₦airaland Forum

freecocoa:
You gotta be kidding me.

Why would I be kidding?
Marriage is a life time commitment and there's no price for early marriage.

Youngzedd:
If you're in her shoes, you for don fly Tey tey. She's heading to 30 years of age for pate's sake.

Is there a price for getting married before 30?

I believe you should let her go. She's more interested in having "Mrs" attached to her name than truly being married.

Too many illiterates on this thread.

ExInferis:
Meters aren't free, are they? They're a substantial investment and no one is lending Discos any money while their revenue is shot to hell.

And when the meters are somehow acquired, they've to be discounted to near zero purchase for customers. It'd take some time to recoup the investment. And that's without taking into account energy theft through Meter bypass.

Metering is always the best for any utility company.


As for the claim that most of the investors didn't know what they were getting into...well that's true. But it's only on account of the misleading info the BPE sold the buyers. They were under sold on the technical challenges.

I'm an insider and I have investor friends.

I'm not a novice in the power sector and I can tell you that if those guys had done due diligence, they would have known about most of the issues.

2) Metering in Nigeria doesn't favour the power companies. Every time a pipeline is vandalised, the power companies are supposed to lose money, but my bill stays the same or sometimes increases because I am given an estimated bill.

ExInferis:
You've no idea what you're talking about. Estimated does not favor Discos because of too many problems inherent with estimating energy consumption. Wrong consumer classification, under billing, etc add up to the ATC&C losses especially when historically billed consumers are the ones less likely to pay (being postpaid) AFTER consumption of energy while the Disco still has to pay the MO for this consumed but unpaid energy. That's why sometimes the bills are crazy: other consumers bear the cost of the defaulting ones. And herein is catch 22: any consumer feeling over billed will refuse to pay, thus leading to loss of both revenues.

Metering is always preferred as it's prepay: your revenue comes BEFORE energy is consumed, and all consumers are placed on the proper tariff class.




Nope.

There is a great degree of material and data rot before the utilities were sold off to the Discos, and BPE gave the prospectors false data about the state of things.

Three of the most fundamental problems are:

1. The transmission network is a shoddy mess. And it's still owned by government wholly. System collapses are a daily occurrence. Also, TCN sends energy indiscriminately even into remote or commercially non viable areas where no revenue can be recovered commensurate with the value of energy sent. To the Discos this is a major loss point since energy is a commodity like any other commercial product. There are also so many technical losses on the network occasioned by poor equipment.

2. The customer data from NEBSA is fraudulently inaccurate and incomplete, meaning Discos have to plough resources into customer discovery and enumeration. While this is ongoing, millions of hidden customers are siphoning free energy for which Discos have to bear the financial burden.

3. The tariffs are not cost reflective. Whether post or pre paid, the average tariff under MYTO 2 does not cater for the cost of the industry even if consumers pay 100%. It costs money to buy gas, generate energy, transmit it, distribute it, and pay all costs in the energy value chain. And even without the spiking exchange rate the tariffs are a poor revenue mechanism anyway.

The BPE sold a turkey to the investors in its bid to rid itself of its albatross (fowl pun intended) NEPA, and lied and smoke screened to the buyers.

Now Nerc expects the investors to pump money into the system from funds pulled out of thin air when the losses are mounting.

Consumers expect 24hour electricity at cheap costs without a care to how much it takes to supply even an hour of energy.

Also, consumers are resistant to the doctrine that electricity is a commodity; they prefer to see it as government subsidized service to which they are entitled.

It always amuses me when someone would spend 20k on data and 10k on airtime, but wouldn't spend 2k on electricity.

And he'll want to charge his phone all the time.

I don't know what you are on but if metering favoured the discos, they'll have metered consumers since

Also most of the owners didn't know what they were getting into, they just saw it as a way to make money without minding the technical challenges.

OP seriously


Grow some balls and stop embarrassing the Male Specie.

abdrazak:
He also stated that one reason many Discos had
not metered their customers was due to the huge
debts owed them, as well as the tariff issue.

This is a big lie. One of the most effective ways to collect tariff is via prepaid meters. The reason why customers have not been metered is because estimated billings favour the discos as they can charge for power not consumed.

abdrazak:
“The books of the Discos are so bad that they have
no chance anymore to access finance. These
books do not reflect the cash flow that is
necessary for them to be taken seriously by any
lender.”

This is a fact but this is not a tariff issue but a management issue. Many of you guys didn't know what you were getting into. Y'all thought you were going to make a killing with little or no efforts.

Profit fueled by forex racketeering.

three:
1. Do you know any of the projects?

2. In your estimation have they been satisfactorily completed?

note the Approved Downpayment Column - these monies are those given upfront to the contractor

3. Does the above note make sense in any of the scenarios? If not, why?

The housing project at Igbogbo is complete. Went to that area in February this year and was surprised to see it.

Sibrah:
How come it wasn't discussed or carried in media? I remain vigilante.

Google would help you bro.

Clinton9000:
Obasanjo is not an afonja...he is a yoruba man. Both are two different things. Fani Kayode, Fayose, Judge Ademola are Yorubas not afonjas.

The issue between Barth Nnaji and the owner of EEDC was settled by Fashola.

Sibrah:
I suspect someone is trying to backdate the plant's completion date in order to score some cheap points.
Why didn't we hear about it all this while?

The plant has been completed since but legal issues prevented it from operating.

SultanOfBrunei:
do some research Bro, stop watching only CNN.

You should be the one doing the research.
Trump says things people want to hear but are not achieve able in real life and he knows that but he doesn't mind because that's what the people want to hear.

DanielPop:
[b]Can you kindly elaborate on these problems that America has with immigrant Latinos and Muslims ?
Please? And America has problems with blacks too, right ?[/b][i][/i]

SIMPLE:


3. Not all Muslims are terrorists but nearly 99% of violent terrorist acts carried out nowadays are by people who proclaim the muslim faith. No one can argue with this...except perhaps the percentage...but that's beside the point. The point is that Donald wants tighter vetting for all migrations from Countries where such violent islamists emanate from. Syria, Iraq etc are cases in point. Now tell me, which leader will not want to protect his people? Oh ok, i know one............Buhari and the Cattle herdsmen. It is easier for JTF to shoot unarmed Idu Joseph, 3SC player than hunt down the dreaded fulani herdsmen. u wan argue am?

4. Women. Donald has nothing against women. Yes he is rich, tall, brash and egoistic......but he has proven time and again to be an astute businessman and women love men with such qualities. I lie? So they throw themselves at him and when no one is looking, he grabs a p...y. Who neva do am? Oya talk and may Amadioha strike you if you lie!

1) In the USA, more killings have been done by white males with guns than Muslim terrorists, so that nullifies the "Trump wants to make America safe" line.
2) A guy who has filled for bankruptcy 6 times cannot be called astute.

SultanOfBrunei:
Sir, the Trump you know for who he is, is far better than the Hilary you think you know.

I actually disagree. Hillary is not a saint but Trump is worse.

SultanOfBrunei:
what you see in Trump is what you get,.

I'm concerned about this part. How so?
A man who doesn't practice what he preaches?

The only implication i see is false hope for students.
The result might be valid for 3 years but if you don't get admission with it during the first year, the chances of get admission during the 2nd/3rd year of the validity period unless you are willing to switch schools in which case you should have done that in the first year.


Anyone who has done SAT, GRE or GMAT knows better.

kenben:
This oyegun issue has been over flogged. Tinubu know who is pulling the strings. But he won't dare mention Buhari, or else the entire bourdillion empire would crumble. Let him just go to the other room and chill.

Everyone (most especially Tinubu) knows Oyegun is not going to resign, the call for Oyegun to resign was more like an official declaration of war.

DropShot:
What's your own mentality? Wife battery I guess.

Iranu abasha!

Na, wife battery is for people like you who think women should not be heard.


For the record, I'm pro feminism

DropShot:
Hope you can stand your wife berate you especially in the public.

People who can't even accept a woman to talk back at them have turned marriage expert overnight.

Your wife will only berate you in public when you have the mentality of "I know it all" and women belong to the kitchen and the other room.

TonyeBarcanista:
I'm a critic of the government, so you know my position.




Stop trying so hard to manipulate word from me

Since you are a critic, it means Aisha has a point?

TonyeBarcanista:
Nobody voted for Buhari because of Aisha, not even in her father's palace in Adamawa state.

The argument is about the role of a wife, and Aisha is fighting for her defeated clique

In your opinion, is Buhari's government performing?

TonyeBarcanista:
When did Aisha become a power player? oga if Buhari is stubborn, what is Aisha business? Is it her government? Did Nigerians elect her? Who is she to wail on who should be appointed and who should not? she has no right save the PRIVILEGE of being his wife. That privilege she has abused.

Nobody, I REPEAT nobody voted for Buhari because of Aisha. If she is popular let her run for office.

There are people who voted Buhari because Aisha is their friend, they might be minute but it proves your assertion wrong.


Would you say Buhari's government is doing very well?

kabrud:
Which agreed plan? The plan of appointing Tinubu's loyalists against the other Nigerians?

I don't the know the plan but when you take 6 months to appoint ministers then something is wrong.
When your government reverses itself like this government has, it means you don't know what you are doing,
When your appointees give conflicting statements, it means they are not all on the same page.

Buhari will be judged on his performance, and right now he is failing.

TonyeBarcanista:
No mother will come to the open to lash her son, arming his political adversaries against her son. I mean no sane mother, Aisha has proven herself to be unfit to be considered a mother to Buhari.

No sane wife comes to the open to criticise hubby, Hilary stood by Clinton even when he had perjury and adultery case that threatened his Presidency in 1998. Aisha is unfit to be considered a wife.

As a citizen, she has right to opinion BUT NOT RIGHT to tell the President wat to do or WHO to appoint. That is the EXCLUSIVE prerogative of the President and his Vice.

Buhari should be very careful with the power hustler called Aisha that has brought shame to his family and washing his dirty linen outside.

Lest I forget, he should stop discussing his family publicly.

On Fashola, if it is by who hustled for Tinubu, Fash won't even be mentioned.

Based on Buhari's comment, you'd know he has the "I know it all attitude" so I guess he deserves it.
Call it whatever you want, but it's not a coincidence that he won the election when he partnered with people( including Aisha)
So if she's lashing out then it means he's deviating from the agreed plan.

kabrud:
U see what I'm talking about. Just imagine what this one is saying. Baba God, we dey ur hand.

Buhari was elected in February but didn't announce his cabinet till November, compare that with Obama who announced some of his members before he was sworn in, Trudeau the Canadian prime minister announced his cabinet under 24, same with Theresa May.


Any leader who has a plan would have the majority of his cabinet before they are sworn in.


Just so you know, the requirement to be a minister is the same as that of a Senator which means you have to belong to a political party.

kabrud:
What's this one saying? This is one of the enemies of this country I'm talking about. They are more in number.

No, you are the enemy of Nigeria.
Nigerian leaders should be announcing their cabinets before they are sworn in, not 6 months or even a week after.

kabrud:
I understand ur point to the last letter.

But my argument is that we seem to place so much emphasis on political appointment as a compensation for participating in politics which is wrong.
It shouldn't be because u played an active role in my election, I should compensate u with appointment, no! Ur purpose of participation should be ur zeal to ensure good governance. U don't need to participate in politics b4 u are given an appointment if u have the qualification. Although, our system is so wacked that this is the common mentality among we Nigerians.

This post up here is why it took Buhari 6 months to appoint ministers. A good politician/leader would be his team right from the campaign stage so as to hit the ground running.

Ever wonder why the government gives conflicting statements?

Someone helps you and declines not to take a picture, yet your friend stupidly takes the picture and you put it online.


How Idiotic can some people be?

It's a pity someone actually tried to educate the person who recorded the video.

I guess this is the height of his ambition.

How is this good news?


If you don't meet the cut off this year, chances of you meeting it next year is seriously slim.