₦airaland Forum

Lanretoye:
After going through all these,a civilian will now say a female army cadet is beautiful,what an insult...lol

dont make nonsense comment dere o

FabioPeter:
70% of electricity users on the grid DO NOT pay at all, it cost less than 1000naira to bypass your electricity meter, yes of course rarely any consequence other than you enjoy free electricity for years to come.
Now 30% pay their electricity bills, sometimes they run out of units and look out at the neighbours who do not pay at all enjoying power supply( they probably plead with them to o help charge their phones). Same 30% change all bulbs to energy saving bulbs and turn off light not in use yet watch their neighbours leave the bulb permanently switched on.
Fashola is fully aware of this ratio and even expressed his frustration. What baffles me is the decision to increase the burden of the unwise 30% who pay their bills. What he demands is that 30% should pay the bill of 100%. This is indeed very silly. I need some common sense hence forth.

Reason why pre-paid meters should be made compulsory, they should distribute it to eveyone, and the associated costs for payment be deducted through recharge mode over span of years. The 70% that you claim do not pay, actually pay unofficially to some officials pockets. What the discos need to do afterwards is to throw out monitoring officers accompanied by law enforcement officers to arrest those who bypass the system.

lastpage:
Prepaid Meter is just one aspect of it! I understand those who dont have it, are cheated the most and in an even lower pecking order.

I have been using pre-Paid Meter for over 5yrs now!
But l have seen the cost/Tariff/price of a unit of electricity JERKED UP every time..... even though the Power Supply is annoyingly epileptic (imagine having to off-and-on the Generator four times within a single midnight hours? (Loss of Sleep!).

They said they have abolished "Fixed Charge" but l still bought credit yesterday and that fixed charge was still taken out of my money.
And as of today, the amount of electricity-units l get from the 7K worth l buy monthly, is even less, compared to before.

When will people like Mr. Raji Fashola understand that "throwing more money at a problem", is NOT ALWAYS the solution?
We are all in this country when some of these "wicked elites" told us that for Petrol to be available, we should be willing to pay #200/Litre!
But TODAY, petrol attendants BEG US to come and buy Fuel at their stations ....(l was joking with one today, l said: You people have suddenly become "so nice to us, your customers"? he smiled and said: Its the Government. ) .... yet the price is just #86.50, despite the removal of subsidy!
What we are paying (for these essential utilities) is definitely not a true reflection of the production cost ....but a reflection of what some GREEDY ROGUES, who have cornered these Public Service utilities for themselves, want us to pay, for their own benefit

Prepaid meter for EVERYONE is the number 1 issue in my opinion. The Discos are making so much money courtesy of the inefficiency of estimated billing, that improvement in service/ power supply is not big concern to them, i have a strong belief that with prepaid meters for every subscribers and at the rate of the new tarriff, they will rake in lesser revenue, and it is no brainer they will have no choice to improve service. Also, with prepaid meters, wasteful Nigerians will conserve power supply in their homes, meaning conserved supply can be distributed to other homes.

We should not crucify Fashola, the MYTO(multi year tarriff order) was not his doing, it was an agreement of the previous regime, and this is not the first time tarriff will be increased over the last 5 years. he has also promised that tarriff will start reducing again in the next 2 years.

The prepaid meters is what i am canvassing for, deploying prepaid meters is not rocket science. Why should customers pay for meters, and it should take months before it is fixed or supplied? Is prepaid meter now rocket technology? Lots of Nigerians screaming hike in tarriff should understand that the real issue is the fraudulent estimated billing , not the tarriff. I am all for efficiency before effectiveness. Once everyone pays for the actual unit they consume, then no qualms, with prepaid meter, i can decide not to use discos power supply for the whole month, but my petrol generator, and no bill is paid. shikenan

santuscom:
pls beware mtn charging customers above normal. They want to redeem the fine FG impose on them. I was charged N5.22 for just 2 seconds. Monitor ur balance.

I suspect you are on the 11k/sec package, but mtn deducts 5naira for your first call in the day. so i doubt if they charged you beyond normal, if you have been observant enough you should have noticed. Observe your first call tomorrow, you will be charged 5naira +(11k *number of seconds call you make)

He keeps playing to the gallery, he understands a typical african man enjoys vain glorying.

Clone2020:
Watch out China, Nigeria will soon take your manufacturing jobs now your average worker demands a higher income and better Living standards.

Africa is the next Frontier as greedy investors would flock in to establish companies all in an effort to tap into the cheap labor.

Proudly Nigerian.

Let those investors come in jare, low pay is better than no pay, it is easier to correct low wages with govt. regulation. Always see the big picture.

Decryptor:
Very laughable! First we heard that there was this yam that grows in Yorubaland that when eaten induces the birth of twins and now this!

Chineke mere ndia ebere!!

Yorubas has the highest twin conception rate in the world.

The problem of waec performance is half way solved in my opinion, the state govt has closed up the gap in the physical structures , the remaining half is in the human resources and policy. The state govt has now decided to stop payment of wassce fees for students, except they can passs the newly introduced mock exams. you can see the kind of protests against the policy by the students who destroyed amenities in a radio station, they are most likely enervated by some political actors in background; can those sort of students pass wassce exam? The teachers are at record low morale, which the effect is reflecting on the students, while the state govt can improve teacher's morale in very few months , it will take years to improve physical structures . I also feel maths and english teachers should be specially singled out for tailored training,

CONGRATULATIONS !!!




My time is up here. Congratulations to me !

isaajibola:
1- What is subsidy in the first place?
2- I think we shouldn't even be talking about subsidy in this country! We have crude oil, we exporting and we importing! Why can't we be using our crude oil to trade for the refined one? Why are we paying for importing and why is it that the importing price is higher than the exporting price, please elaborate?

3- No crude oil in South Africa and yet they paying less than Nigeria that have crude oil. A litre of PMS in South Africa is 90cent which is N14.80 in Nigeria currency... Are they not paying for subsidy in South Africa? What is called subsidy please?

#I believe subsidy is a scam.

#To the PDP fans; the likes of Barcanista, Temitemi, Mogidi and the likes, people that are replying those guyz don't have time too. If at all you guyz have something to do, you wouldn't be on Nairaland every minutes and seconds all day. I think Barcanista and the likes are just extraordinary fool because, they reasons upside down and they only want bad for this country. Since they don't have anything to do, they tends to sit with their phones and be posting rubbish all day. #IdleHand

90cents is not N14.80 oooo

90 cents in nigerian currency is like N170.

[quote author=989900 post=34140991][/quote]I just saw where NNPC reported , Nigerians consume average of 30 million litres of petrol /day , 12 mil. litres of diesel /day, 8mill, litres of Kerosene/day, 2 million litres of jet fuel/day. So, what i can infer is that to stop importation, we will need to guarantee local production of roughly 45 million litres of petrol daily.... , but the current production at 40% of the total capacity of refineries (445k barrels) will give 14.5 million litres.

gohome:
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[b]Nigeria can no longer afford to pay subsidy on petroleum products full stop. Corruption or no corruption we do not have the money to pay. You have to let it sink in your head. We have an infrastructural decay that will take 200 billion dollars to fix, you have annual 'deficit' budget of less than 20 billion dollars of which 40 percent is used to fund lazy states and you want to continue to spend 25% of your the remaining budget to subsidize PMS?

Hope the anology below helps

You are the head of your house, and you have an annual budget of 100 naira. Rent in a dilapidated house is 20 Naira. School fees is 20 Naira. Transportation to work and school is 30 Naira. Fueling your generator is 30 Naira. Let say you want to start up a new business to increase your income and as such you need to save 20 Naira. You also need to move from your present apartment because the ceiling leaks water any time it rains, which will require you save an extra 10 Naira. You took a loan from the bank, and the monthly deduction is 10 Naira. You have relations that cannot run their family and they have come asking for money because the landlord is about to evict them from the house. In the middle of all these, Something happened and your annual budget is reduced to 50 Naira. Will you keep paying for fuel to light up your house while you cannot pay rent and your kids can not go to school?

Before you critic always put yourself in a leadership position and provide practical solution
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Oga, what do you think is the average volume of petrol consumed by Nigerians daily?

We have a 445,000 barrels/day refineries, if the refineries have a 40% performance, that is like 175,000barrels /day.

What volume of Petrol , diesel, kerosene/jet fuel , will a 175,000 barrels/day produce daily?


I have other questions ? if you answer these ones, maybe i can proceed.

Anyone who can help to provide answers is appreciated.

“No station should sell in jerry cans as there is enough fuel and for safety reasons. Any station caught dispensing into jerry cans will be sealed. “We ask that the public exercise caution and cooperate with all guidelines and processes for the safety of all,” it said.

If they dont, how can we fuel generator in the face of total blackout, abi this one is not in Nigeria.

It wont be fair, if they receive one or two bullets in the ass, i will advice they take heart or lodge the complaint after the inauguration.

Praisemelody:
after eating the plantain I will smile at her and say 'baby you tried but u can do better next time'

MUGU

Posterity will judge him, Amaechi spent 8 years just like Peter Odili.

Riverians have elected a man i believe worse than Peter Odili.

I WONT BE surprised if it is the truth.
wike's body language and the thing he says, coupled with the actions during the gubernatorial campaign shows him to be a very violent man.

If the idea of playing opposition to the PDP members is to act as trolls, then PDP will be in opposition for the next 200 years at the very least.

Monguno, who is from Borno State, said he was stepping down to back the candidature of House Minority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, one of the frontline contenders.

Monguno added that he would instead join Gbajabiamila for the position of deputy speaker.

Part of a statement he issued in Abuja reads, “After broad consultations and thoughtful consideration, I have decided not to run for the office of the Speaker in the 8th Assembly.

Maybe Saraki and Gbajabiamila might end up as Senate president and speaker respectively.

wakagist:
The SUG of Osun State College of Education ila orangun said Omoniyi Kehinde Omowumi die because of she abort pregnant three times before and the doctor warm her not no abort again because she will die if she abort any other pregnant but she refuse.

Later we now here that she try to abort another pregnant which leads her to death.

These will be lesson to all Youth Girls to stop doing such things...


RIP

whoever you are, you did a terrible job reporting this. When i saw the headline, i thought it was a typographical error, but the body you have here is a pile of grammatical blunders and disaster. Please, dont despair or get offended, if you are a student in that school. which implies you will one day be a teacher, you need to start all over again with english grammar basics, it must be a foundation problem. Remember when a house has a weak foundation, there is no point putting more blocks over it.

mistypiper:
I dont know if you live in the country or not but I'm sure you can see and hear well. If the government can't tell the private investors what they should do to improve the cost of living of the masses , something is wrong with that government.

I'm not happy with the program simply because we still have more people out there finding it hard to eat just once. You mention that people like me would make billions or million from the project, how?

No offense but you just didnt make sense with any of that post. Because if we cant even afford to live in the mega city , whats the purpose of building it ? Banana island for example how many people can afford to live there?

Instead of trying to force a city out of the water front, they can build low cost housing estates in developing areas.

No hard feelings, it's just my own view and opinion.

Private sectors are in for profit while delivering service/product.

What is your definition of low cost housing estates? What kind of houses and at what cost? Can a man who cant afford to "eat just once" afford it ?

but, that bayelsa, what does the governor do with all that money, a state with freaking 8 local govts, and smallest population, yet no tangible devtal. projects.??

fr3do:
State the perceived repercussions and weaknesses so they can be worked up on to move things forward.

. I shouldnt be doing that for you, it is your responsibility. there are very obvious ones, especially when u consider that close to half of the biafrans are not earning livelihood on the biafran soil. in clear terms those ones loses rights and priviledges of a citizen, and becomes foreigners, loss of jobs, loss of right to vote or be voted for, chance of maltreatment and deportation is higher, stiffer taxes and penalties, trade embargo, food sustainability , right political leadership, renewed internal strive, e.t.c I don't see any one talk about these , evidently all u see is the strength, a recipe for disaster

JuanDeDios:
No doubt about it. Aganga simply work and delivered - noise. Nigerians like razzmatazz, that is why Adeshina's noise always got him noticed.

looking at deliverables, he was slightly above average when one considers the volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) brought to the country in the midst of the insecurity in the country.

I rank Minister of Investment , Aganga ahead of Minister of Agric sef.

Saorchy:
As we countdown to May 29, 2015, when the Goodluck Jonathan administration will vacate the seat of power, it is not all gloomy as there are outstanding men and women in the administration that used the instruments of their office to better the life of the common man on the street.

Naij.com has compiled 5 of these outstanding individuals that Nigerians won’t forget in a hurry.
Read below:

1. Professor Chinedu Nebo: The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has indeed been outstanding. The Minister of Power have overseen a tedious privatisation process of the power sector devoid of rancour as was the case in the past. He has also been consistent with his regular briefing of the media and Nigerians in order to keep everyone up-to-date on the progress in the sector. Though not much have been achieved yet, Nigerians will no doubt start to see the manifestation of his handiwork in the nearest future, provided the incoming Buhari administration continues from where he stopped and make corrections where he made mistakes.



2. Dr. Omobola Johnson: It is not really a surprise that she has performed well. Not your typical politician, Johnson left her position as the Country Manager of Accenture to take assume the role of Nigeria’s Minister of Communications. Her sterling performance and revolutionary policies are visible for all to see. She has also focused heavily on empowering young girls in Information Communication Technology and it has paid off immensely.



3. Ambassador Aminu Wali: The Kano-born former Nigerian Ambassador to China has brought to bear his diplomatic experience at the foreign ministry. A perfect gentleman, his robust foreign policies have seen Nigeria,for the first time, stand up to ungrateful countries like South-Africa, United Arab Emirates and some Asian countries. Wali has done a good job in standing for the rights of Nigerians abroad although much still needs to be done in this direction. But he has started on a right note, and it is expected that whoever fills his big shoes in the Buhari administration, will continue from where he stopped.



4. Osita Chidoka: Chidoka’s short stint in the Ministry of Aviation has proven that saying that says “It is not how far, but how well”. The former head of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) hit the ground running immediately he assumed office. In an industry that has been under consistent crisis, Chidoka became a rallying point for all the stakeholders in the industry mostly because of the professional way he handled issues pertaining the industry. He has worked tirelessly to improve on the safety standards of the industry and has carried on working despite Jonathan’s loss at the polls. Nigeria definitely need men like Chidoka in public service.



5. Dr. Akinwunmi Adeshina: This list would not be complete without the name of Dr. Adeshina. It is not for nothing that he is currently one of the leading contenders for the role of the president of Africa Development Bank (ADB). Adeshina’s revolutionary achievements in the agricultural sector has opened up opportunities in the sector that was hitherto comatose and begging for attention. From the availability of fertilizers to the ordinary farmers, to the loans available to them and the investment flowing into the sector, Akinwunmi is no doubt the most outstanding Minister under Jonathan and he should be proud of himself. One can only wish him luck in his aspiration to lead the ADB.

Source: http://www.naij.com/443519-5-jonathans-ministers-that-performed-well.html

Cc: Seun, Lalasticlala, Ishilove

The moment i saw chinedu Nebo, Minister of power, i thought it was sarcasm.
All i see chinedu does on tv is to moan and whine about vandals and speak tall tales, at a time i begin to wonder if he acquired his degree in moaning /whining engineering. If Vandals keep breaking pipelines, and you do is to repair over and over again and moan, something is wrong with you. Thinking out of the box is not his strength

I hope those secessionist minded people have done a SWOT analysis of these biafra /lower niger parade ? by SWOT, i mean the strength, WEAKNESS, opportunities and THREATS. Only a fool will be fixated about the strength and opportunities of an idea without looking at the weakness and threats or be under the illusion there are none. When you have assessed the negativities of an idea, you plan for mitigation.

I no wan hear story that touch down the line ooooo. Wish u luck with ur biafra/lower niger, but put it in mind there will be repercussions.

EbuGeneral:
i understand, but i will prefer a fully fit Isaac Success to Taiwo Awoniyi.

I was about to reply you, and then i saw her response to you which is in line with what i wanted to say.

In young age grade football, the rate of change of player performance can be very astounding, and some will outgrow the others.

In japan 93, under 17 tourney, a tournament that had Kanu Nwakwo, Wilson oruma was the biggest star, the goal poacher, and actually won the golden ball of the tourney, but three years after, Nigerians knew the real between Nwakwo Kanu and Wilson Oruma. Kanus impact in Atlanta 96 and subsequent years can not be forgotten.