₦airaland Forum

quentin06:
Transmission is privatized govt only owns 40%, we know the problem in the sector, the Nepa was sold to incompetent cronies.

Transmission is 100% govt. They can only lease it to a mgt firm but can't sell it for now because of the ramifications to other parts of the value chain.

okechuks22:
na who we for blame before

quentin06:
Discos are part of the problem, since taking over from Nepa, they havent invested a dim into upgrading the nation's power infrastructure, they just want to reap where they didnt sow.

Shows that you guys don't even know the problem. How will you be able to proffer a solution?

It's transmission that went offline. It is owned by govt.

Finish the story.

Mindfulness:
First of all, thanks on the home front.

I believe that regrets are a choice and a matter of perspective.

Moreover, you can still achieve more. It's not about age, it's about drive.

No more drive. Everything's gone. But I have made my choice to be grateful for what I have and to ensure I replicate it in my kid's lives. They are boys so no stopping them.

cruchenuti:
Wow, I really feel your pain. But the reason why we work is so we can get a better life. And what is a better life, if not for our family? Our children etc.

Truth is I first thought that money and career would make me happy. As i see myself excel more than my peers. But in a long run, if we neglect our family, children in the way. There is no true happiness.

Better life should be about me. . Be selfish about life and reach for the stars. Career makes me happy. There is nothing better than being told that you were the best in whatever work stunt going on. It's the reason I can leave my house by 6am and return by 8pm thru traffic.

Having to soft pedal is not my thing. But the kids didn't asked to be born so I have to make sure they excel way more than I can. I just hope I don't start living my life through them.

Seems like he wants to say "operation blow your trumpet" not "oppression blow your trumpet". Blow your trumpet means so many things o. Don't know why it was the 'bad' one that came to my mind.

I'm sure people will still blame DISCOs for this system collapse.

frenzyduchess:
hydrocortisone cream saved my face, and I was lucky I acted on time,it doesn't even show that it once appeared there

That one na eczema. Vitiligo has no cure.

Why are they burying her in a bush?

We have insecticides to keep the insect population under wraps.

We also kill rats and other such rodents.

Snake is food to some animals which include humans.

A quarter of the Imo state indigenes are from other Igbo states. People looking for free university education.

Don't know the name of this animal but bush babies are not spiritual. They are normal animals called Galagos. They are nocturnal animals, have a loud cry and very good eyesight. They are common in Africa.

Let's at least try to be educating ourselves and divesting as well of all these old wives fables.

I am so sad. The old man cried at the end. It's so not fair. It seems like it is a sin to be old and not rich in this country. That's why i want to leave.

Maduawuchukwu:
OK. You are very knowledgeable about the issue. I wager that u are a person of interest in there.

Not really. Based on my present portfolio, i am privy to a lot of the dealings with several DISCOs.

bareal:
Firstly, the discos have not invested any money as they have made Nigerians think.
Secondly, they didn't do any better even when there was no inflation.
I have top engineer with BEDC warri branch and he made me to understand that owners obviously know nothing about these things, all that they want in their mediocre thinking is just to make money. They don't have the interest of the nation at heart. It's just an opportunity for them to make money and they are making it in billions. no thanks to the witchcraft agreement that after all cannot be terminated

Their cost of the electricity produced (gross cost alone) is also in billions.

bareal:
Firstly, the discos have not invested any money as they have made Nigerians think.
Secondly, they didn't do any better even when there was no inflation.
I have top engineer with BEDC warri branch and he made me to understand that owners obviously know nothing about these things, all that they want in their mediocre thinking is just to make money. They don't have the interest of the nation at heart. It's just an opportunity for them to make money and they are making it in billions. no thanks to the witchcraft agreement that after all cannot be terminated

BEDC is not all the DISCOs. And i seriously disagree with what your top engineer has told you. He sounds like one of the pained PHCN staff that have their alternative sources of livelihood being cut short. Even if he is the Business Manager of Warri Business Unit, i doubt he is competent enough to give such feedback.

BEDC that has spent money in creating relief feeders and purchasing new MW transformers. Remember that it is a value chain with TCN being the major bottleneck. TCN has to make power available to an injection substation from which the DISCOs then distribute to our individual houses through a network of feeders and transformers. Where they add value is in creating additional feeders to relieve the overloaded feeders, repairing/replacing faulty transformers, ensuring a fair and reasonable measurement of energy consumed and providing multiple ways to make seamless and stress free payments. In it's simplest form.

But a situation where people will gladly bypass and are happy to let others pay for the energy they consumed whilst screaming and swearing at the DISCOs for not providing 24hrs light is not also healthy for the country.

Maduawuchukwu:
I love ur arguments. What do you think is the way forward sha as every segment does not want to move ground?

First off, govt should pay what it's ministries and security outfits are owing. Then, TCN through NBET (govt owned institutions) should not be using exchange rate of N400 to bill the DISCOs when it was N198 that was the agreed price at the last tariff increase. Then they can modify as they go along.

Maduawuchukwu:
That's a good one but are investors of such calibre not expected to come with enough money initially to Carry out the major infrastructural projects knowing fully well that they will likely sustain losses in the beginning stages? Which kind of enterprise is this where the investors come in with the hope that they will carry out their first projects from profit gotten from the business? Is that the way big Telecos like MTN, GLO etc operated at inception?

First off, there is no profit. Most of the serious ones actually have capacity to do so and are doing it. However, remember that they came in with certain assumptions which were based on the false information govt gave them. Information that ultimately means that the DISCOs were overvalued and have now been made illiquid.

Let me use a small example. Imagine that you want to buy 100 oranges for resale. You agree the price of N100 for all with the promise to be able to resell at N150 which is mutually agreed. You also have an extra N70 that you would like to use to touch up the shop to further enhance future sales. However, you received 90 good oranges that could be resold and then you cannot sell at N150 but N90 because people will be upset. The seller also holds on to 10 oranges for his younger brother with a promise to pay the sales price later. The cycle continues. No matter how much extra you have, it cannot even cover the cost of the oranges and you will keep digging deeper into a hole. You do not want to walk away because it will mean losing all your money as against the premise that you will one day be able to recover all your money and start making gains.

I have tried to simplify the issues without giving away too much. Govt should first pay what they owe. Inflation in Nigeria is in double digits and the DISCOs are not immune.

Maduawuchukwu:
Hmm. I respect the sanctity of contract but I do not believe that the government should obey a contract which did not meet the laid down requirement and was still is not able to perfom it's contractual duty. The Privatisation exercise carried out by Nnamdi Sambo was one of the worst things to happen to Nigeria. Power Assets were given to criminals who are incompetent like Emeka Offor etc.
I recommend that their contracts should be cancelled and new exercises.

He can't because it is the govt that has violated their part of the contract. The discos bought with the agreement that the tariff would be cost reflective. The gas producers have been increasing their prices at triple what was agreed and the discos have yo bear that cost. That leaves little or no money for the infrastructure development they are meant to do.

Govt is also the highest debtors to discos which include military formations and other ministries to the tune of billions.

davodyguy:
If not for greed.

80,000 - 50,000 expenses = N30,000 gross profit.
N30,000 X 4 weeks = N120,000 gross income for a month.

How many graduates earn N70,000 a month?

Pathetic driver complaining

Sorry, you didn't include other direct costs like costs of maintenance, lease payments deductions and then payments to the partners (owners). The money is not that much.

deejay102:
Thanks.. Is marriage license same as marriage certificate??

They are different. A marriage license is to hold the wedding ceremony, and then you have to file a marriage certificate in the appropriate registry.

When I wanted to get married, they told me the same thing. Although it was about N45k or thereabouts in 2010. The list of requirements were cumbersome so we didn't bother and just got our licence in UK.

Good or bad?

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered the state’s Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs out of Lagos roads with immediate effect.

PM News gathered that since last week, the VIOs, under the Vehicle Inspection Service, VIS, had left all Lagos roads on the order of Ambode.

Government sources said the governor ordered the VIOs out of the road for retraining as a result of public complaints and in a bid to reposition the outfit.

A source told PM News that the story carried by a national daily recently which alleged that the VIOs burnt the vehicle of a motorist arrested had not gone down well with the governor who would not tolerate unruliness in his administration.

Asides this, some complaints about supposed high-handedness and over-zealousness of some VIOs were other reasons the governor ordered them out of Lagos roads until further instruction.

A VIO source told our reporter that the officers had been ordered by the governor to go on compulsory retraining on the use of modern technology in order to be humane in dealing with the public.

It was gathered that the no training had been arranged since the officers left the road last week as they were still watching and waiting for the next action to be taken by the state government on the matter.

A top government source who does not want his name mentioned said the order by the governor for VIOs to vacate Lagos road was unconnected with the alleged report of assaulting a motorist and burning the vehicle.

A VIO source alleged that the driver lied against the officers as the agency could not have carried out such debilitating action.

A source added that the Ministry of Transportation was working frantically to arrange training for VIOs so that they could get back on the road soonest, but that for now, they would be off the road on the order of the governor.

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, in his reaction said: “The truth is the transport ministry is undergoing restructuring, including the VIO. The commissioner for transportation had made some recommendations, which he will present at the State Executive Council meeting and things can move forward from there.

“But we all believed that the VIO activities should be technologically driven.”

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/05/08/ambode-orders-vios-lagos-roads/

The book needed to have been proofread. There are some avoidable errors.

Marinee:
But how does this POST help us?

It tickles the fancy of those who are interested. That's why celebrities section in Nairaland has one of the highest followings. There are so many posts and threads on Nairaland FP, pick any that interests you or directly from the section you prefer.

Marinee:
How is this NEWS?!!!?

It's not news, it's a post. This is a forum not a news station.

What's their issue with his passport? Can't he get a new passport before the old one expires? If he has a visa on the old one must he transfer it to the new one?

I subscribe to this. Start another genealogy. Our forefathers bore the names of their fathers. Wonder why they stopped.

Itissettled3:
Same thing happened to me too. I guess their popularity have gotten to them.

The day I went there, Same lady who was the receptionist attended to me. There was no light, I had to wait For her to send someone To get fuel and then power Gen.

The scan was rushed and i felt duped. I actually travelled a distance to come do it.

I had same experience. I felt scammed.

oamronnie:
Good evening mamas. Pls pray for me. Water just broke and I'm just 35 weeks 3 days. Pls pray for me.

Let me encourage you. My first son was born at 35 weeks exact. My water broke the day before for no reason. Went to the hospital and they told me that he will be born that day. He was born through CS because he was breech and was born at 2.1kg. He seemed tiny and had issues with latching on.

But if you see him now, you will never believe it. He is the smartest and tallest in his class. No one will ever believe he was a preemie.

KAG:
This is just to let off some steam. Why do Nigerians do this? Not to stereotype, but you know none of the other nationalities I've invited have done it. I wanted was a small wedding, but somehow it's ballooned. Relatives inviting their colleagues and friends of that friend to what's meant to be a small wedding! It really is poor etiquette. Seriously, it's bad manners. These things take planning, and the thought that there'd be a whole host of people I've never met - nor will ever meet again - coming to this day is galling.

When it comes to someone else's wedding:

- It is not tradition to have an open door policy. It is a choice! A choice that I haven't made. Please don't insist that it's tradition. I can't emphasise that enough. I like to plan and not spend money catering for people about whom I care little.

- There's nothing wrong with responding to an invite. Seriously, it won't hurt you to confirm you're coming. Just showing up on the day without prior confirmation is bad manners and ruins my plans! It borders on stupidity or mental laziness. Not sure which it, but it's a negative.

- Seriously, an invitation that's meant for one person (or sometimes two) is not a blank cheque. Don't think that means you ought to invite all your friends and relatives. They weren't invited by the host, so don't do it. Just don't!


I could go on, but you get the point. I'm frustruated and wishing I had just eloped. Rant over... for now.

Next time, when giving out your iv, tell them that they should not invite anyone else as 1 card admits one. And that there will be bouncers.

It's Nigeria, you can't excape it.