₦airaland Forum

In my humble opinion, power supply has gotten WORSE in my area since PHCN was sold to the private investors. At least before the sale, we had electricity supply once every 3 days, now it has declined. We have 2 days of total black-out, followed by 1 day with 3 hours of power supply and another one day of total black-out. This is then followed by 1 day of 12 hours of power supply and 4 days of total black-out.

So what is all this hype of PHCN privatisation, if it is only making things worse instead of better? I don't get it oh!!

What crime have people on the Lekki-Epe axis committed that we are regularly punished with black-outs? Na who we offend, biko?

May the Lord fight our battles in Lekki! Can I get an Amen from somebody??

Hmmn... we hope PHCN or NEPA is listening oh!

thorpido: I work in a government hospital friend.Most patients' relatives provide for their people.In quite a no of cases,some are so poor they can't get some of these requirements.Some patients are even abandoned by their relatives.
I am not talking about what you heard or what you may have witnessed once in a while,I'm talking about what I KNOW.As I type this,I am in my place of work in a government hospital.

Nice to know that you have kind feelings for your poor patients, but doctors like you are in the minority.... a very small minority.

A lot of doctors simply can't be bothered.

You have not answered the question...

utility autos: waaaoooww! u can price o!

Yes oh...nothing wrong with 'pricing.' It is a free world. It is left for you to say if the figure offered is acceptable or not.

thorpido: You're getting it all wrong.This is not about what the individual health personnel can offer.I am talking about the challenges of the health system.The Op raised issues about the system and i addressed the misconception about health personnel.I'm not saying there are no lapses or acts of negligence in the profession,i'm talking about the challenges of the health system in Nigeria.I can't tell you enough of how the health personnel take care of patients from their own pockets.What do you do when you have to provide things to use from your own pockets?

Health personnel provide what from their pockets? In which state?

I am very sure that you are not referring to the government-owned hospitals in Lagos or the South-west as patients are made to buy everything from soap, to gloves, medications, syringes, plaster, tissue, etc., from the pharmacy before any doctor or nurse can attend to them, especially when such patients are on admission.

That is why relatives of patients are always on hand in hospitals to run around for such consumables needed by the patients they have brought in for treatment.

thorpido: It's so easy to talk outside of the system than for you to be in it.That's all i'll say for now.

By the way,if you know more than your doctor,just change your hospital....daz all.
You want to tell me you and everyone in your field knows everything about your field.
Medicine is evolving and learning is always ongoing even for a qualified medical personnel.No-one knows everything at a certain stage.
It's easy to smack the health system.If you live in Nigeria,your field is not free of the rot.

Chief, I find it difficult to swallow this your excuse here.

The medical profession deals with human lives, for crying out loud! Human life is such a delicate business, that you cannot be too careful in handling human bodies. One careless mistake can send a whole person to the great beyond, or cause irreparable damage to the body & mind!

It is not by force to work in a hospital. If a doctor, nurse or healthcare professional cannot practice medicine properly, update their skills promptly, consult widely with senior colleagues to enrich their learning & experience,perform their duties honestly with dedication, then please such people should leave the profession.....enuff said!

Let those who really need the job and are willing to go the extra mile to save lives, heal bodies, touch minds, treat diseases properly and leave their patients in a far better state than they came in, be allowed to stay and carry on their duties.

gymnasium: (

mr man listen let me educate you DR PATRICK IFEANYI UBAH has been declared not guilty and vindicated at the federal high court abuja and it was stated that any further investigation and harrasment or even gossip from anybody will be dealt with. so mr man update ur brain so that u dnt say wat you dont knw. so with your whole heart support ifeanyi ubah cum novemba 16 2013 thank you

Hello, you are the one that needs to update his brain. The court merely restrained Access Bank from going after Capital Oil's properties. They did not say Ifeanyi Ubah was not owing the bank. Neither did they claim that he had not defrauded the Coscharis boss. There is no nothing in the court's judgement that forbade ordinary Nigerians from discussing the case or requesting Ifeanyi Ubah to repay a loan he had taken and defaulted in paying back. So what is your problem?

Has Ifeanyi Ubah paid you to become his internet warrior? Why deny the fact that the man is a chronic debtor that has failed to honour his financial obligations? In another country, he would have been compelled to file for bankruptcy.

Can it fly for =N=2 million??

ophilly: This is '99 Xterra.

No mind am...he thinks that Nairalanders are daft. He has failed to indicate an asking price and has not posted the VIN Number.

Maybe some people will take him serious but I most certainly will not!

Where is the picture of the Toyota Forerunner and what is the VIN number?

stop this bumping. Just reduce the price and customers will come..

kaze4blues: I tell u....it is a fact.

My area in osogbo experience upto 4 days uninterrupted lite supply. Most places in osogbo experience usually experience upto 22 hours on the average.
Though, electricity availability in osun state has always been stable ever since and is mostly unconnected to the present efforts of the FG.

I asked "what part of Osogbo are you referring to" ... you are telling me it is a fact. Was that the question I asked?

When am I getting an answer to my question?

gymnasium: that dream will definitely come through if ifeanyi ubah wins

The same Ifeanyi Ubah that is owing Access Bank hundreds of millions on a deal gone sour? The same Ifeanyi Ubah that has impoverished his guarantor, Cosmas Maduka of Coscharis?

Maybe the Brazil promises will be fulfilled, after the EFCC are through with him..

May God deliver Kogi state from clueless leaders....even their Senators are just as bad as the governors.

If Ogun State, Rivers State, Cross River or Akwa Ibom were to be next door to Abuja, their governors would have transformed their states into something great.

Bludeville: It is sad but true. The healthcare system in Nigeria is in a very pathetic state and those responsible have refused to accept responsibility . They choose instead to blame it on the government and poor facilities and blah blah but the truth is The first thing the hospitals need are new and improved workers. not equipment or facilities.

What is the use of a hospital that does not have oxygen, surgical equipment and other equipment to diagnose the patients' ailment and treat their diseases?

Bros., they need both! New and improved workers with relevant skills and compassion to care for the sick and dying, as well as good facilities to diagnose, treat and cure the patients.

They also need proper structures and management systems to deliver healthcare that is affordable, easy to access and convenient to all patients.

Towards the end of last year, a relative was rushed to the emergency ward of the Lagos Island General Hospital at 4:00 a.m The nurses and ward assistants turned a blind eye demanding that a payment of =N=100 should be made for the patient's admission card. A =N=500 naira note was given to the nurse on duty who declined to take it and pointed us in the direction of the bank or cash centre to make payment. We ran there, but of course the place was closed as it was still 4:00 .am barely dawn. We pleaded and begged that they should give the patient emergency treatment to save his life.

They ignored us oh! Each of them just dismissed the patient and continued chanting that we should pay =N=100 for card before anything could be done. It dawned on us that we had to resort to prayers, if that patient was going to survive. Finally, the cash centre opened and we rushed back to make payment. After running back with the receipt and asking breathlessly for the doctor, guess what answer we were given?

"No doctor is available now. All of them are attending to patients in the ward." We were aghast.

To make matters worse, it was discovered that the entire emergency ward had only 2 bedpans to be shared by 48 patients. The toilets were filthy, no running water etc. It was a nightmare! If not for the mercy of God, that patient would have passed on to the great beyond! Finally, after two weeks on admission, and a bill of almost =N=120,000 the patient was discharged. This process of admission and patient discharge is a story for another day...

I know another patient in similar circumstances that was rushed to a popular private hospital. A deposit of =N=50,000 was requested and promptly paid within the hour. The patient died the following day, because there was no doctor on duty to attend to him. He was abandoned in the ward for over 7 hours before it was discovered that he needed blood. The blood never came and the patient died due to sheer negligence on the part of the hospital authorities.

Honestly, we need good medical malpractice lawyers in this country. when doctors start getting sued, and medical directors start losing their licenses maybe there would be some sanity in the system.

[quote author=acidosis™]This is how they run the state..
When the Federal Govt propose to site a Federal Uni in Kogi,
It was another war! They wanted this on their land...
But after several debate and fights, it was sited on a neutral ground - Lokoja.

gosh...!
The list is endless...

Is it about the laptops the TSC distributed to teachers recently??

Laptop was shipped in from lagos at N60,000/ one.. but sold to teachers at an embarrassing sum of N115,000!

There is no rumour or lie in this.
I can defend all my words with series of evidence...

The state is about to die..[/quote]You forgot to add the recent debacle that took place when Anambra commenced work on the Orient Refinery in the Aguleri-Otu axis of the state. When the company under the Peter Obi administration started seeking investors, carrying out seismic studies and embarked upon the project, the people of Kogi State in the Echonwa/Ideke district under Abaji local government area were sleeping.

The local government chairman as well as the state governor were also in deep slumber. No sooner did it become apparent that the project was about to succeed, that they woke up from their slumber and remembered that the oil along the boundary with Anambra also belongs to their own community in Kogi State.

Has the Kogi State government also entered into partnership with investors to set up a refinery on their own land? No! Instead, they are making noise & struggling with other communities on who owns the oil and land under which it flows.

ThisDay newspapers: Kogi State claims that one of the oil wells, which currently feeds the Orient Refinery in Anambra State, is on Odeke land in Abaji Local Government Area, there is also a third claimant to the land. Indeed, the Chairman of Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Cornel Onwubuya, was recently quoted as saying that since the creation of Enugu and Kogi states in 1991, “the deposit of oil and gas in our inland basin has been a subject of dispute among the three states (Anambra, Kogi and Enugu) and the matter has been before the NBC and Surveyor-General of the Federation.”....

In fact Kogi vehemently maintains that the Oil Prospecting Leases (OPL) 915 and 916 straddle across the three states and therefore could not be said to belong to Anambra alone...

Having invested about N4.4 billion prospecting for oil in the area, Anambra State government has described the claim by Kogi and Enugu as “an afterthought” in that the two states have invested virtually nothing towards oil prospecting and development within the river basin. Even at that, Orient Petroleum admits that although the bulk of the oil wells is in Anambra territory, the Anambra basin straddles various states.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/resolving-the-anambra-kogi-disputes-over-oil/145852/

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Firstly I say a big appologia to the kogites,mostly dose dwelling in d geographical terrance emerge of the state.. Also symphatizing wif dem tru out dis 15 yrs of an odouriferrous saga.... Kur gaga twuan gaga...
I am most maniaclly bewildered that the inter-tribal differences is the faucet origo of all dis under development in d state... I mean it is Sadonic, so lugubrious, un_hearable dat a state made up of 3 major tribes, 1 bin in power 4 quite sum tym nw hasn't bin able to achieve to Basics,d microscopic expectancy from any little political gathering which r d basic necessities of life nd welfare of its ppl...
For mi all I can see is a electronic randomization toggle nd shuffle of power amongst d knwn ruling tribe, allowing dis govnrs mastubate in d seat of power thus satisfying total dia own sapien selfs, peanut to dia own tribal society nd null to d state at large...
Jst to say prestisible, I only pray dat a total change should cum, nt minding watever tribe its cumming from.. Weda Ebiras, Igalas or the Okuns am gud with it.... Becos from dis pics kogi is in a state of Anomy dat nids sum rescue frm aniwere....
I urge d kogites graduates independent of dia religion as far as dey truly worship is truth to bask into d kogi political sector in order to eliminate,eradicate,deficate,urinate,and purge dis bad eggs that r pestilencially destroying what was once known to be d confluence state of nigeria....
With dis I tink dia is a lumnia of hope for the kogites, and d nation at large

Why do you guys do this?

If you can't post a lucid response using proper grammatical terms, appropriate tenses and syntax then please DO NOT post anything at all, as your current reply has very little meaning! What is the meaning of 'dia', 'nids,' appologia' 'symphatizing wif dem tru.. .. Is this English, French, German or Cantonese?

This is not an SMS board for goodness sake!

Haba!!

Strongbest: I rlli wish so too.....at least, letz see wat d oda tribes too hav to offer. A state consisting of three or more tribes shldnt alwaz b governed by jxt a tribe! It showz sumthn is rlli wrng sumwhere...wat re d oda tribez dere rlli doin? I hav heard so much abt d Ebiras, had some as course mates, vry brilliant set of guyz lyk dat. Why havnt dey still bin able to rule atleast for once? Wish d State best of lucks sha...

Please can you translate what gibberish you have just written here into simple, standard, intelligible English language??

Honestly, this post is a lazy, ridiculous way of making a valid point! Apalling spelling errors...on every line! Some people will wonder what grades you made in English language during your SS# exams!

Is this a mobile phone SMS text contest??

Wereh kpe: Pls IGNORE the poster. Kogi is not as bad as this and THIS IS NOT THE BETTER OF THE PROJECTS in the state

They have great stadium, which boas of the BEST TURF in Nigeria. They are renovating the Great Confluence Beach Hotel, The Kogi STATE Polytechnic has been given a total face lift (still ungoing). All these are in Lokoja.

But again these GOVERNORS REALLY SHUDA DON A LOT BETTER BY NOW

Please do not tout these structures as indices of development!! Not in this day and age.

People are building railway lines to improve transport infrastructure in their states, and commissioning multi-million naira aesthetically superb housing estates to accommodate their citizens in addition to opening industrial complexes or factories owned by multinational companies which would employ thousands of their youths, and you are actually touting the refurbishment of Kogi Polytechnic and one hotel as an achievement??!!

I don't believe this, my brother.

No offence meant, but that state needs divine intervention to get rid of its clueless leaders and get someone with foresight to steer the affairs of the state.

Kogi State's proximity to Abuja should have served as a catalyst to spur it to development, instead it has remained stagnant as dishwater.

Look at Nassarawa state which is just next door that has tapped into its proximity to Abuja. Can you compare Lafia to Lokoja, in terms of infrastructure and buildings?

Laudate II: Whatever happened to Arther Eze's Triax Airline?

Is the Enugu Airport only mean to receive private jets? When will Arik Air, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways etc set up an office within the airport for ease of passenger movement?

Having an airport is a good start, but it is important to have adequate number of international flights taking off and landing at the same airport. When will the international airlines set up operations there?

In the recent past, even getting a local flight on time to Enugu airport was a herculean task.

Whatever happened to Arther Eze's Triax Airline?

Is the Enugu Airport only mean to receive private jets? When will Arik Air, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways etc set up an office within the airport for ease of passenger movement?

kaze4blues: Am sure it will soon get better.

Am presently in osogbo, osun state and I can tell u that light here is as excellent as ever.....like abt 24hrs of light availability.


Osun is really cool when it comes to electricity supply

Oga, what part of Osogbo are you referring to? Are you sure that you are not lodging in the State House where the governor is based? That is the only area in Osun that has steady power supply 24x7.

Malawian: during the last ministers tenure, was the excuse that there was constant light not attributed to the rains? as i am typing, no light since morning, and i can bet there will be no light here for the rest of the week.

Bros, you never see anything. These days, the excuse PHCN gives is that NNPC is not supplying them with enough gas. NNPC has denied it. So who is fooling whom?

macjive01: ONNE is not a deep water port. if u take a look at the port u wud see that there is no provision for cranes, onne port is basically for oil companies and their products.

Ehn??! Oga, have you been to Onne? When was the last time you visited the place?