Mehn.... So tempted to get the mi mix 3!

Crap. Let them fix Lagos roads and clean up this filthy city.

Nevee:

Same DISCOs are entering into bilateral agreements with GENCOs for more supply of energy. But let’s do a quick analysis of the value chain. Gencos will buy gas for generating energy at the prevailing exchange rate and sell at the same rate plus their margin (profit). No ....

The issue of prepaid meters is another one I don’t even want to go into. Truth is, all the stakeholders including the masses need to have a discussion on the way forward. We all have very important to play to make the sector work.

My question is this. Why didn't does that bought the discos do proper due diligence?

Assuming they did and realized the extent of the rot and the amount of money they needed to fix things, they could have declined to buy it and let the government continue running it. Things may have turned out differently.

Is it possible that these discos were just sold off to government officials, their friends or cronies? Thinking that it's like any other business that would automatically keep making them billions?

Erums:


Meters aren't the problem cos bypassing is paramount with nigerians.... The load rejection is the main thing, cos if u give meter and reject load, u lose both ways....

Nigerians
There are effective solution to bypassing.

I want in Ghana recently. I observed that all customers there were metered. Even in the villages. The meters are even very accessible to anyone but still, no theft or bypassing.

If 'small Ghana' can do it, then big Nigeria can do it as well.

obaataaokpaewu:
lol at 7000mw. What do you think is the maximum capacity of TCN? There is no available 7000mw anywhere Oga

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/240258-nigerias-current-electricity-generating-capacity-6803-mw-fashola.html

Remember that Azura came on stream this year with 460MW installed and available.

Preator:


I would have agreed but I am an insider. The discos are quite poor and have no clue about what they are running.
A disco gets a bill of 8billion monthly from NBET(excluding interest charges) but only collects roughly 4.2billion from customers.
They pay NBET just 2.5billion and keep the rest. Out of 1.5, they have a labour and mtce fee of roughly 1billion. That leaves just 500m for expanding the network. Its not enough.

So we can all agree that no one should expect any significant improvement in power supply in Nigeria as long as we have same set of discos.

You are right. Discos are clueless about the business and I'm guessing you already know why.

Like really? Who buys a disco without knowing what's on ground and what's required to make it run?

Nevee:

How bro? I do not know where you got that 7000MW from but know that actual energy generated differs from generating capacity. Since energy cannot be stored, if the DISCOs distribute far below what they got from the grid as you have suggested, it is their own loss because they have to pay for a service they are not selling. Most of the DISCOs have expressed their willingness to exit the system time and time again, should government be ready to refund a part of their investments in the sector. The government is still the biggest bottleneck of the Power sector. But then again, they seem helpless. The only policies that can palcate the rot in the Energy sector, if enacted, will seem anti-people.

Let me give you an example.

TCN says 'Disco A' should take 700MW and distribute/sell to customers.

'Disco A' says no and takes only 300MW (load rejection), intentionally leaving many other customers without power.

One common ridiculous and unacceptable reason for this load rejection is 'they can't collect the bill for 700MW' from customers. Same discos that intentionally won't give customers prepaid meters.

Discos are not ready to do real electricity business in Nigeria. They are just profiting from a broken system via estimated billing with apparently no intention to improve their network and capacity.

Preator:

You would have been right except you missed the wheeling capacity of TCN which is roughly 5GW(even that is a doubt now as some section of the grid are not adequately maintained)

TCN is actually trying. They are working on their transmission capacity. I think it should be around 5000 - 6000MW.

Discos haven't done anything significant to increase their distribution capacity. Nothing at all. Nothing!

Lagos is not developing! It's better than most states but things are falling apart in Lagos.

No motorable roads!
Poor waste management!
Still having danfos in 2018!
No public water supply!
Poor electricity supply!
Traffic is getting worse!

Please where is the development

I keep wondering where the billion in IGR and FG allocation is spent

And for facks sake that does not look like a 'modern ferry terminal'. I won't be surprised if billions was spent for building this thing.

hisgrace090:
Bedc eedc both are scarm and are not worthy to handle any power distribution.

This is partly a result of when you sell such critical publics asset to yourself and your 'friends and cronies' who have no idea of how the electricity industry works.

baliyubla:
Their protest should be against the minister of Darkness Fashola, as BEDC and other distribution companies in Nigeria only distribute what has been generated and transmitted to them. What sector is even working under this government of the dullard?

Actually.... Discos are the weakest link in the electricity industry. Their performance is appalling and grossly inadequate.

Available generation capacity is about 7000MW but discos can/will only distribute about 3500MW due to their inadequacies and inefficiencies.

So there's a large generation capacity under-utilisation due to discos.

Ishilove:
3rd degree burns? Spinal cord injury? So where is spinal cord injury listed as a cause of death in the official statement?

Anyway, it doesn't matter at this point. In death, all men become equal.

Equal how?

Hotfreezer:


This particular woman had several IVF rounds which failed.

Scientists with higher IQ than 10 of your type combined give credence to God for miracles like this. Your worthless opinion is inconsequential.

Learn to appreciate people's effort. Doctors, scientists, engineers, lawyers etc. These are real people that put in conscious effort in making things happen.

IVF technology didn't just drop from the sky. It was painstakingly developed by real people. It's not perfect, it's still developing. Several parameters determine the probably of success of IVF. You can read more about it.

All I'm saying is that you should appreciate (and 'praise') the efforts of the medical professionals involved. It doesn't you cost you anything.

stagger:


Are the success rates 100%? Have you not heard of women doing up to 5 IVFs without success? The God factor still comes in.

There's nothing like God factor.

It's called probability and statistics. You can study a bit of it.

Nigerians will never give credit to where it is due. What you guys only know is to be shouting god up and down while other societies are busy spending money on new research.

Does your god really need your praise?

Give credit to the doctors and scientists that made this possible. You can also donate to research institutes.

flowmama:



I am sure you do not know that it takes more than science to make an embryo or blastocyst implant on the wall of the uterus, hence several failed IVF attempts...

IVF or not, this is God's blessing...

God's blessings hun?

Then why didn't she just stick to keep trying the natural way? Or she needed IVF to 'assist' the miracle?

Gossiplover:
Mehn, you guys need to watch the video, the guy made some points that made sense. if you like, no believe because nobody dey beg you.

so even after washing the pants, the will still smell abi. The man is talking about washed pants that are spread outside. Guy, whther you belive it or not, YAHOO PLUS is real. Come to Festac and see what small boys are doing with money. Dem no dey hide am again because no be evrybody get mind to do jazz. God help us

Those guys are simply fraudsters. In saner societies, they would be in jail.

All the additional 'Yahoo plus' nonsense is simply the babalawo (another fraudster) conning his own share of the loot.

sanandreas:
The world we live in is so cruel. Religion should make us a better person and not behave aggressive.

Religion is not designed to make you a better person. It's rather designed to control you.

Righteousness89:
BETTER TO DIE AS A CHRISTIAN HAVING JESUS CHRIST! Than to waste on Earth as a Sinner ...

Sudden Death for a Child of GOD is Sudden Heaven...

JESUS IS COMING SOONEST!! There is no time anymore

You are delusional and a danger to society.

No. Nobody has to go to church!

If you live in Lagos, and you are fond of throwing your rubbish on the road, YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!.

Indiscriminate disposal of waste by people who claim to be educated is a psychological problem.

MistarT:
Only Jesus can solve Nigeria's problems, the situation in this world is beyond economic reforms and sanctions, they are good but God is the best either you believe it or not.Only Jesus can save!!!

You are part of the problem.

IamD18:
It's very difficult to be religious and wise at the same time.

Except if you are the GO!

Saff:
Is that supposed to be a loss for me? I don’t understand.

One Budweiser for you.

eyeview:
Fellow Nigerians.
It has become obvious that its only God that can deliver this nation from the evil hold of apc.

As for those who in 2015 voted APC and said, "we will vote out Jonathan and PDP and vote in Buhari, if he doesn't perform, we will vote him out", I hope you now see the stupidity and where your foolishness has landed us all. Come and vote them out.

As for me and my household, we have agreed that if Buhari and apc win in 2019, we will leave Nigeria for you all to enjoy the fruits of your stupidity

Solve your goddamn problems and stop putting it all on 'God'. This mentality of "only god can deliver us" sickens me. I believe its a sign of mental laziness.

The country you will run to did not sit back and say 'only god can solve our problems'. They actually came together and solved their problems!.

ruphytelecom:
Complete screen is 52k

Damn.

ruphytelecom:
Good morning.

Cost of screen replacement for HP envy m6 1225dx?

FRoosevelt:
I love naturally fair skin females. I'm not usually sexually attracted to darker skin ladies.
It's just me anyway.

Naso.

Explosions? Earthquakes? Interesting. I dey observe...

NdiaraIGBO:


Useless African mentality! No wonder we are still living in the stone age.

Development will never come to Africa with this horrible mindset. Everything hungry impoverished unproductive over religious unintelligent mofos will be screaming God! God! God!

Not a single mention of the healthcare he received! No gratitude to the medical professionals that administered treatment and care!

Smh for Nigerians!

Why don't you thank your god for giving him the illness in the first place!

We are really daft in this part of the world.

mrvitalis:
People who think America is the most advanced technologicaly are still sleeping

Until America can build a space station ( yes they can't only Russians can) they are still 100 years behind Russia

Are you joking?

Try successfully landing a robot on Mars!

NASA remains the most capable space agency world wide (and by a huge margin).

11. Green card.