paid prima donnas on the 2 Committes ,

PRESIDENTIAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON POWER (PACP)  PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON POWER (PTFP)  /  (have we not seen all these before)



GEJ's power sector reform plan


[url]http://www.nigeriapowerreform.org/rokdownloads/Roadmap%20for%20Power%20Sector%20Reform%20Full%20Version.pdf[/url]

Unlocking Nigeria power sector in any form is tantamount to unlocking the enourmous potential of this country. I wholesomely suports this initiative.

all is not well

Seun:

The telecoms industry is not in the hands of a single foreign company.

Exactly. We are not comparing apples and oranges here as some may want to believe. . PHCN today is exactly what NITEL was yesterday. Its like asking MTN, GLO, Etisalat, Airtel and the lot to bid for parts of NITEL and having the government like take charge of the transmission towers or something. That would get us nowhere. The telecomms project succeeded not because any carrier has a monopoly but each had control of its business top to bottom and could freely interconnect with one another under government supervision. This should be done with the power sector. The market is large enough.

Government keeps on pretending as if the current transmission or distribution system is so effective and efficient it is worth buying. Who says that. All it will give the potential buyer is a head start. Nothing more. PHCN's systems are operated far below the efficiencies any private entity could profitably run and it will be a matter of time before any potential investor trashes it. The Ajaokuta Steel Mill comes to mind. All government needs to do is to broaden the market. Sell the whole stuff - plants, exploding transformers, breakdowns, curses and all to the Brazilians, but by every means ensure that a few more licenses are issued. Regions of ultra high demand must be made competitive such as Lagos, Onitsha and Aba. Government can then offer various incentives for sparsely populated areas and the homes of the leeches who will never pay their bills. Or it may choose to wait for a decade for full roll out.

ideylaff:

See the document and the number of Red Tape over paid prima donnas on the 2 Committes ,

PRESIDENTIAL ACTION COMMITTEE ON POWER (PACP)  PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON POWER (PTFP)  /  (have we not seen all these before)

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GEJ's power sector reform plan


[url]http://www.nigeriapowerreform.org/rokdownloads/Roadmap%20for%20Power%20Sector%20Reform%20Full%20Version.pd[/url]

Only read through it once. But it looks like a pretty good plan. Not perfect, but pretty good. Certainly better than what I've seen from the other major candidates.

ekt_bear:

Only read through it once. But it looks like a pretty good plan. Not perfect, but pretty good. Certainly better than what I've seen from the other major candidates.

The exact reason why I'm voting GEJ. This power road map should not be tampered with. It is about the only road out of darkness for this country.
Solving power would transform this country. The resultant effect on our economy and job creation would be crazy!!

I admire Buhari's quest for discipline and anti corruption. But I think ending our power problem might be more favourable than fighting corruption at this point in our history. Corruption has become cultural so it would take more than a president sending goons on politicians to erase the anomaly!
The corruption inherent in the citizenry is worse off than that of the politicians.

My prayer is that the will to execute this power plan would continue because I must confess, I think lethargy has started setting in!!

^-- I think it is possible to multi-task, though. Buhari can fight corruption, and leave this task force in place to make sure power moves along.

Anyway, while I don't much care for GEJ, I won't be too sad if he wins. . . so long as he gets electricity up and running.

SO THIS IS THE PLAN FOR GEJ AND PDP TO SELL NIGERIAN? WHICH BRAZILIAN COMPANY? NIGERIANS DON'T BE DECEIVED, THESE CRIMINALS HAVE ARE USING THESE BRAZILIAN INVESTOR TO FRONT AS A FOREIGN INVESTOR.


THEY WANT TO INVEST THE $100BILLION WHICH THEY STOLE FROM NIGERIAN, IN NIGERIA AND PRETEND TO BE A FOREIGN INVESTOR? SO THEY WANT NIGERIANS TO BE PAYING ELECTRICITY BILLS TO THEM AND THEIR GENERATION FOREVER?


IMAGINE A BUNCH OF OLD CRIMINAL PDP POLITICIANS WANT TO SETTLE THEMSELVES WITH THE NIGERIAN POWER SECTOR? SO THEY INVEST THE MONEY THEY STOLE FROM NIGERIA, AND HAVE NIGERIANS CITIZENS PAYING THEM AND THEIR GENERATIONS TO COME ELECTRICITY BILL FOREVER AND EVER

GOD WILL WIPE THEM OUT LIKE A TSUNAMI .

I dont like anything "Indian or Lebanese", when it comes to employment!
For that Minister to be telling PHCN staff that the company will employ them and would not bring in foreigners, shows that even the Minister is compromised!

Go to any company where "Indians in particular", have held any senior post and you will pity the Nigerian staff!
*First, they would ask the Nigerian staff to "train the indians and then make the indians their master!
*They would then ensure that only indians are in sensitive and progressive areas (areas where personal development of staff can occur)
Eventually, all the local lads would be locked on menial jobs and finally frustrated out.
Its happened over and over again and one of the Telecoms company is currently suffering that fate!

Employ "one indian", employ all indians, is the motto!

Mind you, l dont have anything against indians personally, l just dont like "a parasite that consumes its host"!


Why are we not looking towards Europe/North America for modern and efficient technology?

And dont ever make the mistake of concentrating too much "power in one company", not even in the power sector otherwise, we might be held hostage one day!
Electricity is a matter of national security, l hope our "leaders" know this?

When it comes to generating electricity for 150 million people, you cant do it successfully and efficiently without the use of Nuclear energy. Remember, its the only way, hydro and gas are old school

See corruption

Buhari has a proven track record of performing as Head of State and Chairman of PTF.-

As Head of State he stamped out corruption-

Reduced crime rate to low level-

Reduced inflation from 39% to 5.5%-

Most people here know how the PTF positively impacted their lives.-

Time to chop money!!!!

$100bn is nothing

OBJ looted $100bn by himself in my estimation.

GenBuhari:

$100bn is nothing

OBJ looted $100bn by himself in my estimation.

You are definitely exaggerating. Where are you getting your numbers from? Even Sani Abacha, the most kleptocratic thief that Nigeria has ever seen did not loot that amount.

Iam not exaggerating at all, ObJ had record high oil prices for majority of his 8year tenure, what have we got to show for it not even simple .elctricity
Abacha did not loot 1/20th of what OBJ did  consider the oil revenue of the 2 regimes and Abacha in approx half the time in office as OBJ with a 10th of the revenue OBJ had, Abacha still performed better in every way from infrastructural development to economic performance / inflation and lower crime levels.

OBJ has been described by independent reporters as the biggest looter  /most corrupt in the history of Africa

Guess who gave Nigeria the impression that Abacha was the biggest looter? You guessed it - OBJ himself

I am not condoning Abacha's looting oh!  Just giving some perspective.

EzeUche:

You are definitely exaggerating. Where are you getting your numbers from? Even Sani Abacha, the most kleptocratic thief that Nigeria has ever seen did not loot that amount.

so what happened to this bs story?