UncleJJ:

Woman dey pregnant, she neva born una dey ask if na boy abi girl.

Make the pregnancy develop finsh first make we see,

alj_harem:

where is the place and don't tell me abuja

blacksta:

lol - since 1960
when i was 4years old - My Granddad always stated that " My generation would be the one that would enjoy Nigeria" Fast forward 28 years - I no get liver to make same statement to my unborn children.
I have know darkness all my life

donpeluchi:

I am yet to see the so called road map but if it does not involve power transmission and distribution, we are going no where.

kcjazz:

What is the capacity now? Aren't we running behind already on the power reform plan goals for April 2011?

UncleJJ:

Woman dey pregnant, she neva born una dey ask if na boy abi girl.

Make the pregnancy develop finsh first make we see,  

jusRadical:


I do not know the capacity now but I am 100% sure of the truth that a lot of power projects are going on and many more are about/yet to start -though awarded. As I said, it is a progressive process. Lets continue to pray.

The Nation: New  electricity tariff coming next month

New  electricity tariff coming next month
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John Ofikhenua, Abuja on 09/05/2011 00:05:00

•’TCN is thwarting NERC’s effort’

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) would next month announce
the much-awaited review of electricity tariff that will be a major factor for
investors to stake their funds in the industry.
　According to the commission’s Chairman, Dr. Sam Amadi, who disclosed　
this in Abuja at the weekend, this will be arrived at after all the parameters
associated with generation, transmission and distribution of the commodity,
along with a reasonable margin, have been worked out.
He said without a cost-reflective tariff, there would be no investor willing to
put his money in the sector.
Besides, a Commissioner in the agency, Ekpo Eyo, noted that a cost-reflective
tariff is necessary, because 　$10 billion (about N1.4 trillion) would be
required annually just to sustain the current level of between 3,500 mega watts
and 3,800 mega watts.
But Amadi lamented　 that while desperate efforts are on to try to get the
cost-reflective tariff,　the Managing Director of Transmission Company of
Nigeria (TCN) had not been forthcoming with details required from his end to
compute the accurate cost of making electricity available to consumers.
The NERC boss said he had written several letters to the TCN, the latest of
which was sent last Friday, to reveal how much it would take them to transmit
electricity efficiently, but had not received any response. He appealed to the
organisation to co-operate to make the job of NERC in finding the right price
for electricity less stressful.
Even if the country generates 10,000MW of electricity today, said Amadi, much
of it would lie idle as there is not enough transmission capacity to evacuate it
due to inefficient lines.
He added that 44 per cent of revenue was lost in the industry through the
lines, fraud, poor metering, among others.
The NERC chief also stated that the new companies seeking to acquire the six
electricity generation companies and 11 distribution companies would have to
disclose their full costs of providing power to enable the regulatory body　to
come up with a new tariff that would make for abundance of electric power.
Noting that new pre-paid meters could not be provided for everybody in the next
one year even if the fund was available, he said N2.99 billion had been given to
the 11 distribution companies to provide meters.
He said the incoming investors would take care of meters when they come on
stream.
Although the appropriate tariff is not yet known, former Director-General of
Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) and former Minister of the Federal Capital
Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, said last month that for the country to
attract investors into the power sector, electricity tariffs need to go up by
between 300 and 400 per cent
NERC, however, appears to be in a dilemma about public reaction to the
anticipated increase in tariff because, according to Eyo, it was expected that
by now, the amount of electricity generated would be thrice as much as it is
now. The agency acknowledges that should there be sufficient or appreciable
increase in supply, a raise in tariff would not be seriously resisted by
Nigerians

ekt_bear:

I'm a little concerned by this Transmission Company of Nigeria. Already, it is appearing to be the weakest link.

I'm starting to think that it should be privatized too, lest it slow down progress elsewhere.

Also, how will Nigerians react if/when the price of electricity is revised upwards by 4X? It is a necessary step, but they might respond poorly.

okooyinbo:

JJ, which century you sef dey? You know say tekinoloji don advance far far? Common, with ultrasonics, it is no more a magic to determine the baby's sex, The sound education and the right technology coupled with desire "to know" should suffice.

ibedun:

You people are part of the bleeping problem with Nigeria.

How else do you expect this monster of a problem to be solved?

Do you dead skulls know there are things called Constraints in the management of anything?

Just how do you expect the FG to resolve this problem?

Dear hopeless citizen hear this, there is no magic bullet. The problem of light will only be solved bit-by-bit. Like it or not. Trying to do it all in one go is a no-brainer and will bankrupt the FG.

Some thoughtless Nairalander suggest that foreigners should come and take control of our entire grid? This is a Nigerian problem that must be solved by Nigerians. The foreigner didnt get to where they are in one day. India still cannot supply its own power needs 100% but lightweight brains are calling for indian companies to come and feast on our grid?  

bidemi12:

another dead brained nigerian.

enyojo:

It is evident some persons speak so confidently of things they know nothing about.

_{Going by these, nigerians are really the happiest people on earth}