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acunon:
Na lie, look well!

That you av to look well to see the change is a pointer to the fact that there is no "great" change.

But still, Alaga ibile rules. Alaga orijin. Alaga samsung. Tesojue. Les Ruges and Roses. Ibile ibile!

I can imagine NOI's facial expression while reading this as she slowly sips on her coke with the bottle labelled "share a coke with Ebele"..

Its just a shame we've got the wrong people directing the affairs of this nation. NOI is all about the money and the power, she's lost it. It'll be nice if she, as an economist, tackles the issues raised and not let her ego continue making a fool of her. She has to drop the pride and address issues coz right now she seems either clueless to me or she's just a silly and proud woman.

Who here has an idea of the amount party agents get paid on election day? Even if its a range. And if its location related, I'll like to know how much they earn in Ibadan. Thanks.

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VolvoS60:
^^^
Facts are stubborn things. We may not like them but they simply don't care.

I have gently suggested that you get evidence (freely available online in a google search) that will prove to you once and for all whether or not Adichie is exaggerating. It seems you would prefer that I instead engaged you in an endless back and forth argument on semantics. Do you realise how much time we could waste here arguing about the meaning of 'poor' versus 'not so poor'? .

There isn't much left for me to say. Nigeria has 160 million souls and she generates less than 6000MW. South Africa has a population of 53 million and she generates over 200TW.

The truth will indeed make us free.

See this crap I found on a Guardian UK website trying to make us look like we're taking an upward trajectory in our big to tmake power supply better [quote\]In April 2010, the new president,
Goodluck Jonathan, appointed himself
the minister of power, supported by a
minister of state, and resolved to tackle
power as his highest priority.
Inadequate programme management
capability was identified as one key
factor in the persistent failure of the
Nigerian power sector to make any real
progress. The DFID-funded Nigeria
Infrastructure Advisory Facility (NIAF),
which is managed by Adam Smith
International, agreed to set up a Power
Programme Support Unit (PPSU) to help
the Government take immediate action
to improve power supply.
A highly focused, expert team of
international and local specialists was
brought in to staff the PPSU under the
minister of state, and the PPSU soon
became known as the "war room". The
war room was given the mandate of
rehabilitating under-performing assets,
adding more generating and
transmission capacity to the grid, as
well as stabilising the network by
reducing the alarming number of system
collapses.
The war room developed a
comprehensive rehabilitation plan, with
over 10,000 lines of activity, involving
repairs and upgrades on plant and
equipment across Nigeria, some of
which had not been adequately
maintained for decades. NIAF advisers
also designed a comprehensive
monitoring and evaluation framework,
which produces daily operational
reports on performance throughout the
network, and have been helping push
through the recovery plan to date. The
improvement in performance in the past
2 years has been dramatic. NIAF
support for power delivery has helped
achieve significant improvement in
electricity supply, with power sent out
increasing by approximately 35% from
the inception of the rehabilitation plan.
In December the power supply reached
a new peak with a daily average of
4,000 MW being achieved. There is a
significant decrease in major blackouts.
The improved service delivery in power
has already produced savings to Nigeria
worth over £1bn in a full year.

Whoever reads that abroad will think its really improving whereas its not. See things can be twisted anyhow to follow a line of thought. There are so many pages online that makes Nigeria's power supply look wonderful but being here makes us know how it is.

VolvoS60:
^^^
Facts are stubborn things. We may not like them but they simply don't care.

I have gently suggested that you get evidence (freely available online in a google search) that will prove to you once and for all whether or not Adichie is exaggerating. It seems you would prefer that I instead engaged you in an endless back and forth argument on semantics. Do you realise how much time we could waste here arguing about the meaning of 'poor' versus 'not so poor'? .

There isn't much left for me to say. Nigeria has 160 million souls and she generates less than 6000MW. South Africa has a population of 53 million and she generates over 200TW.

The truth will indeed make us free.

Hehehe.. From the onset, my opinion has always been that Ngozi exagerrated her assessment a bit and that the power supply isn't as poor as she painted it. YOU WERE THE ONE WHO CHOSE TO ARGUE WITH THAT from the beginning, you don't av to start complaining about how arguing over that will be an exercise in futility now.
Miss Adichie wrote based on what she saw, I countered it based on what I've seen. Calm down. You don't av to throw your opinion as a fact, I think I've seen enough to make up my own opinion and I don't think you have to agree with it. And you trying to make ur opinion look like a fact is hilarious, the Nigeria Ngozi painted is so 2005. A lot has to be considered when throwing figures and stats around. I'll understand if u disagree based on what you've seen, but google? Chill. No be today we dey twist stats.

Anywayz, we don't av to make an issue out of this. Calm down.

VolvoS60:
^^^


As far as I am concerned, any debate about 'quality' vs 'quantity' of power supplied is splitting hair strands. The point the writer is trying to make is clear: she gets electricity only a few hours a day and when she does get it, the voltage is low and it ruins her valuable equipment! What more is there to say?

Pardon me but I didn't see any ranking by the author of the article on the quality and quantity of power supplied. Where did you get your 2.5 on a scale of 1 to 10 from?

Sir/madam, please do not attempt to defend the indefensible. I will urge you to do the same thing I urged other posters to do: compare Nigeria's per capita power figures with South Africa for example. Vague phrases such as 'it is poor but not as poor as she made it out to be' won't cut it here.

When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts advanced to the stage of science. - William Thomson, First Baron Kelvin

I admit I made a mistake rating it. But even with that, madam adichie's assessment of the situation of light in the country isn't true. And if she truly experiences that when she's in the coutry, I believe she's one of those who suffer the extreme cases. Generally, in the country, the power supply isn't as bad as that, quantity and quality wise. Hers is an extreme case. No be this country we dey?

VolvoS60:
^^^
You are equivocating. As someone pointed out earlier, power distribution in Nigeria is effectively a zero sum game. Find out more about the average power per capita of our peers and then tell us if its 'not as bad as she painted it'.

Are you talking about the quantity or quality of power supplied? Coz with the article she wrote, she rated both 1 on a scale of 10. I think its 2.5. Both are poor, but its def not as poor as she made it out to be. Its nothing to be proud of but the article looked so 2005.

manuelo130:
The lady just described life in Nigeria as it relates to power supply and no one who has ever lived in Nigeria will have any problems relating to this story.

Yeah it happens.. But only in extreme cases. Generally, its bad but def not as bad as she painted it. That doesn't mean the power supply is sometn to be proud of. Its annoying, to say the least

LRNZH:
It is not as bad as she painted it ......heh?
Are you in Nigeria at all?

Pls just shut up. Biko nu.

Oya, ayaff shut up. No vex. But then, y so much anger?

otigbagba:
...u will prefer her to say d opposite. .everything is fine ...we have 24hrs steady power bla bla bla.why we can never have a change..we like and embrace lies.

You know what "sell the country short" means, yeah? Let me help you, I mean power supply is bad but generally, its def not as bad as she painted it to be.. Hence the "she painted the extreme as the norm."

AnnieBeyonce:
Its kinda annoying wen u hear oda gals talk about dia first time.....

Legend of the (attention) seeker. If you wanna lose ur virginity (assuming you avnt lost it already), get a guy.. If u can't, get a Love Machine. You don't need to come here.

otigbagba:
...sells d country short..Nigerians suffering and smiling.

Yeah. "Sells the country short".

Splashme:
[size=13pt]1) Pat Utomi was handed the popular Volkswagen Nigeria and he run it aground

2) Same Pat Utomi managed Platinum bank. The bank was weak and forced to merge with Habib to become Bank PHB. Even the Bank PHB, where is it now? We are now hearing of Keystone bank owned by new owners because Patitos gang could not manage it properly.

3) My point is, 'talk is cheap'. Nigerians love to criticise alot especially while outside of government. Pat himself could not manage very minute aspects of the economy to profitability. If Okonjo, Reuben Abati etc where not in govt there would probably be criticising too[/size]

So instead of tackling the points he raised, you decided to tackle him personally. I don't know you but I believe you can do better than that.

Great article but then Miss Adichie has a way of making things look bigger than they are. She wrote about the extreme and made it look like the norm but its normal in writing though.

I agree the country has lost a lot due to the irregular and epileptic power supply though. I'm sure people will fully comprehend what they've been losing out on when they finally get to av power supply regularly. This annoying thing doesn't just affect us financially.. It affects us in every aspect even mentally or emotionally.

Btw, does Chimamanda write for any local newpaper or magazine? Or its only abroad that she sells the country short. Its all about the money and international recognition, yeah?

squaddy:
If this story is true,then I have no doubt in my mind that his death is masterminded by members of the Apc(same as the death threats no doubt) to get sympathy votes,smear more dirt on Gej and of course,eliminate any possibility of finding out the truth about the forged certficate from the said principal.

You really need to stop watching nollywood movies. :|

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