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Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by StOla: 4:27pm On Feb 27
I have heard many persons on this forum and privately, assert that Prof Barth Nnaji was our best bet to solving our electric power problems, and was our best Minister of Power.

I have always countered that assertion by asking for evidence to show that a man who barely spent a year in office as Minister of Power during the Jonathan regime, before being forced to resign for a conflict of interest matter relating to the privatisation of the GENCos and DISCos, could have achieved anything significant to warrant such claims of excellence.

I always ask that how many MW of electricity did he add to the national grid while in office. Also, the privatisation of GENCos and DISCos that he spearheaded, what have been their benefit to Nigerians in terms of uninterrupted power since then till now?

So that claim of being the best was always based on emotions and nothing empirical.

Now, one of such companies owned by Prof Barth Nnaji, that bid for the GENCos and DISCos privatisation that resulted in his removal from office as Minister of Power, is now in the news for achieving big things in Abia State - the promise of uninterrupted power supply.

It has finally been able to add just 181MW of electricity that will only be adequate for 9 LGAs out of 17LGAs in Abia State, after a period that span over 16years (2007 to 2024), with many escalations of the project cost from the initial $250m to $800m.

Note that this is a wholly funded private enterprise with the hopes to provide service and be rewarded with revenue that can allow for profit.

Professor Barth Nnaji has tried.

But while Abians and fellow Nigerians rejoice, and politicians and parties try to take some glory for themselves, and even some uninformed Nigerians try to give glory to a state government that is barely 10months out of the over 16years spent on the project, the enormity of what is before us as a nation still lacking critical infrastructure is not lost on me and many.

If Prof. Barth Nnaji somehow managed to stay in the office as, Minister of Power from 2011 till now in 2024, how much would Nigeria have spent to have adequate and steady power supply?

Would the many illiterates on social media have accepted the many time extension and the many costing adjustments as scopecreep take hold of the different national power projects?

Would we have labelled many regimes under which the professor would have worked as power minister, as failures for taking so long to deliver what South Africa or Egypt was able to do for so less a time and cost?

Do we really have the funds to spend on just our power projects alone considering the national capacity required, if only to power up 9 LGAs in Nigeria would cost a private company $800m and over 16years of work. What would be the cost to power up all the 774 LGAs in Nigeria and how many years would that take if all projects begun simultaneously?

Even the private firms that would have shown interest in such projects across different regions of the country, would they have the patience and funds to commit without any revenue made not to talk of profit for 16years?

So while we celebrate what Prof Barth Nnaji has achieve with his private firm for a few local governments in Abia State, we should not forget that infrastructures take time and money, and they most be protected at all cost from vandals.

As many now rejoice over this positive development, and assert that Aba is about to get the big leaps of growth it had been denied for too long, the many hypocrites among them including some who attended the commissioning ceremony, have now belied their previous claims that an economy is not infrastructure driven.

Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by jmoore(m): 4:50pm On Feb 27
If a private person uses 100 years to build his business, that's his business, not ours. E no concern us.

It is when a government that is building something that it will be our business.

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 4:55pm On Feb 27
Shame to bad belle bad people!!!

Shame to enemies of progress and good things!!!!!

God bless Barth Nnanji.
God bless the umu Chineke people.
With love from Edo

Viva Niger Delta

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 5:00pm On Feb 27
The enemies are in a state of intense Sifia painment!!!!


ZHA PROSPERITY AND PROGRESS OF THE IGBOS ISSA THE HBP AND MIGRAINE AND HYPERTENSION OF CONEHEADED STRUCTURES 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 5:01pm On Feb 27
When you do not rejoice with people who are rejoicing then rejoicing will be far from you and your family!

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 5:03pm On Feb 27
Epic and epoch power inauguration in Abia state is epic and epoch hbp to enemies and haters 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Shame!! SHIOR!!

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 5:03pm On Feb 27
WHO GOD HAVE BLESSED,NO okuku agent can curse.

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by ayokellany: 5:06pm On Feb 27
The thing shocked me when i saw all the Igbos praising Bart Nnaji, thank God person done old when Ebele Jonathan sacked him not for conflict of interest but for selling one of the privatized Genco to himself.

So the OP should stop using English scatter our head wetin be conflict of interest, Bart Nnaji sold privatized companies that were to on public bidding to himself. That was why Ebele Jonathan fired him.

Like every minister of power Nigeria ever had he was not just a failure but gross failure like Bola Ige Fashola n every subsequent one.

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by EmiloCorn: 5:06pm On Feb 27
Please my people don't mind the op, we were in the middle of our WhatsApp group discussions on how to pepper the Obidients today when he just jumped up, screamed some unknown jargons and stormed out of the gathering only to come and open this thread. Don't worry we will catch him and rehabilitate him before he gets worse.

@ stOla, Oya come and let us be going back to headquarters, shebi we asked you if you've been taking the drugs prescribed for you at yaba and you said yes, so what's all this now? undecided you need stronger prescriptions?

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by ayokellany: 5:13pm On Feb 27
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria accepted today the resignation of Barth Nnaji, the hitherto Minister of Power.

The resignation is reportedly connected to the revelations first premiered by Business Day which linked the former cabinet member to an underground bid for Afam Power Station.

Nnaji revealed to the National Council on Privatiation last Friday that his company, Geometrics, was a shareholder in a company that bid for the Afam Power Station.

Afam Power Station has an installed capacity of 775 Megawatts which is 18% of the country’s current total power generation.

The revelation came as a surprise, although many Nigerians were already aware that the privatiation of PHCN was simply an unbundling of the country’s power assets to the cabal.

However the undoing of Mr. Nnaji may have come about as a result of the dispute between himself as minister and PHCN employees.

The PHCN employees were embittered by Nnaji’s refusal to pay them adequate terminal benefits running into hundreds of billions of Naira. The conflict-of-interest being he would not want an asset he was planning to acquire to be hugely indebted to the soon-to-be disengaged PHCN staff.

http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/08/28/breaking-news-power-minister-barth-nnaji-resigns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-news-power-minister-barth-nnaji-resigns/.

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by JagabanB: 5:16pm On Feb 27
Mr poster, you call people iIIitràtè but u put South Africa and good power supply in same sentence?
You are this uninformed and you are writing an article?
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by RepoMan007: 5:22pm On Feb 27
He had good vision and wanted to fast track it by acquiring one of the gencos and discos to achieve that. He was rightly asked to step aside and didn't resist. Today he has achieved that goal. What remains to be seen is he will put smile on the faces of Abians or not.
His vision, to me, tells of someone who had good ideas. He could have succeeded or failed depending on other factors within the power system and politics.
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 5:30pm On Feb 27
ayokellany:
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria accepted today the resignation of Barth Nnaji, the hitherto Minister of Power.

The resignation is reportedly connected to the revelations first premiered by Business Day which linked the former cabinet member to an underground bid for Afam Power Station.

Nnaji revealed to the National Council on Privatiation last Friday that his company, Geometrics, was a shareholder in a company that bid for the Afam Power Station.

Afam Power Station has an installed capacity of 775 Megawatts which is 18% of the country’s current total power generation.

The revelation came as a surprise, although many Nigerians were already aware that the privatiation of PHCN was simply an unbundling of the country’s power assets to the cabal.

However the undoing of Mr. Nnaji may have come about as a result of the dispute between himself as minister and PHCN employees.

The PHCN employees were embittered by Nnaji’s refusal to pay them adequate terminal benefits running into hundreds of billions of Naira. The conflict-of-interest being he would not want an asset he was planning to acquire to be hugely indebted to the soon-to-be disengaged PHCN staff.

http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/08/28/breaking-news-power-minister-barth-nnaji-resigns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-news-power-minister-barth-nnaji-resigns/.

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by StOla: 5:38pm On Feb 27
RepoMan007:
He had good vision and wanted to fast track it by acquiring one of the gencos and discos to achieve that. He was rightly asked to step aside and didn't resist. Today he has achieved that goal. What remains to be seen is he will put smile on the faces of Abians or not.
His vision, to me, tells of someone who had good ideas. He could have succeeded or failed depending on other factors within the power system and politics.

The question is was it by his good interest that some have asserted he was our best Minister of Power even if he did not add 1MW of power to the national grid and pushed for the privatisation of GENCos and DISCos that have not helped to turn the tide of our national disgrace?

The 2nd side of the coin is that we can also celebrate good infrastructures if we have the patience and the funds to see it through.

To the many illiterates on social media, infrastructural projects should cost a penny and, should happen at the snap of a finger.
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Tochi3(m): 5:41pm On Feb 27
grin

...Painmilokan..

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by StOla: 5:42pm On Feb 27
Greenback:
When you do not rejoice with people who are rejoicing then rejoicing will be far from you and your family!

My joy is that this project has given knowledge to many lacking the sense that infrastructural projects cost much money and takes much time.

At least, no one can accuse a private company of embezzling from the $800m it required to provide power for just 9 LGAs out of 774 LGAs in the country.

Nor can you criticise why the project that was projected to cost $250m eventually cost $800m.

Abi dollar dey depreciate like Naira when the project was never costed in Naira?
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by StOla: 5:46pm On Feb 27
jmoore:
If a private person uses 100 years to build his business, that's his business, not ours. E no concern us.

It is when a government that is building something that it will be our business.


Mumu man no get cure.

If it was government that spent $800m to provide just 181MW of power, illiterates like you would have polluted the national discourse with your foul mouth, claiming to know more than those who are experts in the field.
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by StOla: 5:49pm On Feb 27
EmiloCorn:
Please my people don't mind the op, we were in the middle of our WhatsApp group discussions on how to pepper the Obidients today when he just jumped up, screamed some unknown jargons and stormed out of the gathering only to come and open this thread. Don't worry we will catch him and rehabilitate him before he gets worse.

@ stOla, Oya come and let us be going back to headquarters, shebi we asked you if you've been taking the drugs prescribed for you at yaba and you said yes, so what's all this now? undecided you need stronger prescriptions?

You tried to be funny.

But does not in anyway erode the message and the facts of what is before us.
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 5:49pm On Feb 27
StOla:


My joy is that this project has given knowledge to many lacking the sense that infrastructural projects cost much money and takes much time.

At least, no one can accuse a private company of embezzling from the $800m it required to provide power for just 9 LGAs out of 774 LGAs in the country.

Nor can you criticise why the project that was projected to cost $250m eventually cost $800m.

Abi dollar dey depreciate like Naira when the project was never costed in Naira?
haba,e mi o ba e soro,o 😁😁

Iruwo guilty conscience leleyi,o,tori Oloun 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by Greenback: 5:51pm On Feb 27
Tochi3:
grin

...Painmilokan..
Baaaaaahahahahahahahahaaaaa!!!!!!!
Nor be small thing,o..see epistle!!!! 😁😁😁

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by StOla: 5:52pm On Feb 27
ayokellany:
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria accepted today the resignation of Barth Nnaji, the hitherto Minister of Power.

The resignation is reportedly connected to the revelations first premiered by Business Day which linked the former cabinet member to an underground bid for Afam Power Station.

Nnaji revealed to the National Council on Privatiation last Friday that his company, Geometrics, was a shareholder in a company that bid for the Afam Power Station.

Afam Power Station has an installed capacity of 775 Megawatts which is 18% of the country’s current total power generation.

The revelation came as a surprise, although many Nigerians were already aware that the privatiation of PHCN was simply an unbundling of the country’s power assets to the cabal.

However the undoing of Mr. Nnaji may have come about as a result of the dispute between himself as minister and PHCN employees.

The PHCN employees were embittered by Nnaji’s refusal to pay them adequate terminal benefits running into hundreds of billions of Naira. The conflict-of-interest being he would not want an asset he was planning to acquire to be hugely indebted to the soon-to-be disengaged PHCN staff.

http://businessnews.com.ng/2012/08/28/breaking-news-power-minister-barth-nnaji-resigns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breaking-news-power-minister-barth-nnaji-resigns/.

Certainly, he tried to sell national assets to himself, even though he had resigned from the company.

But when his corrupt attempt was blown open, he went back to the same company he had tried to benefit with national assets.
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by EmiloCorn: 5:52pm On Feb 27
StOla:


You tried to be funny.

But does not in anyway erode the message and the facts of what is before us.

Chai! shocked heeeee stOla you have relapsed ooohhh cry

I will inform doctor gbajue, he needs to up the potency your meds now undecided
Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by jmoore(m): 5:52pm On Feb 27
StOla:


Mumu man no get cure.

If it was government that spent $800m to provide just 181MW of power, illiterates like you would have polluted the national discourse with your foul mouth, claiming to know more than those who are experts in the field.

If a private person spends 1 trillion dollars to provide 1 megawatt, that is his business.

Your bulabu ranting is a sign of mental disorder.

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Re: Prof Barth Nnaji And The Menace Of Epileptic Power In Nigeria by LordBillionz: 6:14pm On Feb 27
If you know Prof Nnaji, you will know he's as fake as fake currency.
He didn't try.

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