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Quote from Daily Sun, Fri 27 Aug 10:

Nigeria’s power generation and distribution industry is to be handled exclusively by the private sector as part of key reforms announced by President Goodluck Jonathan to improve electricity supply in the country.
The government, Jonathan said, would however retain the transmission business, which is often considered too sensitive to be left solely in the hands of the private sector.

“Government will disengage from generation and distribution of electricity in the country and will encourage private sector participation in these areas,” the President said while unveiling his “Roadmap for Power Sector Reforms” in Lagos on Thursday.

“The private sector will be responsible for the generation and distribution of electricity, but government will still own transmission but with private sector management,” headed. Accordingly, the President said, government would hands-off the various unbundled transmission and distribution firms currently being supervise or managed by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to the private sector.

The announcement ended years of speculation on the possible privatisation of PHCN and Jonathan assured citizens that the reforms was the best solution to Nigeria’s epileptic power generation and supply crisis.
“The new private-sector driven electricity industry is the panacea for progress and growth of the sector and the nation,” he said.

The President, who did not hide the possibility of job losses by PHCN workers under the new reform structure said government through a supplementary budget had earmarked N57 billion to settle outstanding monitisation arrears owned PHCN staff. He said while the bulk of staff of the new privatised firms would obviously come from PHCN workers, those likely to be affected by any form of retrenchment need not fear as funds had also been provided to address their needs.

“We are providing funds from the supplementary budget to address the workers severance, pension and gratuity payments from the privatised firms,” he said. “It should be obvious that the electricity industry can only expand like the telecoms industry after the introduction of a liberalisation policy,” he added. Plans to effect the reform of the industry kick started by former President Olusegun Obasanjo had been stalled by President Yar’Adua on assumption of office.

Nigeria’s power generation remains abysmal at about 3,500 average generation capacity throwing up most part of the country into darkness with industries and commerce badly affected due to high cost of production associated with running business on diesel and petrol powered generators.

The recent reforms provides a climate that allows changes in tariffs, a key demand of private sector investors who want to ensure timely cost recovery and Jonathan acknowledged this in his speech when he said “in drawaing up the roadmap we identified tariff as critical factor in resolving the entire value chain of the supply of electricity and the idea is to achieve a tariff structure that is attractive to investors.”

He said more independent power producers and even International Oil Companies (IOCs) are expected to take advantage of the reforms and invest in additional generation capacity of 5,000megawatts in the next four years.

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The poster is becoming a phenomenon on NL. Some NLers would call him all sorts of name but I have observed that such posters keep following and replying his posts (like flies following shit). Why not just ignore him? Now if you say someone is mad, and you keep on following him all over the place, then there is more hope for that mad man than for you because he leads, and you follow.

Mobo444's posts are filled with dry and dark humour. The way he ignores and parries off attacks and insults directed at him is worth emulating. He has this way of ruffling feathers while remaining unruffled himself. I can hardly keep a straight face when going through his posts - not that I agree with everything he says. Give the devil his due - at least the guy's original and entertaining.

Poster,
Don't belittle yourself by stooping so low as to exchange insults with others. It takes you down to their level.
They are only reacting to your post which must have had a profound effect on them judging from their replies (though I feel such claims as yours should be considered indiscreet). You are the one holding the ace. You are the one playing with their emotions so, just sit back, read out their profanities and have a good laugh at their expense.

It is always frustrating to see threads being desecrated by some Holier than Thous who try to compensate for their intellectual deficiency with the profuse use of abusive, indecent and obscene language in the name of correction or admonition. For such NLers, healer first heal thyself, for your mouth utters out the abundance of your heart.

Please don't forget to add the award for 'Greatest Ego'

Poster,
I feel you. You make sense!

There must be something about this forum that not every member is aware of.
Observed one member begging/imploring to be unbanned all over the place as if his life depended on it!
Seems some people now live out their lives in cyberspace!
Just wondering what kind of experience or sophistication a pre-JAMB oldie with thousands of posts to his/her credit (probably due to plenty idle time) would have over a newbie professor with just a couple of posts (probably due to commitments elsewhere).

Once came across a thread in which one unfortunate poster was more or less told off for having the temerity to voice out his opinion contrary to some oldies there, by virtue of his limited number of posts.
Some vitriolic and rabid insults in the name of replies/arguments, often leave one with a feeling of disappointment/disillusionment.
Sadly, it seems many NLers are hurting deep inside (for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh).

Jarus
You dey for 9ja?
I thought you were in Abyssinia.
You know, that place opposite the Liberian Embassy.

Yeah, what he needs most is to save himself from his dire situation by dissolving his marriage, not thinking of going back to his former love. His current line of thought could be likened to a drowning man who is thinking of the kind of clothes he'll change into when he is eventually safe - he is supposed to focus his thoughts on survival!

Dogs not allowed.
Animals not allowed.
Blacks not allowed.
O boy! The ting don reach us?

Kenezi:
At least she asked, and isn't about to behead anyone for saying "No."

Unfortunately, some innocent ones may get beheaded as a result of her indiscretion.

Ayatullah:
@nairaland moderator/administrator. This is the second time you will be blocking my post, it is a shame on you. But remember my last warning that if you can moderate and administer with partialty, be aware that nairaland could be taken off the web, I keep warning you.

I can't help but imagine Osama bin Laden poking his fingers and mentioning those words. Really scary!
But if the moderators could allow this threat through, I'm just wondering what you must have said in your post.
Truly the threat was made on 10th January 2010 on this thread:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=378534.msg5284218#msg5284218
Abeg oga moderator take am easy! If NL is no more, to whom shall we go?

^^^^^
Was about replying when I saw yours.
My body just come dey weak.

The girl's act was of an idiotic nature. Do you convert people by alienating and agitating them? Judging from our recent experiences of the Danish cartoon saga and the beauty contest that was never to be in Abuja, it should have been obvious that she is potentially putting a lot of innocent lives (particularly in the North) in danger with her unguarded utterances. Who knows? We may not have heard the end of this matter yet.

And where's she? If she means business, let her go back and experience what the apostles went through in the course of spreading the message of salvation.

^^^^^^
That's the idea. Let's look inwards. We once deported Ghanaians in droves. To-day, even they dey take us do yeye!

omoabike:
@Nayah
I am not blaming Nigerians , I am, just saying that the effect of the economic "meltdown" is making more and more people in the "Advanced" countries to become xenophobic.
I am only imploring  Nigerians to see this as a wake up call for us to work towards changing the situation of things in the country. Note I did not say our Rulers because I know those ones are failures.
I mean you and I and every other Nigerians who believe that it is not by accident that we were born Nigerians.
These xenophobic attacks will not stop because folks are looking for who to blame for their economic woes, and who else to blame than the "bloody" immigrants.

Omoabike,
Don't forget that NL is for Nigerians and the (sometimes not too friendly) friends of Nigeria. Nayah is in the 2nd category.
Nayah,
I know we could always count on your support in all issues (except those bordering on Bakassi Peninsular, Obudu Cattle Ranch and Cameroun  ). Nevertheless, if we don't stop apportioning blames to others for our ills, we may never begin to look inward enough to take our destiny in our hands.
NLers,
I believe this link posted by Feraz would make an interesting read on how Nigerian men are generally viewed by foreign women:
http://m.topix.com/forum/world/nigeria/T66KQ1NB683TJNHU4

@ mike oscar
That was a real dumb ass foreign policy. How can one living in face-me-i-face-you pursue the interests of his co-tenants over those of his immediate family? See the rewards we are reaping now. America's foreign policy is obviously centred on herself, while Africa's still the centre of our foreign policy (that is if we still have any at all).

Surely, there is a countdown. But only in Aso Rock, the NASS and Govt Houses!
GEJ is turning out to be a more and more of a disappointment.

It would be a good idea to have Nairaland Evaluation Committee in the NASS and all States Houses of Assembly. May be things could then start moving in the right direction in 9ja.

Truly you'll hardly find SAns in 9ja. A lot of our countrymen are just viruses in other countries. Unfortunately, the insults get back to all of us. These insults would keep on coming so long as the status quo remains. So much for re-branding. And being who we are, a people whose charity begins abroad, we would keep on looking at the speck in others' eyes while overlooking the beam in ours. Just waiting for Somalia to start meting out the same treatment to us. May be we would start getting the message then.

That girl must have eaten lion pepper soup! Such liver! Such stupidity! So fundamentalism has now reached Yorubaland! Wahala dey!

When going through papers online, I love going through problems/counselling sections. While going through the Punch, one in particular caught my attention. Gives much food for thought. I've only quoted the problem, not the solution preferred. Visit the Punch site for that.

Quote:

Dear Agatha, I want to end my marriage for the woman I love

Dear Agatha,


Please help me out of my problem. Three years ago, I got fed up with the woman I dated for seven years. She didn’t commit any sin other women aren’t committing daily in their relationships or marriages. Although I held on to the excuse that she nags, it was just because I got tired of being with her, especially as I thought the new woman in my life was very exciting and the kind I desired to spend the rest of my life with.

All pleas from her and friends to have me change my mind fell on deaf ears. To avoid the pressures from my family members, hers and friends, I decided to marry the new woman in my life. A lot of my friends, as well as my parents refused to come for the wedding ceremony. My mother was particularly bitter at my treatment of my first girlfriend whom my mother has always held in high esteem. Besides, she regarded my wife as an opportunist who saw a chance and took advantage of it. Together with my father, they tried their best to get me to leave this lady but I refused.

I honestly thought I had it all wrapped up until my wife began to manifest her true character. She started by complaining about the absence of my parents at our wedding and insisting it was a declaration of war between her and them. I tried to explain to her why they didn’t come for the wedding but she refused to be appeased. She didn’t stop there, she actually walked my younger sister out warning her never to step into the house again and also sending her to my parents.

When I queried her on why she did that, she slapped me in addition to telling me she wasn’t my former girlfriend who allowed herself to be trampled over by my friends and family. Categorically, she said as long as we are a couple, I must defer to her wishes if I desired peace in the home.

For some strange reasons, I am helpless to do anything about her. It has been one woeful tale after another in our two years of marriage. She insults me as often as she likes, refuses to cook my meals when we have a disagreement, collects gold, shoes, clothes and bags on credit forcing me to pay for them when the owners come to make noise in my house and fights neighbours for perceived insults on her. Frankly, I am tired and want out of this relationship.

Meanwhile, my first girlfriend is still single. To overcome her disappointment she travelled abroad and is back now. Through my sister, I got to know she was actually pregnant for me when I left her unceremoniously and that my parents decided to take on the responsibility of the child without telling me. I know I have made the greatest mistake in my life but don’t know how to end this marriage and go back to the woman I truly love and who loves me.

The worst is that none of my family members and friends are ready to help me. None of them wants to have anything to do with me. They have all left me to my fate. I am confused and dying slowly. I have taken to drinking and smoking, habits I never indulged in since I was born. I come home late, risking my life all because I want to avoid having anything to do with my wife. To crown my woes are her mother and sisters who have taken over my home and all have the same attitude as my wife. Her mother is never tired of nagging me on my non-availability at home while he siblings are always demanding for money. When I don’t give them, they accuse me of being stingy and unwilling to help them.

Help me before I die in this hell called marriage.

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vanity

They should yield to his demands or else look for a mediocre coach that can dance to their tune.

Quite enjoyed the music and video.
Seems both were largely made for a 'white' audience, just like Dare's last album.
She could do with a voice trainer though.

fugocisse:
some silly morons are commenting off target!!!!!

When a layman, an astronomer and an astrologer are looking at (and commenting on) the same constellation of stars, who among them would most likely make such a comment?

[quote author=mama-gee link=topic=494719.msg6556938#msg6556938 date=1281552677]Why would anyone marry some one for sympathy?

That doesn't even make sense, if you want to marry, marry for someone for his/her behaviour.

Not out of pity or sympathy, it's ridiculous.[/quote]Marrying because of one's behaviour could as well be for sympathy. I believe love should be the basis of marriage as it covers a multitude of sins. Hope I would not marry due to sympathy - but who can say?

@okunoba

Canaan and his descendants (Sidonians, Amorites, Jebusites -Jebus was the original name of Jerusalem - etc) are known to have settled in the general area of Israel and Palestine. Genesis 10:19 gives the borders of the Canaanites. The children of Ham known to have settled in Africa included Mizraim (Egypt) and Cush (Ethiopia) so there is no justification in it for the slavery of Africans. By the way, Christ's death and resurrection have broken the power of sin, death, curses etc.

I also agree with you that slavery is immoral (and ungodly). Everything is about perspective and perception. The author was looking at the Dubai situation as a glass half empty while I saw it as glass half full. He saw the slavery of foreigners while I saw the emancipation of Dubai citizens from the rat race. My praising of Dubai leaders is for the positive aspect of their development. As for the negative aspects, the situation is even much worse in 9ja - go ask those working for Lebanese/Indian companies. Are you aware that such allegations of maltreatment have being levelled against Mike Adenuga by foreigners who had worked for him? Yes Nigerian leaders should emulate those of Dubai. Life would be much easier for us all then.

Even good things came out of Apartheid - South Africa is the most developed black nation. She's not your usual tinpot African country. We all know those behind her development - the whites. And with all our empathy and sympathy for our fellow blacks, what did we get in return after the fall of Apartheid? Xenophobia! That other Africans are taking over their jobs - jobs enabled by the foresight of the whites. Even when Lucky Dube was killed, didn't the killers said they thought he was a Nigerian? So much for our empathy and love for fellow human beings.

You are right - The problem of Nigeria is the people and the way they think. Our charity usually begins abroad! Reminds me of Prof. Iwuruwuru after Obama's election, saying the US had a lot to learn from Nigeria's electoral practices?

After so many attempts on his life failed, Hitler believed more in his invincibility and of a divine providence protecting him and having a special purpose for him blah blah blah. How did he end up? SUICIDE! So all assassination attempts on him failed just so he could take his own life with his own hands?

Likewise, IBB should not delude himself into thinking he's invincible on the grounds that he's apparently immune to and untouched by the effects of his craftiness and misrule in 9ja. May be he's just being prepared by divine providence to undo himself.

123jml:
Please would you shed more light from the above qoute?

You know, Sahur. You eat before break of dawn so, it's like having a very early breakfast. Lunch's the only meal actually foregone.

@okunoba,
Words and actions should be judged based on the intentions behind them. Remember the story of Jesus and Judas?

Quote (John 12:4-6)
4  Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, 
5  Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 
6  This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 
Unquote.

The leaders in Dubai should be praised. There citizens are living in comfort. If we had such leaders in 9ja, our country would have by now become the greener pastures for others. That a few of the whites spoke against slavery should not be taken to mean that the white society in general was humane (just like saying all 9jarians are 419ers). On the contrary, the Confederates attempted to secede from the US in order to hold on to their slaves. All those belly aching to see the downfall of Dubai are in a state of self delusion. Look at the history of Japan's industrialisation and you would know that it is very possible to move from zero to hero in no time. And who's talking of about life being fair? Take a look at the so called 'villains' of World War II (Germany, Japan and Italy). Their economies are doing much better than those of the majority of their victims - natural justice indeed.

PS: This article is history, not news!

One of my superiors with whom I shared house used to remind me again and again that there could not be 2 captains in 1 ship. Women have soft power. If applied properly, they could have their men dancing to their whims and caprices all the time.

Yekini's goal @ USA 94 made quite an impression. It was our 1st goal ever at the World Cup (and Yekini's last though he didn't know at that time). Coming quite early in the match, he must have thought more goals would come his way. No wonder he held and shook the net in great excitement and seemingly saying, "YEEE! NA SO E EASY? CHEI!! SO THE THING EASY LIKE THIS?"

The fact still remains that the NASS is more of a liability than an asset to 9ja. And instead of them to do some soul-searching for once, there they go again yarning opata. The utterances and actions of our prodigal lawmakers often leave me with a feeling of helplessness and self-pity.