₦airaland Forum

SalamRushdie:
I have drawn up that list here in the past and would have to search for it when I get back from church

Desyner:
Commonsense varies according to the overall strength of the whole sense. Where did power drop from ?

SalamRushdie:
To hell with your lies , even your statement says power supply crashed to 1327 the week Jonathan left office , before that crash which was even sabotage was power generation not at 4500 mws and an installed capacity of 8000 MWs which this govt is still tapping from ..For your information Jonathan built 3 times more power plants than all the previous govts combined and it's a fact ..Are you aware that under this evil govt power has even crashed to 1000 Mws thrice yet you kept quiet ..show me a single powerbplant Buhari has built and I keep quiet ..The only work Fasholas has been doing is getting gas to orphaned power plants all completed by Jonathan .

deebrain:
I pay tax on two businesses. Your federal govt tax their own and lagos in particular is simply ridiculous. Why would i be heavily taxed in my business and now be paying money on a bridge that my tax was used to build, TO GENERATE REVENUE?

And hey, foreign heavily taxed countries in europe have a stable tax system-unlike here.

Ps . You must be very stupid for mentioning the insults rather than staying on constructive points.

SalamRushdie:
The day he left office power was at 4500 and the installed capacity 8000 mws..please stop lying

Nigeria’s power generation at “all-time low”; crashes to 1,327MW


May 22, 2015 Premium Times




Nigeria’s overall electricity generation has dropped to an unprecedented low of 1,327 megawatts, the Ministry of Power said Friday, a week before the transfer of power from President Goodluck Jonathan to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/183496-nigerias-power-generation-at-all-time-low-crashes-to-1327mw.html

Cannonleo:
Mr man it is obvious you only focused on the negatives to suit your narratives.

The first stage to solve a problem is to admit the existence of one.
this rule i applied here and your ranting beyond tesla level.

It is an FG institutions but yet due to the insecurity of the political class(early 2000s) and IBB CUM Abacha paranoia of a strong armed forces the whole military apparatus of the military was allowed to fail anf founder.

We had only one functional Frigate NNS Aradu since the 1980 till yes Gej came on board now we can start from NNS pathfinder down to NNS Unity that is just to acquire blue water capacity that we lost, minus the ND which still is vast beyond measure. how many water ways do you know about, do yoi think the NAVY can deal with piracy et al alone or oil coys contract then always to provide security for them , capacity that has been killed for decades is being built although NN has been a bit silent under this admin With the "billions'

Rag tag terrorist and militants you call them lmao
check the tenants of the amnesty agreement and the job of NIMASA. As the defacto coast guard of Nigeria .
check the list of private security outfits. This rag tags are trainned and have been retrainned on a platform they have been at all their life.

I always advocate that regardless of our stupid affiliations to politics when it comes to security fling the bullcrap out the window and say things the way it is.
afterall the Texas-mexico border is still one of the most porous despite all the immigration policing in the US.

As for leaders of tomorrow, you supporting an underground retarded mistake of a leader with no relevant course of action and a pure injection fleet of lies to add to that. What are you then a leader of yesterday.

I have made my point , you have made yours kapish.

Enjoy your day

fabre4:
Buhari is not the name of a party, we gave jona [b]4 years [/b]we are giving buhari 4 years too

Desyner:
You suck. So if oil prices don't hit $100pb pmb can't add value?
That shows PMB was just hoping to go and spend huge oil windfall and had no idea how to improve the system with what was flowing in.

Desyner:
Trash!
Lowest value of foreign reserve under Buhari is still more than $24B.

fabre4:
Thankgod he is out, we will also remove that dullard insha allah

runsgirl:
Sounds funny..but how can a company that has no rights be increasing toll fares.

We acquired LCC's rights to avoid toll increase- Lagos Govt -2013


The Lagos State Government has justified the acquisition of the concession rights of the Lekki Concession Company (LCC), the concessionaire for the Eti-Osa Lekki-Epe Expressway, as an attempt to curb unwarranted increment in the tolls being collected.
But a source close to the Governor’s Office  also said on Wednesday that this decision being taken just after two years of the 30-year Build, Operate and Transfer agreement to upgrade, expand and maintain the about 50-kilometre road, was a result of heated controversy since commencement.
Besides, while presenting the request of government for approval of supplementary on Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Ben Akabueze, told the State Executive Council that he current concessionaire has in fact proposed another 20 per cent increase in current toll rate collected on the road.

Blingblings:
I don't understand why some people are insulting tinubu. Is he the owner of the toll gate? Does he pass for free? Make una enlighten me abeg

Cannonleo:
Look Mr man , you can go all and all and rant as much as you want in justification of your pay or conviction whatever.

However you made a statement that struck a cord when you asked how security of waterways was given to so called militants than the Nigerian navy.
let me school you a little .
the NN has a lot of deficiencies in patrolling it exclusive economic zone. EEZ. That is why NIMASA was created, to help solve that issue, to ensure that internal waterways are safe while the navy performs it's major duty of securing the greater naval integrity of the nation since we do not have a coast guard.
FYI, before you start measuring tompolo cos I know where your heading to, several security agencies before and now are contracted by NIMASA and sanctioned by the NAVY( note this word), with the NAVY building up it's moribund assets yes from the time of GEJ, they still have very little capacity to cover all strategic inland systems but they always keep a sharp eye for this SEC agencies. The vessel may be private but they know where they are, and what they do.

In your own view they are militants, but you've forgotten that part of the amnesty agreement was integration into major apparatus after adequate training. This are guys that have been using propeller chains to cut out boats of the Army Amphibious teams in the ND, tackling them like mad, and making operation pulo shield a hell before the implementation.
they know the creeks and are trainned to do their job.

Were they approved, yes
are they regulated , yes
was there a need for them, yes.
as far the police still hasn't gone deep in waterway policing and we don't have a Standing coast guard they will continue to exist , why don't you check under your messiah and see how many more are operational.

If you want to make noise, do so with things you know the nitty gritty of.

Gracias Amigo

Megatone:
U spew trash and u call it social skills....

Ur parents deserve a refund for the money dey spent for ur school fees....

An empty skull becomes a burden to the neck

greiboy:
Exactly, it is not like they have to pay a fortune, 100 naira and below


The toll in some countries is much higher

deebrain:
Im just thinking aloud...

Who pays for crises within a system?

If there is a crises in fuel importation, the ordinary people pay for it.

If the road service need to be upgraded, the ordinary people pay for it.

If recession bites hard, you need to agree to work without pay or at best forfeit half of your salary.

Which one does the leadership pay for?

Their salaries and allowances continue non stop. They are personally supplied fuel. They will get salutes and twales at the supposed toll gates and get free entries...

The list is endless.

Like someone said earlier in this thread, they should just start strangling people house to house. Lets know our govt are out to kill.

greiboy:
Toll gate is used in even some of the most advanced countries

The last time I went through the lekki area, the roads were good

I don't see why so many nairalanders are complaining

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yaki84:
is pdp a name of aperson?
Imagine someone who is educated spewing this shit, in this shith0le

Megatone:
Atleast its better than being a fulani slave.....

BTW try and patch ur brain its already leaking oil....

Megatone:
Working really hard to justify your pay....

I know say na BMC crew thread b dis...

Anyway end of month don reach at least u can now afford breakfast and data to spew trash....

Economy

Mr. Jonathan could not sustain the modest economic growth recorded by his government initially. He could not save for the rainy day when the price of crude oil reached very high levels; subsequently depleting Nigeria’s foreign reserves and incurring a huge debt profile as soon as there was a dip in the price of crude in the international market.

Mr Jonathan inherited as much as $60 billion in foreign reserve but plundered it to as low as $40 billion in five years.

As at June 2014, the country’s external debt rose by 40 per cent to $9.377 billion and a domestic debt of $47.653 billion.

Though inflation was kept at a single digit, it was a faux strength as companies struggled to survive and the country continually ranked poorly in the ease of doing business index by the World Bank.

Despite his promises, again he could not revive the manufacturing sector. Companies complained of incurring huge cost due to their reliance on diesel. The textile industry remained moribund. Poverty remained widespread and youth employment was at an all time high.

Megatone:
And the blame game continues....

So if i may ask, why did we now vote for change?

How has this government improved the lives of its citizens?

How was living condition from 2011 - 2015 compared to 2015 - 2018?

Please kindly explain the rising cost of food items, fuel, exchange rate?

5. Crude oil theft

During the Jonathan administration, pirates and crude oil thieves were lords. Pirates surrounded the Nigerian water ways like water hyacinth stealing crude from the country’s pipelines with little or no hindrance. The ill-equipped and poorly trained navy proved to be grossly incapable of arresting the situation.

Instead of training and adequately equipping the navy and other security agencies to protect the country’s source of wealth, the task of pipeline protection was handed to militias in the Niger Delta and elsewhere for several billions of naira annually. Yet, instead of the theft of oil to decrease it remained a major drain of resources. According to the Chief of Naval Staff, Usman Jibrin, the country lost crude valued more than N1.18 billion daily to oil thieves (N433.62 billion annually).

In 2010, when Mr Jonathan was sworn in as substantive president after the death of his former boss, Umaru Yar’Adua, power generation in Nigeria was 3,000 mega watts. On Friday, when he was handing over to his successor, power generation had dropped to less than 2000 mega watts.

1. Power Generation.

In 2010, when Mr Jonathan was sworn in as substantive president after the death of his former boss, Umaru Yar’Adua, power generation in Nigeria was 3,000 mega watts. On Friday, when he was handing over to his successor, power generation had dropped to less than 2000 mega watts.

The need to prioritise power generation and availability to Nigerians was acknowledged by Mr Jonathan early in his administration. In 2011, while seeking support to be elected president after leading the country for one year following the death of Mr. Yar’Adua, the ex-president declared to diplomats at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, UNECA, and the African Union, AU, in Addis-Ababa that:

“If I’m voted into power, within the next four years, the issue of power will become a thing of the past. Four years is enough for anyone in power to make a significant improvement and if I can’t improve on power within this period, it then means I cannot do anything.”

Power across Nigeria is at an all time low with Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, having just 5 megawatts.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/184088-10-ways-jonathan-failed-nigerians.html

Juliearth:
After 3 years,what we should be getting is "I have" and not"I will." Seems he has forgotten that campaign is over(or is he campaigning for 2019? )

SalamRushdie:
The F16 Falcon cost 18 million dollars per unit yet the Nigerian govt wants to buy archaic propeller driven plane for 41 million dollars each ..I beg the senate to halt that deal as it is filled with intense corruption

Iraqi F-16s $165 Million Each


Think of it as a military-industrial complex two-fer — first we invade Iraq, eight years later we’re selling it F-16s. “Iraq has now made its first transfer payment for the purchase of 18 F-16 fighter aircraft,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Tuesday. “These aircraft are going to help provide air sovereignty for Iraq and to protect its territory and deter or counter regional threats.” They represent “the cornerstone of the kind of cooperation that we hope to have in the future to support the secure, peaceful, democratic development of Iraq.”

Iraqi jet jockeys can’t wait. “It was a dream come true to fly in the F-16,” Iraqi air force Brigadier General Ali al-Aaragy said after taking one of the fighters for a test ride at Arizona’s Luke Air Force Base nearly three years ago. The first flock of F-16s is slated to arrive in Iraq in 2014. The U.S. is selling Iraq 18 of the “low end” of the Pentagon’s famed “high-low mix” — F-15s were the more costly “high end.” But these 18 F-16s are no bargain.

The planes are going to cost $3 billion (extra spares and services could drive the total cost to $4.2 billion). That base price, without the options, works out to more than $165 million a plane — more than the current estimated $154 million price tag on the much more modern — so-called fifth generation — F-35. (The Pentagon stopped buying F-16s back in 1995; it paid an average of $17 million per plane).

http://nation.time.com/2011/09/28/sticker-shock-iraqi-f-16s-165-million-each/