₦airaland Forum

Nevee:
Lol I appreciate your reply, really because I had hitherto contemplated opening a thread where we all could discuss and proffer solutions to problems of the sector. Nonetheless, let me quickly make some corrections. First I blamed the government in my post (both present and past), not only the present.

Some DISCOs in Nigeria inherited over 80 billion naira in debt accumulated by who? And when you assess these debt profiles today, they have been greatly reduced. You may also wish that a major part of the debts are being owed by Government ministries, departments and agencies who believe they shouldn't be paying electricity bills and till this very moment, they have not been paid and you know what? They'd let you know you can never disconnect them. Note that these bills would have been factored into their annual budget and still, they won't pay. So how have the DISCOs run into debt? Go through the NERC website, there is a modeled assumption of the performance of DISCOs over the next 10 years right from privatization that DISCOs would make a loss consistently over 10 years and we are just in the 5th year. May I ask why government itself made such assumptions for DISCOs? Have a look at the investments and tell me you would be willing to run at such loss despite such investments? How can you buy gas to produce electricity at 360 naira per dollar and at the point of selling, government pegs tariff at an assumption at 120 naira per dollar? How please? When some persons are quick to say Ghana enjoys constant power supply, I ask them to have a look at electricity tariffs in Ghana which is about double of Nigeria's before making such comparisons? But you still say DISCOs ran into debt? Lol.

Please which monies did government refund back? It seems you rely too much on the information some of these compromised and politicized media outlets feed you. Even the 100 billion naira intervention fund government promised DISCOs in the privatization contract has not been fulfilled as I type this. Not even one naira. Get your facts right sir.

Maybe companies knowledgeable about the power sector you made reference to ran from such huge rot on the power sector. But then again, how much knowledge did Adenuga had about the Telecoms sector before government gave him an operating license?

If you'd exonerate the present government from problems of the Power sector, why is it finding it had to do that which is right? To come up with practical solutions? Why?

P.S. Don't forget government still has a huge 40% Holdings and control of the DISCOs but when it comes to accepting responsibilities, them go hide face

Nevee:
Estimated billing is not illegal. In fact, it is recommended and approved by the sector's regulatory body. But Government wouldn't tell you that, they want everyone to keep using the DISCOs as a shield for their gross in incompetence. If it were illegal, why haven't they penalized any DISCO for it? Government should come out and tell us the truth, we are tired of the blame-games.

hakeem4:
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Engineers (Registration etc) Amendment Act, 2019.

The principal Act establishes the Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria – COREN’ with power vested.

According to the Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly matters (Senate), Ita Enang, the new amendment has broadened the powers of COREN with far-reaching powers of prosecution of infractions, regulating industrial training of Engineers, capacity building of local content in Nigeria engineering industry.

Specifically, he said, the new law grants COREN powers of: “prosecuting any person or firm that contravenes the provisions of this Act in a court of competent jurisdiction; .regulating industrial training schemes in engineering practitioners and students;

(I)..ensuring capacity building and monitoring local content development in the Nigerian engineering industry through – mandatory attachment of Nigerians to expatriate engineers on major projects to understudy them from inception

“(ii) ensuring that all foreign engineering firms establish their design offices in Nigeria. (iii) granting of compulsory attestation to all expatriate quota for engineering practitioners, including turnkey project, that there are no qualified and competent Nigerians for the job in question at the time of application and that granting of the expatriate quota shall be contingent on training of such number of persons as may be required for the execution of the job, and;

“(iv) ensuring that, before being allowed to practice in Nigeria, such foreign engineering practitioners granted work permit, register with the council and obtain such licenses as may be required from time to time; (h) investigating engineering failures.’’

He said that the new Act further admits into the Council (COREN) the following: “Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering
Nigerian Society of Engineering Technicians, and
Nigerian Association of Engineering Craftsmen, and
One person each appointed to represent the –
Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria,
Federation of Construction Industry in Nigeria
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, and
Armed Forces in rotation.’’

The Council, he said, is now entitled to maintain a fund into which shall be paid money appropriated by the National Assembly, subventions, fees, charges for services rendered or publications made, donations, engineering development levy, among others.

“On NYSC, the Amendment states:
(14) (i)‘’The Directorate of the National Youth Service Corps shall ensure posting of graduate engineers and technologists to places of relevant professional engineering experience.
(ii) Pursuant to the provision of subsection (i), the Directorate of National Youth Service Corps shall communicate the location of graduate engineers and engineering technologists to the Council.’’

The Act broaden engineering ‘’practitioners to include a registered Engineer, Engineering technologist, Engineering technician and Engineering craftsman. It emphasis more on engineering practitioners as against ‘engineer.’

“The Act has been remitted in accordance with standard legal procedures.” Enang stated

http://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-signs-engineers-amendment-act-into-law/?fbclid=IwAR0pbUz-zItuZGD_bVnF8cP7459fgCfHR1kqmWFjZCTZ0riAiAOwQ3AWjZ8

SillyMods:
The sensible thing to do would be to include the reason for rejecting each of them.

Born2Breed:
Election is over and this war should be over too.

Edo Rainbow Coalition..... una dey sleep?

If this war continue I go start to dey mention una name here one after the other so people go know say na una dey head these killing squad.

Ebullience:
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday said he offers free service at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) contrary to a report that he earned N40,000 as a NOUN lecturer.

This followed a report (not in Daily Trust) which quoted the NOUN Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abdalla Adam, to have said the former President was placed on N40,000 pay for his service at the institution.

In a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abeokuta by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi, Obasanjo demanded retraction and apology from the VC, while describing his reported position as “embarrassing, uncharitable, mischievous and in bad taste”.

He referred the VC to his letter dated 12 April 2018, which was written to the University Registrar, Mr. Felix Edoka, when the Council offered him a Part-Time appointment as an Instructional/Tutorial Facilitator and Project Supervisor in the Faculty of Arts at the Abeokuta Study Centre.

The former President said he specifically stated in the letter addressed to the Registrar that he would undertake the responsibility pro bono (free service).

According to him, he has not received any dime either as salaries or otherwise from the University and not planning for such now or forever.

The statement reads: “Ordinarily, this will have been unnecessary exercise, if it has been the usual shenanigans of the media to sell their newspapers, but, the very clear quotation of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abdalla Adam on the headline made this clarification imperative and to set the records straight on His Excellency’s engagement with the University.

“In putting the records in right perspective, His Excellency wish to draw the attention of the Vice-Chancellor to his letter dated 12 April 2018, which was written to the University Registrar, Mr. Felix Edoka, when the Council offered him a Part-Time appointment as an Instructional/Tutorial Facilitator and Project Supervisor in the Faculty of Arts at the Abeokuta Study Centre.

“Specifically in Paragraph 3 of the letter, President Obasanjo wrote: ‘I will gladly undertake any of the functions mentioned in paragraph two of your letter pro bono and I hope that the functions will be flexible enough to accommodate my rather tight schedule.’

“The former President affirmed that he has not received any dime either as salaries or otherwise from the University and not planning for such now or forever, as stated in his letter that the appointment was received with “pleasure and duty to give back to others out of what God and NOUN have given me.”

“The publication, which has generated mixed reactions from the general public and calls from far and near on the Elder statesman expressing concern, is to say the least, embarrassing, uncharitable, mischievous and in bad taste, with immediate demand for a retraction and apology from the Office of the Vice Chancellor.”

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/obasanjo-slams-noun-vc-says-i-offer-free-service.html

Kingsley1000:
do you know how much PDP gave him for this election

even common bill board he can't do


HE SHOULD DECAMP TO APC AND CONTEST FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMAN

sinola:
I am not surprised about this greedy self acclaimed pastor of Niger Delta. I could remember vividly what happened when he went through screening for the ministerial post, he was accused of meddling with PDP and he shouted God forbid! to the hearing of everybody. This got the then minority senate leader, Godwill Akpabio upset and also created scene on that day. My point is that this guy is arrogant and doesnt deserve to be a minister hoohaa

Cantonese:
Let him go. He played a great part in the woeful performance of PDP in the governorship election. How many times did he campaign? Look at Ojo and Amuwo Odofin, areas that are PDP strongholds. While APC agents were spending money and pushing hard, Agbaje spend only mouth. Agents and canvassers complained and ended up working for APC. Agbaje was waiting for Igbo votes. The Igbos were intimidated and Agbaje failed to rise to the occassion.

slawomir:
Eiye members is now like an endangered specie


Aiye will continue to clip thier wings
I pity them sha
Aiye will always be superior especially here in Edo state

Anyway na them sabi

oteneaaron:
Show me the hot sauce

Realtord43:
Minister's that did nt work... only 2% of buhari minister perform above average

nograv:
My brother here in the UK Nigerians hold their own intellectually with Jews, Indians, Lebanese and the cleverest of whites.

If we can do that abroad, why cant we produce a first class commercial city back home..??

Bad and corrupt leadership that is why.

If Tinubu died tomorrow, Lagos would change for the better probably instantly..

I tell you..