₦airaland Forum

edicolove: The Prof is firing on all cylinders on twitter. On point prof!

@ProfBartNnaji: Shiroro Hydro Power plant is generating 550MW out of the designed capacity of 600MW and has not been shut down."

"@ProfBartNnaji: Shiroro is a major contributor to the unprecedented quantum of 4,237MW plus 70MW spinning reserve which has been generated since Aug 7, 2012"

"@ProfBartNnaji: We are very much aware that there are some elements viciously opposed to improved electricity supply"

"@ProfBartNnaji: and are working in cahoots with forces benefitting from the corrupt and decadent order"

"@ProfBartNnaji: which has for decades kept the nation down, impeded economic growth and adversely affected social life"

"@ProfBartNnaji: These unpatriotic and subversive elements actively and secretly promote the business interests of a notorious cabal in the power sector."

"@ProfBartNnaji: The Nigerian people should watch out for these saboteurs working against improved power supply."

"@ProfBartNnaji: The Federal Government remains resolute in the determination to end forever the electricity blight."

"@ProfBartNnaji: In recognition of their vital role in national dev, Government approved a 50% increase in salary for the PHCN staff since June of 2011"

"@ProfBartNnaji: Government also set aside for them a percentage of shares of the 17 PHCN successor companies being privatized"

"@ProfBartNnaji: converted some 10,000 casual workers to permanent staff, and paid the staff N57billion for the monetized benefits denied them since 2003"

"@ProfBartNnaji: Government has also magnanimously agreed to pay 25% of their salary as part of the severance in the wake of the privatization of PHCN assets"

"@ProfBartNnaji: even though they did not make any contributions to the pension scheme up to July 1, 2004, when the Pension Reform Act came into effect."

"@ProfBartNnaji: Despite the failure of both the PHCN mgt & workers to contribute 7.5% each of the workers’ salary to the pension scheme as required by law"

"@ProfBartNnaji: Government has offered to pay 15% of each PHCN employee’s salary as part of the retirement benefits."

"@ProfBartNnaji: I would like to assure Nigerians that the worst days are over as far as power is concerned. The current improvement is not irreversible(I think he meant reversible. Should be a typo)."

"@ProfBartNnaji: The programme for power development in Nigeria to international standards is very much on course"

I think he is responding to rumour making the rounds that shiroro has been shut down because of PHCN strike.
It is obvious, some Nigerians are not happy with the progress. Very sad!

Very true.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/fg-to-raise-power-output-to-9-000mw/122262/[color=#000099][/color]

The Federal Government Sunday raised hopes of improvement in power supply as it announced plans to raise electricity output from the current 4,300 megawatts (mw) to a record 9,000mw in “the next few months”.

A statement from the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, which detailed the achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan since his inauguration in May 2011, said government would attain the new output when it completed the 10 projects under the National Integrated Power Plants (NIPP).

The statement was in response to the criticism by former Federal Capital Territory Minister and chieftain of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, who accused the presidency of “seeking to outsource governance”.

It said on assumption of office, Jonathan inherited 10 abandoned projects under the NIPP and had since then revitalised the projects.

The projects, which on completion, will add additional 4960mw to the national grid are: Ihovbor in Edo State (451mw), Omotosho in Ondo State (451mw), Olorunsogo in Ogun State (750mw), Sapele in Delta State (451mw), Geregu in Kogi State (434mw), Egbema in Imo State (338mw), Gbarain in Bayelsa (225mw), Omoku in Rivers State (225mw), Calabar in Cross River State (561mw) and Alaoji in Abia State (1074mw).

“This administration met 10 abandoned NIPP projects and has successfully revitalised all. More importantly, they are all within the range of 95-100 per cent completion stage and are awaiting gas supply, which government has taken very concrete steps to address.

“Government has improved power generation from under 3,000mw in 2011 to 4,300mw by August 2012. Therefore, when the 10 NIPP projects are fully on stream, which will be within the next few months, the total national generation capacity will not be less than 9000mw, a 200 per cent increase in generating capacity as compared with the figures for 2011 and the highest ever by any administration since independence,” the Federal Government said in the statement signed by the Media Director in the office, Mr. Olusanya Awosan.

[b]On transportation, the statement said the government had rehabilitated 3,000 kilometres out of 3,505 kilometres of existing narrow gauge rail lines, while the Lagos-Kano corridor would be completed this year and that of Port Harcourt-Maiduguri corridor would be ready next year.

The government said the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri modern standard gauge rail line was nearing completion with the entire track 100 per cent laid, while the contract for a second similar standard modern gauge line between Lagos and Ibadan had been awarded.

The statement also brandished the government’s achievements in agriculture to include elevating the living standards and income of farmers and rural dwellers through the free distribution of millions of improved seedlings including cotton, sorghum, rice and cassava.

The government, which plans to double cocoa production from its present 250,000 metric tonnes to 500,000 metric tonnes per annum by 2015, is also working assiduously to leverage on Nigeria’s status as the world’s largest producer of cassava to make it the largest exporter of the product globally.
According to the statement, flour millers who initially resisted government’s directive for three per cent local substitution with cassava, have on their own increased the substitution ratio to 20 per cent.
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It cited the popular sausage roll, gala, a snack manufactured by UAC Nigeria Plc, which has a substitution ratio of 20 per cent cassava mix, adding that this has resulted in considerable foreign exchange savings and increased income for farmers and agro-allied processors.

[b]“Besides, the government, through the public private partnership (PPP) initiative, has attracted $40 million foreign investment to rice production and milling in Taraba State,” the statement added.

The investment will produce 300,000 metric tonnes of rice, which accounts for 15 per cent of national rice imports and create 15,000 jobs.

“This administration is facilitating the establishment of the largest high quality rice processing mills with an overall installed processing capacity of two million tonnes per annum which will also be the largest installed milling capacity in Africa. It will be private sector driven and established in rice producing states,” it said.

It added that three new rice-processing mills in Ebonyi, Niger and Kebbi States with combined 90,000 metric tonnes of milled rice per annum had been completed.

The presidency listed infrastructure projects to be completed to include 180 kilometres of rural roads and 77 kilometres of feeder roads completed within the last 12 months as well as the establishment of 10 export crop preservation and conditioning centres in Kebbi, Kaduna, Cross River, Nasarawa, Gombe and Enugu States.

The government has also established eight agro-processing centres, completed 10 additional silo complexes with total capacity of 550,000 metric tonnes, 100,000 metric tonne capacity silos located in FCT, Borno, Zamfara and Kebbi States, as well as the 25,000-metric-ton capacity located in Taraba, Osun, Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Katsina and Sokoto States.
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On the provision of water supply, the statement said the government had completed water supply projects in Northern Ishan, Edo State with a plant capacity of nine million litres per day to serve communities of Uromi, Ubiaja, Ugengu, Ugboha and Igueben, with a total projected population of 500,000 by 2012 at a cost of N2.5 billion.

It also listed the 10 million litres per day Mangu water treatment plant in Plateau State at the cost of over N1 billion.

“With these few highlighted developmental efforts and activities of the government, all the fallacies, deceits, misinformation and disinformation about incompetence and non-performance of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration are unfounded not supported by facts on the ground and are therefore are outright falsehood,” the statement stressed.

Meanwhile, CPC has accused the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, of unwarranted attacks on two of its leaders, Pastor Tunde Bakare and el-Rufai, for their opposing views.

Both Bakare and el-Rufai came under fire last week following their calls for the president’s resignation.

Okupe had described the CPC leaders as political opportunists and power-hungry politicians who were desperate for political office and not sincere in their criticism of the government.

However, CPC in a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said Okupe's disparaging remark was not in consonance with decent, diplomatic comportment.

Fashakin said the party could not understand why Okupe choose to cast aspersions on Bakare’s pastoral calling because of his political activism.

@modOAM4J.

Why do you have to close the other thread? It wasn't talking about the power projects alone.

Papikhy: Honestly, In EPE, a local government in Lagos state had been totally in darkness since February, 2012 and this FG Min. of power PHCN were making us believe a total outtage = /or proportional to power surplus. We have been in the dark for many months and these mediocres are talkng of "electric power improvement". For where, they are bunch of jokers. .

Did you care checking what is wrong with your transformer?

wengerjay: This obodo nigeria sha.Majority of nigerians are gullible.We believe in anything we read in d newspapers.These govt hirelings are out to paint the pictures as if all is well wit our nations.Many of these agents make laudable comments abt this visionless govt on this nairaland on daily basis.They re employed to do these hatchet jobs to counter people dat re making constructive and meaningful critics against the govt.These people can even make d propangada dat nigeria won medals in d jst concluded olympics. May God rescue us frm the claws of this 'tyrannic' govt and its sycophants who are bent on bleeding the governed and downtrodden to the state of anaemia.

Bros, be truthful to yoursel at least and tell us, HAVE POWER IMPROVED IN YOUR LOCTION? WHERE IS YOUR LOCATION?

ping pong: I was watching Doyin Okupe being interviewed on AIT by Segun Aruleba and he said the Nigerian can crush Boko Haram in one month if they choose to. Is that a sensible statement to put out as part of the solution?

Why not complete the quote?
Am sure u turned ur Cochlea off and failed to hear the area where he mentioned that 'THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE WILL BE HIGH'.

Keep deciving yourself.

Lordave: No wonder the stuff is getting tasteless

Liar!

Sure, it still taste same and good.

We need to support our own.

Its all over.... The GREEK Anthem!

[quote author=Sisi_Kill]Sharraaaaap!![/quote]Stop being aggressive, you are a woman.

INDIA?

This boring dude should get a seat already.

[quote author=Yeske!]Shape of that Ugandan head na map of Africa.[/quote]Nah. MAP OF KAMPALA

The Ministry of Power has assured that worst days of power supply in Nigeria are over, noting that the recent improvement in the sector would be maintained to meet international standards.
The ministry also refuted media reports that the Shiroro Dam which supplies water to the Shiroro Hydro Power Station was shut down by the workers union.

A statement by the Special Assistant, Media, to the Minister of Power, Mr. Ogbuagu Anikwe, read, “The reports were obviously planted by a handful of professional trade unionists in the leadership of the National Union of Electricity Employees, who do not consider anything sacred in their self-assigned mission of agitation and propaganda against the ongoing power sector reform.

“We would like to assure all Nigerians that the worst days are over as far as electricity is concerned. The current improvement is not irreversible. The programme for power development in Nigeria to international standards is very much on course, and the whole world is convinced that Nigeria is finally on the right electricity track.”

According to the ministry, the facility performed better than the 760mw-Kainji hydro power plant built in 1968, which had not been overhauled till date. It added that the station was a major contributor to the unprecedented 4,237mw on the national grid and the 70mw reserve generated since August 7, this year.



http://dailypost.com.ng/2012/08/12/good-news-there-will-power-outages-fg/?wt=3

fredoooooo: Game over city take the 1st cup of the season

Na TRAY jor

ddippset: damn 4-1which 4-1? common 3-2. your father.

Identity crisis!

mukina2: dayo don trick you o

Will sue his arse

Will surely return this Dayo mortar sha.

The tin in working in reverse motion.

nasty45: why do mad utd and madrid like playin counter attackin football?why do barca like passin the ball?tis tactics dude.MAD CITY CARRY THE TRAY MK WE HEAR WORD

fredoooooo: Hahahah dayo is from ogbomosho now

D guy don cheat me be that o.

mukina2: FUERTE APACHE !!!!!

WTF!

fredoooooo: Na from ileke idi compund you get am from ?

I been go there but Ileke own na inferior dem get for Ekiti, na d type wey i dash #Mukinavic.
This one na for dem Dayokanu compound i buy am.

fredoooooo: hope u don get new mortar for this season ? Abi na pestle you go use ?

Fresh Mortar from ONDO state.

fredoooooo: Half time .... Chelsea lead city 1-0

mukina2: half time

Looks at them and smiles. Welcome back EPL

#Enters thread with my MORTER#

kokoA: Mr.GMD she failed simply because you were not the GMD then.

Must He be the GMD to influence the result in her favour if he wanted?

kunlekunle: she did not need the job

What is this suppose to mean? what happens to multiple streams of income?

So,Paddy Adenuga shouldn't be working in Glo cus as ur suppose he didn't need the Job.

Who can ever please mankind?

Blue is the colour....
Chelsea is the team..

Beaf: My apologies, bro.

Good.