₦airaland Forum

na wow oooo where is PMB taking us to, is this the change he promise or he is chaining Nigerians ?? I think something should be done about this becos PMB is not feeling the heat up there but Nigerians are crying out and he just there flexing himself

kai since buhari took over he is yet to conduct one election that's free n fair, imagine INEC saying they blame it on printer, this has never happen before ??

fayose is always saying the right thing and all the APC know it that is why they cant do anything to him even when he is Abuja or ekiti, what is lai Mohamed is saying now, knowing fooling that he cant match fayose in anywhere>>>>><<<<<<<<

well all the names should be made public becos the likes of tinubu and ameachi should be this list, we only hearing PDP this PDP that when do we start hearing APC looting

buhari is confuse and don't know wat to do again, I think he needs help but who will help this bad eggs of APC ??

wait wait, buhari is not even talking about the budget again, promising 10,000 mw while we are presently having 1000 mw but before GEJ left we have 4000 mw.............. promising what is not possible or very soon he will say he did not make that promise that his party made the promise.........

[quote author=Titilayodeji13 post=43990665]President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that his administration is facing the classic dilemma on the subject of power holding companies privatisation.

He also declared that epileptic power supply in the country is no longer a laughing matter.

President Buhari stated this yesterday in his address at the National Economic Council retreat on the economy at the State House Conference Centre, Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He lamented that the power sector has been privatised but has yet to show any improvement in the quality of service.

He also disclosed that his administration had given itself the target of generating 10,000 megawatts of power in the remaining three years of its tenure.

He said: “Nigerians’ favourite talking point and butt of jokes is the power situation in our country. But, ladies and gentlemen, it is no longer a laughing matter. We must and, by the grace of God, we will put things right.

“In the three years left for this administration, we have given ourselves the target of 10,000 megawatts distributable power. In 2016 alone, we intend to add 2,000 megawatts to the national grid.

“This sector has been privatised but has yet to show any improvement in the quality of service.”

Buhari listed the common public complaints as constant power cuts destroying economic activity and affecting quality of life; high electricity bills despite power cuts, and low supply of gas to power plants due to vandalisation by terrorists.

“Others are obsolete power distribution equipment such as transformers; power fluctuations, which damage manufacturing equipment and household appliances, and low voltage which cannot run industrial machinery.

“These are some of the problems which defied successive governments. In our determination to change, we must and will, insha Allah, put a stop to power shortages.”

Mentioning the key elements in the power matrix, he said, “We are facing the classic dilemma of privatisation – public interest versus profit motive. Having started, we must complete the process. But National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the regulatory authority, has a vital job to ensure consumers get value for money and that the over-all public interest is safeguarded.

President Buhari also urged the 22 states governed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to build 250,000 housing units per annum.

This, he said, is to meet up with the election campaign promise of providing one million houses for Nigerians yearly. He said some estimates put Nigeria’s housing deficit at about 16 million units.

“In our successful campaign to win the general elections last year, our party, the APC, promised to build a million housing units a year. This will turn out to be a very tall order unless: the federal government builds 250,000 units, the 22 APC states together manage another 250,000 units, and we invite foreign investors together with local domiciled big construction companies to enter into commercial housing building to pick up the rest.”

On agriculture, President Buhari noted that both the peasant and the mechanised farmers agree with the general public that food production and self-sufficiency require urgent government action.

He lamented that, for too, long government policies on agriculture had been half-hearted, suffering from inconsistencies and policy somersaults.

He also said that the cost of fertilizers, pesticides and labour compounded the problems of farming, just as he lamented that extension services are virtually absent in several states, among others factors.

“Banks should be leaned upon to substantially increase their lending to the agricultural sector. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should bear part of the risk of such loans as a matter of national policy.

States should increase their financial support through community groups. The appropriate approach should be through leaders of community groups such as farmers’ cooperatives,” he said.

On the difficulties in accessing forex by manufacturing industries, he said: “It grieves me that so many manufacturing industries in the country today are groaning and frustrated because of lack of foreign exchange to import raw materials and spare parts.

“Painful though this is, I believe it is a temporary phase which we shall try to overcome, but there are deeper, more structural problems bedevilling local industries which this retreat should identify short and long-term answers.‎”

President Buhari also recalled that, in his inauguration speech last May, he had remarked that the whole field of medicare in the country needed government attention.

He listed dirty hospitals, inadequate equipment, poorly trained nursing staff, and overcrowding as some of symptoms of a malfunctioning health sector.

He said: “Sound health system is part of the prerequisites for economic development. Nigerians travel abroad, spending an estimated $1billion annually to get medical treatment. Despite huge oil revenues, the nation’s health sector remains undeveloped.

In attacking the challenges of this sector.

“We could start with‎ more funding for health centres to improve service delivery. World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO) could be persuaded to increase their assistance.”

The president recommended that a fresh campaign to patronize Made-in-Nigeria goods be launched, saying that a perfect example would be to source all uniforms in government-sponsored institutions from local factories.”

On Labour, he said: “We need to protect our workers from exploitation, but unions must cooperate with entrepreneurs to substantially improve productivity and quality of products if we are to move forward.”

As for smuggling, he stated: “Smuggling: Need I say more?”

The two-day retreat is to generate immediate, medium and long-term viable policy solutions to the economic challenges facing us at both the Federal and State levels.



Power Ministry To Blame for Nigeria’s Electricity Woes – Minister

The Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Shehuri, yesterday in Abuja said the ministry of power is to blame for Nigeria’s electricity sector woes.

The minister while speaking yesterday during the induction of 100 graduate engineers for further training at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) under its National Graduate Skills Development Programme (NGDSP), said he came to the realisation that the ministry was the reason behind the under-development of the nation’s power sector following his appointment as minister of state for power.

He said, “I think Nigerians deserve better than this. I came to the ministry of power some four or five months back and I am privileged to know the troubles. I understand the ministry is the reason why Nigeria is not moving forward.

“It has been pulling back Nigeria from independence till date and I believe this government is here to change this for the better. I assure the inductees that after four years of this government, it will hand over to Nigerians a power sector that is better than what is obtainable today.”

Shehuri further disclosed that by 2020, the government plans to ensure that Nigeria generates 25,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity. The current generation is less than 5,000MW, even as past targets have not been met.

However, speaking further, the minister explained that the progress of Nigeria’s power sector had been frustratingly slow considering that the country’s first electricity generation firm was set up in 1896 in Ijora, Lagos with a capacity of 20MW.

“The journey from 1896 to 2016, that is 120 years, has been very long, slow and frustrating. And I think Nigerians deserve better than this.

Nigeria’s plan is to continually increase the level of electricity generation to the target of 25,000MW by the year 2020.

“This can only be achieved through a robust infrastructural development accompanied with a competent technical workforce. This is a national developmental agenda which the ministry of power is committed to,” he added.

He further pointed out that globally there is an increased challenge of supply, adding that Nigeria must therefore, learn new skills and harness opportunities based on research and meaningful development to improve power supply.

In his remarks, the Director General of NAPTIN, Reuben Okeke, urged the National Assembly to consider strengthening NAPTIN with a legislative Act to enable it improve on its mandate to train people for the power sector.



NNPC Did Not Remit N4.9trn To Federation Account – RMAFC

Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) has confirmed that the sum of N4.9 trillion was yet to be remitted into the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) between January 2011 and December, 2015.

This is following the Auditor General’s report that the Corporation did not remit N3.2 trillion in 2014.

RMAFC, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, said that available records at the Commission’s disposal indicate that between January 2011 and December, 2015, the total indebtedness of NNPC to the Federation Account was N4.9 trillion, a figure that included NNPC’s claims for subsidy on petroleum products, crude and product losses, strategic reserves and the pipeline maintenance cost.

While confirming that the figure of N3.2 trillion was from the 2014 Annual Audit Report obtained from the records of the FAAC Technical Sub-Committee on Domestic Crude Oil Sales and reconciliation statement as contained in the NNPC’s mandate to Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

nnpc_1The Statement adds that while the said report claimed that NNPC owed the sum of N3.2 trillion to the Federation Account in 2014 from Domestic crude sale, the Commission’s records revealed that the Corporation owed the Federation Account the sum of N1.99 trillion only in 2014 from domestic crude sales. Therefore, the figure quoted by the Auditor-General of the Federation must have included revenues from other sources.

With regards to the alleged payment of US$235 million realised from the sale of Natural Gas into an undisclosed Escrow Accounts by the NNPC, the Commission explained that the NNPC on behalf of the NLNG had entered into agreements with three international oil companies (IOCs) namely Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC), Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), Total E&P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG) under a Modified Carry Agreement (MCA) proceeds from which are deposited in Escrow Accounts for funding the various Gas projects under the LNNG.

The total amount transferred to the various accounts from 2012 to November 2015 was $1.615 billion. The Commission, through the FAAC Post Mortem, has consistently requested the NNPC to provide it with updated financial statements on the projects but NNPC was yet to respond.

The RMAFC said it has been working with NNPC to reconcile the figures following a tripartite meeting held with the NNPC, Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) and RMAFC in December, 2015 where it was agreed that in view of the subsidy and other claims by NNPC, the Forensic Audit of the NNPC was very critical in establishing which party was actually indebted to the other. The Forensic Audit was expected to be concluded by the end of March, 2016



wait wait, buhari is not even talking about the budget again, promising 10,000 mw while we are presently having 1000 mw but before GEJ left we have 4000 mw.............. promising what is not possible or very soon he will say he did not make that promise that his party made the promise.........

this is true becos the APC have shown that they lack good leading and not able to deliver their campaign promise and more rover look at the killings in borno , agatu, rivers and nothing have been done about it or even visit and all the election they have conduct so far are all inconclusive. APC came to chain Nigerians not to change .......................

nigerians are complaining about how the govt not been productive n u are saying nonsense so every body now is PDP loyalist

How to be a clueless govt

tyrant have kill him becos he has some vital information to give Nigerians

Report from Southern Ijaw
RESULTS ARE AS DECLARED BY INEC
(AMASSOAMA)
WARD 9, UNIT 25
PDP-110
APC-65
WARD 9, UNIT 21
PDP-138
APC-38
WARD 10, UNIT 14
PRESIDING OFFICER-YAKUBU EVAN
ACCREDITED VOTERS-153
INVALID VOTES-5
SPOILT VOTES-1
PDP-80
APC-66
APA-0
ACPN-0
PPA-0
PDM-2
MPP-0
WARD 11, UNIT 15
PRESIDING OFFICER-CHRISTIANA ONYUYENRI
NUM OF ACCREDITED VOTERS:125
INVALID VOTES-10
PDP-90
APC-23
DPP-1
APA-1
WARD 11, UNIT 20
PRESIDING OFFICER-FERDINAND AGBAEGBU
NO OF ACCREDITED VOTERS-230
NO OF INVALID VOTES-3
PDP-218
APC-2
DPP-1
DPC-1
WARD 10, UNIT 11
PRESIDING OFFICER-UMEH ERIK FRIDAY
NO OF ACCREDITED VOTERS-75
NO OFVINVALID VOTES-8
PDP-51
APC-16
WARD 10, UNIT 16
PRESIDING OFFICER-IWUAGWU LYNDA
NO OF ACCREDITED VOTERS-84
INVALID VOTES16
SPOILT VOTES-2
PDP-37
APC-29
APA-2
WARD 10, UNIT 2
PDP-98
APC-48h
WARD 11, UNIT 16
PDP-44
APC-12
Blessing Oyanimigha reporting from Amassoama

they are just making us look very stupid becos they are using Nigerian fund for touring around the world

police with their lie, how youth follow u to ur house and start running again, so all those big big guys they showed us that was arrested are youth ba. kaiiii police can never tell d truth in their life.... no wonder they always remain d same....

this is foolishness of the highest order, meaning his female are not his worth or maybe just female but queen of England his goddess

brixton:
The era of political assassinations is back!

they can only try but can never successes.bad bella APC them

more girls are been abducted by BOKO HAEAM and PMB is just enjoying himself by travelling round the world (world touring) can u compare climate with the issues we have on grand now,,,, some of u are so happy taking pictures n posting it.. hey lets face the fact now or its will too late....

2 weeks indeed wen he is off to Malta now,have Nigerians ever wonder were is d fund from petroleum going smd its not link to TSA....so WERE

makzeze:
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/kogi-bello-likely-to-replace-audu/121373.html#ot5c6ZzBojXgdjAA.99

Alhaji Yahaya Bello

so INEC want a new primaries but don't want a new election, this APC govt are really showing that their have federal power to manipulate everything now , pls oooo this is not the promise u guys promise us.....

elivis:
Bayelsa remains the ‘smallest’ state yet houses notable Nigerians that are well attributed to events. Some of which are positive oriented while others stink in the ears-Sylva, Dickson, Alaibe, Jonathan etc.Responsiblity is defined by what you do and how you do it. Who then is a responsible character? Some grew destructive vessels others grew fairness in the quest to become political King of the state. If the means to achieving an end is bad, the end is tainted with dilemma and uncertainties. This is what Sylva aim to achieve as he forced through his primaries with destructive vessels according to Governor Adams “Whereas all the aspirants agreed with this guideline, it is only Sylva that did not agree with it. He rejected this mode of accreditation and chose to accuse the national secretariat of formulating the guideline to frustrate his ambition. …Adams accused a former governor of the state, Timipre Sylva of using his thugs to sabotage the governorship primary. Oshiomole made the accusation at a press conference he held on the outcome of the deadlock primaries. For the man called Dickson the amplifiers group has this to say “According to group, Dickson has made them proud by through infrastructural and manpower development; transparent leadership and uncommon stewardship. Who is a better choice come Dec. 5.

I agree with u in all ur point truly we need pple like Dickson,yes we can, sure we can

they say we are the leaders of tomorrow but someone has govern a state for 8year and he still want to come back,so mr sylva what is our chance as youth? they want to stay in power by all means which shows that they don't have good intension for pple,they just have good intension for their pocket and to been in power to suppress the poor always.

kogi election, RIP mr audu........ well life continues....well if he died as at 5am Sunday Morning then the vote is suppose to be counted becos dead man don't go for poll, I thing by law automatically wada should be declare the winner becos they law says that and i feel apc should be begging becos they have not counted the vote for him (mr audu) dead man don't win elections .....#kogideciedes....

well I see this issue or the death of audu as GOD working in kogi state becos some see themselves as untouchable but GOD has his way of doing things.RIP mr audu,but will the apc replace him with james? the apc have very hard decisions to make in kogi.............

on this issue I think its welcome development and something good to look forward to see in future.