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Memyselfu2009: If I have this opportunity like the foolish lucky Nigerian I Will use it well I dey Russia they demand for allowance while can't they get a job and school since schooling is free When they work it would be them spending the money on themselves not on education again this six Nigerian no wise at all

abubaka101: Another ignoramus. If you have an opinion to make, please, do share, don't post insults, you oaf...

abubaka101: Everytime the govt does something people like will criticise. If N20m is spent on that 1km, and it is not done properly, won't u still be the one saying the govt didn't do it well?
If you want to build a regular road that money would have been too much. But the road will have 10 lanes according to the Minister, and it would have a roundabout. So what it means is that there maybe 10 roads, each has 6.7km. So it is different from what you may have in mind, of maybe just one single 6.7km road for 40b.

Acidosis: Shut up bro, His rascality is within the limit of Osun state or whatever y'all call it..


The truth is, the F.G will never approve this one man idea on a new education policy..

Who signed this system into law?
What date was this policy signed into law

Will Aregbesola issue his village certificates different from the internationally recognised WASCCE & others?

Will Osun pupils sit for a different SSCE and primary exam?

What will happen to the one man policy after Aregbesola's tenure?


Lol! Now I understand what you mean when you said Aregbesola operates on a "different" level...

Better go back to your caves and keep on distributing your left over opon Imo 'ipads'..

Osun is very far from Abuja..

Abuja is to Nigeria..

as Osun is to Aregbesola..

mrakin: That action is against the national policy on education of the Federal Govt and NERDC.

Is it not better to present it to the federal govt and NERDC before implementation?

Well, I hope it is not true. Can states operate a different policy on education?

his unconfined commitment to the overall development of sports in Nigeria.

seanet02: Nigeria became a sovereign nation in 1914?
This is the most ignorant assertion i have ever seen.
Maybe you don't even understand what 'sovereign' means?

kingoflag: Do these guys know how easy it is to Google stuff ure unsure about instead of pretending to know it all? To imagine these are the kind of people one sometimes joins issues with. Smh Wow...

Billyonaire: FASHOLA IS IGNORANT HERE.

NIGERIA BECAME SOVEREIGN NATION IN 1914
BUT GOT HER INDEPENDENCE 1960

WITHOUT 1914 THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO 1960 SO 1914 GAVE US IDENTITY AND IS A GREAT TIME IN HISTORY.

I CELEBRATE......
I JUBILATE.........

Afam4eva: And in Pre-1960, it was not called Nigeria? Answer me, Mr intelligent guy.

kingoflag: Dude, at times it's ok if u don't say anything, u don't get banned for not responding to a topic. I'm just reminding u cus sometimes u just come across as highly unintelligent.

Afam4eva: When id Nigeria's name become Independent Sovereign Republic of Nigeria?

Afam4eva: I sabi read well well

The name of this country is Nigeria and not Independent Republic of Nigeria

Afam4eva: And did Fashola just say that that Nigeria's birthday is October 1st 1960? Like seriously?

“For me, Nigeria was born as an independent sovereign nation on the first of October 1960. perhaps, she was conceived in 1914

Afam4eva: I think this is ignorant coming Fashola. So, because people did not roll out drums to celebrate in 1914 does not distort the fact that, that was when Nigeria became one country and it's even a more important date than October 1 1960 because we're talking about the country here and when it was formed. But as far as the celebration is concerned, i think it's a waste of resources.

delvinmaya: seriously, we celebrate trash in this country. nobody should come here and start with tribal ish, cos am yoruba and i know what am saying. first, you might not have had it as good as this before,but he is being paid to work for his people. so much expectations on him,but the truth is he is guilty of non-performance same as all the block heads called governors spread over the country, the president not excluded.
my point, leave semtiments and face reality, all these leaders are thieves and dont have our best interest at heart. am inclined to want to believe what the op has posted, because all such rumours have been found out to be true

Power remains abysmally poor

on October 01, 2013 at 12:00 pm in Sweet Crude

Nigerians scoring the power sector below average, some would say is being very generous in view of the prevalent crisis in the nation’s power sector, which has gone on for decades, unabated. But with the sale of the unbundled power companies from PHCN, to private investors, KUNLE KALEJAYE, writes that there is hope for better days ahead.

There were mixed feelings by Nigerians in describing the power sector 53 years after independence. For some, the sector has gone through an unforgettable process, while others believe that privatisation is the long awaited answer for the sector.

Historical background

The Chairman, Electric Power Foundation, Mr. Otis Anyaeji, speaking, recalled that the total installed capacity in 1972 was 523.6 megawatts. By 1990, this had increased to 6,000MW.

Anyaeji, who spoke at the WorldStage National Power Conference in Lagos, noted that things went awry for the sector as successive administrations neglected power infrastructure, thereby resulting into a state of dilapidation.

By 1999, Anyaeji stated that electric power production fell to 1,975MW down from about 6,000MW in 1990, as a result of neglect of the sector. “That was the era of constant load shedding/blackouts, stagnated industrial growth, extermination of small businesses (apart from buying and selling), discouragement of foreign investment and low capital inflow.

“The position of the power sector as the starting point and driving force for any meaningful development of any economy cannot be over-emphasized. The extent of achievement of Nigeria’s declared goal of being among the top 20 economies in the world (in year 2020) must be measured by the quantum of electricity production in Nigeria, and the extent of its consumption/application.

Industry analysts also recalled that to integrate electricity power development and make it effective, the then-colonial government in 1950, passed the Electricity Corporation of Nigeria, ECN Ordinance No. 15 of 1950. With this ordinance in place, the electricity department and all those undertakings which were controlled came under one body.

The ECN and the Niger Dam Authority (NDA), were merged to become the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), with effect from the 1st April 1972, but he noted that the actual merger did not take place until 6th January 1973, when the first General Manager was appointed.

The statutory function of the Authority was to develop and maintain an efficient co-ordinate and economical system of electricity supply throughout the Federation.

For several years, despite consistent cash investments by the federal government, power outages became the standard for Nigerians. Because this is absolutely abnormal NEPA was re-christened, “Never Expect Power Always.”

EPSR Act enacted

The persistent power failure and systems collapse, forced the federal government to take radical action by enacting the 2005 Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSR Act), which called for the unbundling the national power utility company into a series of 18 successor companies: six generation companies (GENCOs), 11 distribution companies (DISCOs), covering all 36 Nigerian states, and a national power transmission company.

The Act stipulates that ownership of these companies be granted to the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, (the privatisation arm of the federal government) and the Ministry of Finance Incorporated. The unbundling paved the way for an ambitious privatisation programme carried out by the BPE.

In 2007, BPE hired CPCS Transcom Limited, an international consulting firm based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to provide advice on the best ways to move forward with the privatisation programme for 11 DISCOs and the 6 GENCOs.

Advent of NIPP

Speaking further, Anyaeji underscored the importance of exploiting all the available energy sources in Nigeria for adequate production of electricity. He also noted that improvement in associated power infrastructure (for electricity transmission and distribution) is imperative in the sector