Is there constant power in Rivers State now?
Any improvement since the commissioning of the independent power state at Omoku?
Is it still another lie in the catalog of lies?
Anyone lives in Rivers?

well for ur info the same plant has been commisioned more than once. so nothing new.

McKren:

well for your info the same plant has been commisioned more than once. so nothing new.

Another wasted project. Sometimes I think we are all cursed in that country.

Most parts of Port Harcourt are in a state of permanent darkness - Mgbuoba is a classic example, not to talk of other places like Choba, Diobu, GRA phase I - IV.

, yet Odili was campaigning to provide uninterruptible power supply to Nigeria, in his aborted presidential bid, hhmmm

The EFCC SHOULD PUT HIM IN Jail.

Peter Odili is a big thief, check how much Bath nnaji's Geometrics, is using to buil a 140 mega watts power plant in Aba.

hear odili is the owner of afrik air line bt am not sure hw true it is,so all our leaders are thieves no exception.

the big monkey in aso rock will be there again before the end of January to commission the same electricity. what a shame that a president will be involved in such a childish movie making.
it is a disgrace that our newspapers who attend commissioning of projects do not report further on the progress of the projects. it is most unfortunate that most if not all our media houses are out to promote ghost projects just to make money.
where in the developed world would a leader come out in the open to claim projects that are not existing.
i have seen everything in nigeria but the most disappointing thing remains pdp as a party.

Odili na big time barawo.Thank God he didnt win u know.

yes,such is life, no matter what you do peoples must talk abt you,ODILI , is my man anyday,he has done well in RIVER STATE, despite the fact that he embezzled money.
ABI YOU NO HEAR SAY NA WHERE YOU DEY WORK, NA THERE YOU DEY CHOP??

incidentally i just came into PH when teh Omoku project was been commisisoned. There was a lot of frenzy, we had no light for 5 days, becos according to them they are transiting from NEPA to Omoku. After the commisioning, Light was back, but i must confess that it has been ok in my part of PH (Woji), but a greater percentage of people in woji area without contant electricty, less than 10hours daily!!!
I hear the whole Omoku thing was a charade!!!
i have been in PH for 4 weeks now, and i must say i am not at all convinced with teh development here!! where has teh billions of naira gone!! that's what these militias and Niger-Delta resource control agitators shoudl be asking their leaders. The roads here are horrible, teh only major way here is the Aba road!
housing here is impposible, expensive and scare!! how come teh governor hasn't been able to attract real estate deveopers to PH, i mean look at lagos!!
there are no decent estates in PH, and this is incredible considering teh population of oil boys here!!
To me, Odili has failed and shoudl be invetsigated and jailed if found guilty.

all of dem na theive so ther is nothing u guys sholud worry urself about.thank u ma people

Nigerians spoiling Nigeria with their mouth. why won't it spoil? Our leaders are not from other nations, they are from Nigeria too. We are basically all the same thing. If everybody changes in their individual tasks, you'll be suprised that things will change for good too,

rock2:

Nigerians spoiling Nigeria with their mouth. why won't it spoil? Our leaders are not from other nations, they are from Nigeria too. We are basically all the same thing. If everybody changes in their individual tasks, you'll be suprised that things will change for good too,

I dont agree with you, though we all have a role to play but if our leaders cant take the lead then its no use having one.

does rock2 want us to say the colour of coal is a shade of white?

Alli baba is definitely not the best comedian in Nigeria, I'll pick Odili for telling us there is a 24hrs power supply in Rivers.

@Blue2
You've said it all.
No amount of lies will turn charcoal to white

we need God intervention here, odili did nothing compare the amout he used for the turbine, he hasn't complete the projet not to talk of constant electricity. we are yet to experience constant electicity till 2010.

desertboom:

we need God intervention here, odili did nothing compare the amout he used for the turbine, he hasn't complete the projet not to talk of constant electricity. we are yet to experience constant electicity till 2010.

yes,i guess all what the country needs now isprayers and i pray by the special grace of the Almighty,all is going to be well.

U neva talk of 1 hour constant power in a day, U are dreaming of 24 hrs constant power.
Just like saddam and all other corrupt leaders, Nemesis will definitely catch up with them.

What is the distribution system in Rivers State - that should be the question. Is the electricity generated by the Omoku IPP distributed only in Rivers or uploaded to the national Grid? If the later is the case, then there would be no significant improvement in power supply in the state. The question should rather be: Are the turbines working at the moment? If yes, then the state govt should be commended for undertaking such project that even the federal govt hasn't been able to complete despite the billions of dollars spent in that regard.

I think the project being undertaken by Prof Nnaji's company is different in that they are not going to upload their generated power to the national grid, but have already signed purchase agreement with private companies at Aba and would lay their own distribution lines to supply both to the public (who are willing to pay their rates) and the companies. That to me is a better approach to solving our energy need. I thought I would get better and educated arguments on the way out of the power/darkness logjam.

I have always believed that we need to de-centralise our electricity generation and distribution system. Power generated from Afam and Omoku shouldn't be sent to Oshogbo first before being returned to PH and environs or distributed to other areas. The cost of transmission and wastages would be higher. But if we have micro-systems, addressing the power need of the locality where it is generated and during peak periods when the demand exceeds supply, then they could get from neighbouring generation centers.

I think calling Odili a thief is premature. Besides, private companies always execute projects at far less cost than the govt. Afterall, the federal govt awarded a $8.4 billion contract for 1,300 km railline to a chinese firm, whereas, earlier in 2006, the same Chinese company completed a 1,100 km Tibet rail line (in a very rugged mountainous region that was considered an engineering wonder) at the cost of $1.3 billion.

What is the distribution system in Rivers State - that should be the question. Is the electricity generated by the Omoku IPP distributed only in Rivers or uploaded to the national Grid? If the later is the case, then there would be no significant improvement in power supply in the state. The question should rather be: Are the turbines working at the moment?

that in itself is misplacement of priority and irresponsibility. why should a governor that has not given his people electricity attempt to give the whole nigeria. I guess he confirmed yuor thinking in his presidential campaign speech.

You would think these leaders would have some conscience. At least chop small and give us small. I mean how much will it cost them if they take out a little money and give to the community, just a little. Gali!!! those pp get me so pissed. Anyway, as they say "the evil that men do live after them". Their day of reckoning is coming and it shall surely tell.

Sick Leader Has Hijack The Country,


Lord Help Us,,

What is the distribution system in Rivers State - that should be the question. Is the electricity generated by the Omoku IPP distributed only in Rivers or uploaded to the national Grid? If the later is the case, then there would be no significant improvement in power supply in the state. The question should rather be: Are the turbines working at the moment? If yes, then the state govt should be commended for undertaking such project that even the federal govt hasn't been able to complete despite the billions of dollars spent in that regard.

I think that's the problem, according to the contractors they have done their part but NEPA has dilapidated facilities to distribute the electricity generated . I think the project is very good but damn too expensive.

I also agree that the local people should benefit first/most from projects in their community before other places

Sometimes I don't blame our leaders when they don't take us seriously, NEPA or PHCN was not supplying the needed energy to the people because of inefficiency. Someone now claims to have embarked on an INDEPENDENT Power Project (IPP) and now depends on the same NEPA to distribute it?

Please lets find something else to talk about. That talk is a smoke screen, go to shell quaters in PH, they dont know the meaning of power outage for 1hour. If shell could do that why not Nigeria? or Rivers State. We are supplying Ghana electricity and they have more stable light.
A country that exports what it does not have.

Is not only shell quarters that experiences 24/7 electricity, even de united, makers of indomie and wilbros nigeria - all multinationals based in choba experience 24/7 electricity.

@ McKren you do not have a proper understanding of the problems, until very recently, no one except the federal govt had the power to generate or distribute power. if, IF the power station is working, then Odili deserves commendation, it is NOT his duty to distrubute- if the law allows him, or others as is being tried in splitting up PHCN into 7 or 8 companies, then the system will be more improved. the problem is not Odili's, its the fault of the set up of power generation, transmission and distribution in Nigeria, and that must and is being tackled at the Federal level.

Independent Power Project - a non government power generation scheme. if and when states and localities can distribute and transmit as chidexy lucidly explained, then you can blame them for the issues. the regulatory environment needs to be improved then states can take their future into their own hands, and not be slowed down by federal ineptness.

when i first went through this thread I felt like going beserk but having read through others views I feel better. , truth is that ph no get lightdespite d gas turbine hike except for places like omoku n formerly rukpokwu who had or still have multinationals catering for their electricity!

I was amazed when I read recently that Bayelsa State is the only state of the federation not connected to the national grid and they were complaining that something has to be done about it. I laughed at such proposal. If they knew the advantage they could get from not being connected to the national grid, their leaders would instead agitate for one or two more power generating stations to be built within the state to supply the state with constant electricity without the need to upload to the delapidated national grid.

Splitting NEPA (sorry I don't know what it is called now) up into multiple companies is good, but they have to go further than that and let smaller companies who are interested in power generation to participate.

In Germany for example, anybody could be a power generator. Even individual households with Solar panels, who at peak periods generate more than they need, upload to the national grid and are paid for the power uploaded. There are small scale industries generating power form Bio-gas from fermentation of organic waste - food rest, animal entrails and expired packaged food. We should also explore renewable energy options like wind turbines.