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What a very silly thing to say! So insensitive, so annoying. There is nobody I have met that is not complaining about the hardship in the country.

Businesses have either collapsed or down because of lack of electricity and foreign exchange, large numbers of people are losing their jobs in banks and industries, civil servants are owed more than 6 months arrears of salary, there is massive graduate unemployment, prices of every commodity, especially food has tripled, the price of petrol was recently jerked up from N86.50 to N145, kerosene and cooking gas is is no longer affordable, cost of Air, land and sea transportation is very high. I can go and on.

For somebody in this same country to now say only a few people are complaining of hardship is the height of irresponsibility. I will advise Femi Adeshina not to walk the streets of anywhere in Nigeria for some time because people are VERY angry with what he has just said.

Gr8Adedayo:
He is a Yoruba man from Nigeria. He is not from England or USA. Go and tell Kendrick Lamar to do his songs in Yoruba. You guys don't understand one thing about this guy... "He does what we understand (especially in the western part of Nigeria) Little wonder he always trend.

Wo, God will bless you. Apart from the points you raised, Olamide appeals to both old and young. He is very talented and creative. What I particularly like about his music is that his songs don't sound alike. One song is different another. He is a Yoruba man and there's nothing wrong of he sings in his mother tongue. South Westerners adore him so much!!!

IMASTEX:
Nor be PMB fault. Na our brother GEJ wey fail our hand I blame, even in his appointments, he favoured every region especially this same North.

My friend, don't get it twisted. GEJ and his Igbo brethren did not favour the Yorubas at all.

kinzmen:
Long live IBB...... Twit or msg me via IG me now @kinzmen1

Long live the father and originator of corruption!!!

vodutive:
next on ban should be okada and keke marwa

I second. Especially that menace called Okada.

adioolayi:
Lagosians....Do you have any AMBODE you are not using....we need am in OYO

Out of all the Governors in Oyo state, Governor Ajimobi stands out. Even a blind person will see his work in Oyo state. He would have continued at that pace if not for limited funds which is affecting the whole country. Do you want to compare his administration with that of Alao-Akala?

I am sure you are a civil servant and for your information, Oyo state does not belong to civil servants alone. So you cannot expect the Governor to use all the money accruing to Oyo State to pay the salaries of civil servants.

McJane:
He is payed to do his job why all this media publicity?

What about past Governors (e.g. Alao-Akala) and a lot of present Governors that are doing next to nothing, are they not also paid to do their jobs? Let's appreciate and encourage the good ones for heaven's sake. It is to our own benefit at the end.

Bridal look. Beautiful girl. Fantastic actress.

eddyslim:
Who them epp?

Your comment is as usual SENSELESS!!!

ReabridCharles:
In my area we ditched that prepaid metre
We called it "Obiageli" "came to eat"
The metre no get joy.
How can 10k finish in two weeks?

Am surprised people still want to use that error.

In PH, it's free sha...

If you are using electric cooker, boiling ring and you leave your bathroom water heater on indefinitely,your credit will run out fast. Prepaid meter is still better than any other type of billing because you can sensibly regulate your energy consumption. It also requires discipline.

naijafresh:
My solution is simple.

Have a code red PIN number. When used under duress your account simply states you have no funds available for withdrawal and asks you to contact your bank.
So even if you are dragged to the ATM at gun point there is no way of seeing that you have secretly blocked access to your account.

Bank security please take note

You are a GENIUS.Very brilliant idea. Kudos!!!!!

nwanneni:
I respect your intelligence,sir.so far,you have provided the best remedy to this problem,thumbs up

You are very unintelligent and in your ignorance you even called a daft person intelligent. For your information, a dead finger CANNOT input legible print on any machine!! Do your research.

Yomieluv:
or the robbers will now be moving with POS machine...

POS machines are not given to just anybody.

Cybertext:
Not feasible in This Country...

Apart from network problem et'al... This criminal bandit are so desperate and might chop off fingers of card bearers just to get what they want...

Lifeless finger prints will not be accepted by any machine.

zizirecords:
Cool idea.

But Nigerian criminals are some of the most resourceful in the world. They will always find ways to beat any innovation.

If it's biometric, no problem. Move the victim at gunpoint to do the ATM withdrawal.

Are you not aware that security men are stationed at the bank premises 24/7, especially at night. It will not be easy.

LMAyedun:
I trust Nigerians, this week is gone already... who will go to work on friday??

That is whole idea of the calculated confusion. They know that if there's holiday on Thursday, it will automatically extend to Friday, which means the whole week for Eld-El-Fitri celebration!

My daughter. I now visit the site more than she does.

VajanahDischaj:
Why e no be police sef?na wa!

After clearing the Police from the roads because of road blocks and extortion from motorists, why was the FRSC left on the roads to continue the same thing? Are they actually supposed to stop vehicles (especially cars) to demand to see vehicle papers or are they supposed to see to the general safety of Nigerian roads as in prompt attention to accident victims, removing dangerous objects from the roads and diverting trafficking in case of gridlocks etc? I think their job need to be redefined. What they do right now is mostly harassment of motorists and EXTORTION!

Sunofgod:
yes...god needs your money cos he's a bit down now.

Very funny. We actually need this type of humour in this difficult time.

SAINTSAMURAII:
hmmm very true, what of those that are constantly on duty on sundays, like the armies, police men, the navy, security personell and sportsmen and women etc.

You forgot to add Doctors and nurses, broadcasters on radio and Television and even market men and women. These are people on very essential duties!

Chrisrare:
Life is all about risks, and dis risks r increasing everyday. Nice article op, but how can one prevent such frm happening to him/her?

Do not carry your ATM cards at all times. Always use the ATM machines that is within walking distance from your home or office. Leave your ATM cards at home or in your office if it is safe to do so.

If you are traveling, withdraw the amount you need before traveling and leave your cards at home. If you need more money when you get to your destination, you can then walk into a branch of your bank and use your cheque book. Even savings account has withdrawal booklets.

2packer:
The blame is not just on the previous tenant only. Sometimes after the tenants move out without outstanding arrear but phcn keep producing bill for such houses even when they know that no one is staying there. If it's five months before a new tenant enters the apartment then automatically you will find five months bill outstanding. Long story short PHCN is dubious, these rubbish will only stop when citizens start suing them and the judiciary waking up to their responsibilities as well

That is why a prepaid meter is better than estimated billing or analog meters.

xerxes456:
I will not pay for what I didn't consume... PHCN can come and disconnect till they are ready to do the right thing or sue me n c if they will win the case... Gennys and inverter full market... non it's high time bills are tied to the very consumer not buildings, IN FACT WE HAVE WHOLE LOT OF STRUCTURING TO DO IN THIS COUNTRY... #WENEEDANATION

You mean restructuring.

Juxtified:
Ok, this is helpful. Haven't used a prepaid metre before but planning to get one. I actually met a bill of over 320k that I'm still slugging out with my landlady, who by the way has stopped picking calls.

But is there a way to know even before you pay the rent and move into the house?

Just like the OP said, ask for the last electric bill of the apartment you want to rent. Do not pay until you see the bill.

greggng:
Estimated billings can make one sick that's why people find it hard to pay

You are quite right. I know a block of 6 flats where about 4 flats are owing more than N300,000 each because of estimate billing. There's virtually no light and IKDC gives them a bill of N9,000 every month!

Ranchhoddas:
How the person manage to owe them like that? You too start to owe your own.

You can owe electric bill only if you are on estimate billing or you are using analog meter. There's no way you can owe if you are on prepaid meter.You either buy credit (recharge) and have light or you don't buy credit and be in darkness.

codemaniacs:
You're wrong about prepaid meters.. It uses card once the credit on the card has finished the light goes off...

Arrears on prepaid meters are deducted installmentally when you want to recharge your card (buy credit) depending on how much arrears on the meter.

If the debt on a prepaid meter is N120,000 for example, you might be asked to pay N8,000 every month to clear the debt. What that means is that you will use about N13,000 every month to recharge.

That is N8,000 for debt and N5000 to buy about 200 units of credit (recharge). If your money is not up to that N13,000 you will not be able to recharge which means you will be in darkness.

The way prepaid meters accrue debts is when the meter is installed for someone that was on estimate bills or analog meter and he had not been paying his bills.

TheAlchemist:
why also can't the federal government allow each state to generate, distribute and transmit its electricity needs. ?

THAT, my friend, is the BIG Question!

Walexsammy:
bro, I can tell you that an area close to mine been having light for 23/7 for the past 2years now

Which area is that? Why don't you write the name if you are sure of what you are posting.

gurunlocker:
To achieve this, the income of an average Nigerian will be high, because a stable electricity means a higher bill.... If we are to get 24/7 electricity, then each house must be ready to pay 30,000 monthly.....

That is not correct. With a prepaid meter, you can regulate or control the amount of energy you consume.

ITbomb:
Yes

All the problems of Nigeria is because of over centralization.
Fashola did say that provision of electricity is not rocket science because in a smaller area, it is easier to troubleshoot and implement.

I love his new proposal that north should have a different grid (generating and transmission system), middle belt different, same with SS, SE and SW but I know the King in the North will never allow that

Anything that will make the South of Nigeria free and develop will be blocked by the North.

otokx:
it's possible, if the grid gets decentralized or segmented and the customers all get prepaid meters.

Some places in PH have 23/7 light.

Good people, DECENTRALIZATION in every facet is what Nigeria need to develop.