dyera:
In 2015 APC promised to increase electricity generation from 5,000 MW to 20,000 MW. But not only did they fail to increase it, power generation dropped from 5,000 MW to 3,000 MW.

Now APC is promising once again to increase power generation by 15,000 MW, and some Nigerians are supporting them. It seems Nigerians mumu never do.

chloedogie:
God help Nigeria. Govt should decentralize this power sector. Let states and local governments or communities who can lure private investors in do so and be disconnected from the national power grid. If an investor can come to generate, transmit and distribute to a certain number of communities let them do it. Come to countries overseas and see hundreds of different power companies serving different people. On my street alone there are like 4 different companies serving less than 20 houses. You have the right to choose which one favours your pocket.

Obasanjo fought the Lagos state government for wanting to do it way back if I'm correct. Imagine that Lagos state had been able to execute that project and are off the national grid, won't there be sufficient power to be distributed to the remaining states that are not proactive or financially strong to carry out similar projects? And I want to believe that if Lagos state had been able to successfully execute that, mark the words ''if'' and ''successfully'', some states too would have just had a simple template to copy and paste.

I worked for shell sometimes ago and there is this power generating station called AFAM that had a JV with Nigerian government. The annoying thing is that AFAM was only able to to send out less than 40% of what it was generating due to terrible transmission line being managed by govt/TCN. Sometimes less than 20% will go out and the plant was fully operating. Power was just lying wasted in the plant. Even the few that we were able to send out, for government to be able to keep up to its own part of the MOU by paying was a war. Funds were not coming in and generation production was gulping huge money.

FarmTech:

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We once went to excursion in Afam power plant. They told us same thing. It's a pity.

chloedogie:
God help Nigeria. Govt should decentralize this power sector. Let states and local governments or communities who can lure private investors in do so and be disconnected from the national power grid. If an investor can come to generate, transmit and distribute to a certain number of communities let them do it. Come to countries overseas and see hundreds of different power companies serving different people. On my street alone there are like 4 different companies serving less than 20 houses. You have the right to choose which one favours your pocket.

Obasanjo fought the Lagos state government for wanting to do it way back if I'm correct. Imagine that Lagos state had been able to execute that project and are off the national grid, won't there be sufficient power to be distributed to the remaining states that are not proactive or financially strong to carry out similar projects? And I want to believe that if Lagos state had been able to successfully execute that, mark the words ''if'' and ''successfully'', some states too would have just had a simple template to copy and paste.

I worked for shell sometimes ago and there is this power generating station called AFAM that had a JV with Nigerian government. The annoying thing is that AFAM was only able to to send out less than 40% of what it was generating due to terrible transmission line being managed by govt/TCN. Sometimes less than 20% will go out and the plant was fully operating. Power was just lying wasted in the plant. Even the few that we were able to send out, for government to be able to keep up to its own part of the MOU by paying was a war. Funds were not coming in and generation production was gulping huge money.

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sulaak:


I agree with the decentralisation plan but many of the states in Nigeria are not viable to build and operate electricity on their own. i this Electricity should be regional and local government-driven

chloedogie:
God help Nigeria. Govt should decentralize this power sector. Let states and local governments or communities who can lure private investors in do so and be disconnected from the national power grid. If an investor can come to generate, transmit and distribute to a certain number of communities let them do it. Come to countries overseas and see hundreds of different power companies serving different people. On my street alone there are like 4 different companies serving less than 20 houses. You have the right to choose which one favours your pocket.

Obasanjo fought the Lagos state government for wanting to do it way back if I'm correct. Imagine that Lagos state had been able to execute that project and are off the national grid, won't there be sufficient power to be distributed to the remaining states that are not proactive or financially strong to carry out similar projects? And I want to believe that if Lagos state had been able to successfully execute that, mark the words ''if'' and ''successfully'', some states too would have just had a simple template to copy and paste.

I worked for shell sometimes ago and there is this power generating station called AFAM that had a JV with Nigerian government. The annoying thing is that AFAM was only able to to send out less than 40% of what it was generating due to terrible transmission line being managed by govt/TCN. Sometimes less than 20% will go out and the plant was fully operating. Power was just lying wasted in the plant. Even the few that we were able to send out, for government to be able to keep up to its own part of the MOU by paying was a war. Funds were not coming in and generation production was gulping huge money.

brandsoncharlie:

It will cause those state that aren’t viable to sit up especially those with security issues before investors will be convinced to start operations.

Omooba77:



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/fgs-10000mw-power-generation-target-under-new-threat/

Omooba77:



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/fgs-10000mw-power-generation-target-under-new-threat/

Omooba77:



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/fgs-10000mw-power-generation-target-under-new-threat/


What a shame! How can the almighty Federal government be under threat, I just wonder how government will lay such complain.

The same people that run government are the ones importing generators. How do we now expect them to do something that will go against their business.

sonnie10:
Did anyone notice that they deliberately avoided mentioning the megawatts of electricity Nigeria is currently generating?

sonnie10:
Did anyone notice that they deliberately avoided mentioning the megawatts of electricity Nigeria is currently generating?

inoki247:
Na wen he no dey under threat before.....


Electricity is a Rocket science in Nigeria....


FG should just tell every State this electricity wahala is beyond our power you guy's should goan settle it yourself wether na tru MOU weda na Lapo any aw u wan du am....

This alone will even help states that can guarantee 24hrs light to generate more revenue you will see people relocating to the state, Factory relocating dere.....

Cognitivereason:
and have you asked ur self how long it will take..for exmaple Ogun state, a major industrial hub with a large population doesnt have a single power plant..

if that state is disconnected from the national grid in the name of decentralization..
it means the entire residents and companies will all experience total black out..

a proper power plant that can power all the industries and residence will have to be no less than 600MW..
and it will take atleast 3 years to build such...so your telling me that the entire Ogun state should wait 3 years in total blackouts till they get power?

you all should reason critically abeg

chloedogie:


We invested a lot of money into AFAM but so pathetic a government like ours messed it up. I think the mistake we made on our own part in shell was overrating government with the transmission plans. We should have secured and negotiated the transmission contract alongside the generation .