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Politics › Re: Atiku Injured, Flown To London For Treatment by GNature(m): 2:35am On Mar 14, 2007

So davidylan,

Are you saying that it was wrong for the FG to issue licenses for the establishment of private universities ?

Because we have private nursery, primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. I'll let you respond before I comment further.

Forum Games › Re: Stereotypes! by GNature(m): 4:05pm On Mar 13, 2007

trollsmom:
Yorubas are Nigeria's backbone & the G.O.A.T African culture
Igbo's love money, are hairy and are a poor mans America
Hausas love to be poor

Stop bashing the igbos and hausas.

Who doesn't like money ? Who loves to be poor ?

This tribe bashing has to stop.

Business › Re: Obj Comissions Power Plant: Improved Electricity Supply? by GNature(m): 12:51am On Mar 13, 2007

angel101:
i totally agree with 4play

let me also add that i can't imagine y we have this problem if we ar to believe OBJ and his cronies. they have told us that NEPA or whatever the company is called now generates twice what it did prior to 99. if that is the case, y is the power situation 10 times worse now than it was prior to 99?

also GSM call costs are high because OBJ greedily auctioned the licenses and caused these companies to pay an unecessaryily high price, plus there is no regulation to guide the way they operate. they are allowed to get away with murder! forget NCC they are just sleeping dogs.

@ angel101

The problem with Nigeria's power sector in 1999 could not be solved by simply increasing its output by that time by 100%. OBJ was ill-advised that once we generate 4000 MW, that'll be the end of Nigeria's power problem. So untrue !

Nigeria's demand for power is in the neighborhood of 8,000MW - 15,000MW. Some even say we need up to 20,000 MW because South Africa generates about 100,000 MW for its 45 million people.

Once the power is generated, we need to be able to move it to where it is needed. That is the Transmission part of the problem. Once it is taken to where it is needed, it needs to be stepped down and distributed to the end users (homes, businesses, factories etc). That is the distribution part of the problem.

The generation, transmission & distribution problems are all intertwined - you make no progress if you solve just one or two of them. All three have to be addressed equally.

I didn't mean to write too much, I just wanted to show you that OBJ wasn't being a crony when he stated that we are now producing twice what we were prior to 1999. Like I said, before we can see any improvement, we have to generate more, we have to build and upgrade our transmission capacity as well as our distribution capacity.

And to do this, you have to spend billions of dollars (the Geregu project just commisioned [this thread] cost 195 million Euros to complete), and it takes a tremendous amount of time (all of the equipment to be used to build power stations have to be manufactured from scratch).

Business › Re: Obj Comissions Power Plant: Improved Electricity Supply? by GNature(m): 11:34pm On Mar 12, 2007

4 Play:
While we live in this reality,I would prefer the private sector to take over the running of our power sector with Govt providing subsidies to ensure low tarrifs for private consunmers.

@ 4 play, excellent point !

This is what the govt is actually trying to achieve. Already, the law recognizing only NEPA as the sole power utility company has been abolished; private entities have been granted licenses to generate power. There is now an agency set up to regulate the private power sector (similar to how the NCC regulates communications).

The structural change is gradually taking place, but we are still far from reaching the promise land.

Seun:
President Obasanjo should resume his original plan of privatization of the power sector with immediate effect. ANything less than that is purely an exercise in perpetuating corruption. That's what he used to believe in.

Seun, the president has privatized the sector. The problem is that, the private investors are not coming as quickly as we want them to and the government can't wait indefinitely. So OBJ had to commence with the building of new power stations, sub-stations and a huge transmission/distribution system.

Eventually, all of these power stations being built are going to be privatized. But we have to show potential investors that we are serious and provide an environment that is conducive for them to come and invest.

Related Link:

http://www.lahmeyer.de/e/units/ge/ps_ge4_e_230340_niger_delta_2006_10.pdf

Politics › Re: Crowd Mobs Yar’adua As He Arrives Nigeria! by GNature(m): 11:16pm On Mar 12, 2007

@shutmouth

Were you a fan of Yar 'Adua prior to OBJ backing him up to be president OR after ?

Forum Games › Re: Confessions (part 2) by GNature(m): 10:52pm On Mar 12, 2007

I confess there are some ladies on Nairaland that I'll like to see what they look like in person.

I confess I have only 1 nose and just 2 eyes grin

Forum Games › Re: Current Affairs Game by GNature(m): 7:25pm On Mar 12, 2007

Name 4 Presidential candidates in Nigeria (and their parties)

No partial answers please !

If you can't name the four candidates and their parties, please don't answer the question.

Forum Games › Re: Questions And Answer (game) by GNature(m): 7:21pm On Mar 12, 2007

_{Oga tafari, how things ?}

Eventually own my own business empire.

U?

Crime › Re: Nigerian Internet Scams On 20/20 Right Now by GNature(m): 7:03am On Mar 12, 2007

LOL.

You can watch it here:

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2931903

Forum Games › Re: Questions And Answer (game) by GNature(m): 2:40am On Mar 12, 2007

star01:
curse your ass
u?

Forum Games › Re: Name A Country Or City by GNature(m): 1:25am On Mar 11, 2007

Auckland

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Education › Re: Lasu's Pgd/masters by GNature(m): 9:08am On Mar 10, 2007

Try this website:

http://www.lasuspts.org/programmes.php

Business › Re: Who Is The Richest Man In Nigeria by GNature(m): 2:58am On Mar 10, 2007

tEsLim:
Who is talking billion of dollars there. Olodo!!! When the richest black person is Oprah Winfery at 1.2+ billion dollars.

And P. Diddy is 360million USD , billion no be easy thing o.

If its billion naira accepted!!!!

My brother, there are nigerians worth atleast 1 billion US dollars.

Forbes fails to list them because they can't verify the source of their wealth.

Didn't you hear that Abacha stole around $3 billion while in power ? Nigeria has received more than $1 biilion of Abacha's money, so there is no question that the money was stolen.

I have no doubt in my mind that IBB and Dangote are worth atleast $1 billion.

Family › Re: Obasanjo's Son Files For Divorce by GNature(m): 8:06pm On Mar 08, 2007

I agree with ikamefa, I think there's more to this story than the food issue.

Don't worry, I trust Sun News will clarify things for us. Just give them some time grin

Education › Re: Bloodbath In Rsust by GNature(m): 7:53pm On Mar 08, 2007

@topic

What is the cause of the violence ? Cult related ??

Events › Re: Happy Birth-day Iice by GNature(m): 7:25pm On Mar 08, 2007

Today is iice's birthday ?

omg Happy birthday oo cheesy

Many happy returns grin

Hooray

Forum Games › Re: Name A Country Or City by GNature(m): 4:35pm On Mar 08, 2007

Benin City

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Forum Games › Re: Names Of Celebrities (Alphabetical) by GNature(m): 5:46am On Mar 08, 2007

India Arie

Forum Games › Re: Questions And Answer (game) by GNature(m): 10:54pm On Mar 07, 2007

Do you know that Nigerians are going to the polls to elect a new president next month ?

Forum Games › Re: Names Of Celebrities (Alphabetical) by GNature(m): 4:27am On Mar 07, 2007

ellen degeneres

Forum Games › Re: Names Of Celebrities (Alphabetical) by GNature(m): 4:03am On Mar 07, 2007

c-murder

Education › Re: Bribery And Corruption In Nigerian Universities by GNature(m): 11:44pm On Mar 06, 2007

To tackle the problem, we have to start with the leadership.

From the President, to the Minster of Education, to the Vice Chancellors, to the faculty heads etc. Believe me, corruption in our universities can be brought to a minimum with the right leadership that is willing to 'nip it in the bud' in place.

Forum Games › Re: Current Affairs Game by GNature(m): 9:28am On Mar 06, 2007

What is the capital of Luxemburg ?

Forum Games › Re: Current Affairs Game by GNature(m): 9:24am On Mar 06, 2007

samsick:
who is china's president

I believe he is Hu Jintao

WesleyanA:
what was/is nigeria's first political party?

Nigerian National Democratic Party

Travel › Re: Pictures of Lagos Skyline (City-Scape) by GNature(m): 10:09pm On Mar 05, 2007

Why all the grammar for God's sake ? Do people pay attention to thread topics anymore ?

Music/Radio › Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? by GNature(m): 7:07pm On Mar 05, 2007

Lil Red:
I LOVE THAT SONG!!! every morning i wake up i hear it and i loooovvvveeeee iiiit! lol

girl, you got great taste grin

Music/Radio › Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? by GNature(m): 7:17am On Mar 05, 2007

T.O.K. - Footprints

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rjeraI51o&NR

Forum Games › Re: Current Affairs Game by GNature(m): 1:50am On Mar 03, 2007

Major Kaduna Nzeogwu

Jan 15, 1966

Forum Games › Re: Current Affairs Game by GNature(m): 1:49am On Mar 03, 2007

exactly, azikwe was an NPP candidate (the igbo party)

na waa for this dude self

Forum Games › Re: Current Affairs Game by GNature(m): 1:47am On Mar 03, 2007

Tunji Braithwaith, Azikwe

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