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amazinghomez09:
I dnt know what you mean by sabotage cos it is pure business decision make your currency valuable and see if this wnt stop the sole aim of any business is to make profit

exporting grains to Niger republic has been banned by the FG

Obviouslyblunt:
no. It’s the federal constitution that is being repelled here. Even after this, it has to go to the senate and pass , then it is signed into law.

it might also go to the state assemblies too after the senate pass it

Btruth:
Oya now.......follow by states own electricity generations and others. State should control the resources too.

Let's go abeg.

States can generate, transmit and distribute power supply since 22023 or 2022

dNortherner:
Yes of course it's also an economic sabotage but the grains doesn't belongs to you and I or the government.

So you don't know the Nigerian Government has banned selling of foodstuffs and totally close the boarder since the military took over in Niger? The grains should have been confiscated

The people who ow oil can also claim it's on their soil so it belongs to them

dNortherner:
It isn't same case pal please.

They are both economy sabotage

KORLAR:
I wonder how you people make incomparable comparisons.

One person is stealing national crude oil, the other person is planning to sell his rice in another country, and you're here expecting the same reprimand for both of them.

You need to check yourself and think about what you've just opined critically.

They are both breaking the law, there's no difference.

When you're caught leaking sensitive official info, you will carry your cross yourself.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will finally have access to the sea

Roger3D:
The crude oil is the property of the Nigerian government while the food is the personal property of the traders. Don't tell me you're too slow to know the difference

DJInfluence:
Dude are you comparing stealing to this? The owners of the food bought, hoard and tried to smuggle them. It's not the same as stealing our common wealth (crude). How do we justify certain things?
It's good they were turned back. If caught again they can confiscate the truck and food in it.

They are both commiting economy sabotage. People who steal oil can also give an excuse why they are stealing it

The failure of governors to take advantage of the new Electricity Act 2023 has made states to continue struggling with epileptic power supply, DARE OLAWIN writes

In June 2023, President Bola Tinubu signed the new Electricity Act into law, heeding the calls of Nigerians that the power sector be reformed and removed from the exclusive list. Before the President assented to the bill, governors, both former and incumbent, had called on the Federal Government to give states the power to generate, transmit and distribute electricity within their jurisdiction. This, Nigerians believe, would help in proffering lasting solutions to the country’s power problems. However, seven months after the electricity bill became a law, nothing significant has been done by many of the governors.

The new law replaces the 2005 Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act as it seeks to promote private sector investments in the power sector. It provides for a holistic, integrated resource plan and policy that recognises all sources for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, including the integration of renewable energy into Nigeria’s energy mix.

The new act permits the state electricity board or any state authority by whatever appellation, to grant licence for mini-grids and provide the framework for the operation of such licensees. With this, the Federal Government has succeeded in removing electricity from the exclusive list, allowing states and private individuals to invest in the sector.

The 2023 Electricity Act allows constructing, owning, or operating an undertaking for generating electricity not exceeding one megawatt in aggregate at a site, or an undertaking for distribution of electricity with a capacity not exceeding 100 kilowatts in aggregate at a site, or such other capacity as the commission may determine from time to time, without a licence.

The Act mandates electricity-generating companies to generate power from renewable energy sources, purchase power generated from renewable energy or procure any instrument representing renewable energy generation. Though a state can regulate its electricity market by issuing licences to private investors who can operate mini-grids and power plants within the state, the act, however, says that until a state has passed its electricity market laws, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission will continue to regulate electricity businesses in such states.

With the seeming lackadaisical attitude of the majority of governors, it appears the new Electricity Act may not yield the much-desired result, as the country grapples with epileptic power supply.

For years, Nigerians have continued to languish under a poor deteriorating power sector supervised by the Federal Government. On different occasions, the national power grids kept collapsing, plunging the people into blackouts and affecting businesses. The power grid collapsed 46 times in six years, according to a report by the International Energy Agency.

The IEA said Nigeria had grappled with recurrent power failures, totalling 46 grid collapses between 2017 and 2023. It was disclosed that Nigeria’s grid continued to face issues due to aged infrastructure and vandalism. The deterioration of power infrastructure, it was learnt, increased dependency on backup generators for 40 per cent of electricity consumption in Nigeria.

“Although the country has a total installed capacity of about 13 GW, average available capacity remained around 4.5 GW in 2023 due to a combination of factors such as deteriorating units, poor maintenance and liquidity constraints. Unreliable power supply due to limited grid infrastructure, under-investment and ineffective regulatory frameworks have resulted in an estimated 40 per cent of all the electricity consumed in the country being produced from backup generators,” the IEA declared.

Since December 2023, Nigerians have been lamenting of low power supply. The NERC said the country was able to generate only 3.5 GWh, blaming the low power generation on low gas supply as the majority of the power plants are gas-fired.

When President Tinubu signed the new electricity bill, Nigerians were optimistic that this might mark the beginning of an end to one of their multidimensional poverty sources. It is believed that the adoption of renewable energy sources would reduce the reliance on gas and give the country enough power to supply to aid the growth of small and medium businesses. But, the refusal of state governors to take immediate steps in domesticating the new bill may dash the hopes of many Nigerians.

The repeated collapse of the national electricity grid in Nigeria is an indication that there is a need for many mini-grids in each state and the Federal Capital Territory. This can only be made possible when there are sub-national electricity markets across the federation. Though the new electricity law allows this, it will not materialise unless the states have their independent electricity market laws and state electricity authorities.

NERC prepares

While inaugurating three working groups for the implementation of the new Electricity Act, the NERC Chairman, Sanusi Garba, said the focus of the implementation of the new Electricity Act was the fact that states would take over the responsibilities of making electricity laws for their areas.

“The focus in the implementation of the Electricity Act seems to be about states taking over the responsibilities of making electricity laws for their area,” he said. But it appears the states are not ready yet. So far, only a few states have signed their electricity market laws.

As of the time of filing this report, checks with the Ministry of Power revealed that only five states have signed electricity laws. They are Lagos, Edo, Kaduna, Enugu and Oyo.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on February 10 joined the league of governors who have signed the electricity market laws. It is expected that other governors will follow suit as early as possible if they desire to end energy poverty in their states.

Cost may hinder

During the annual power and utilities round-table organised by PricewaterhouseCoopers recently, with the theme ‘The Electricity Act 2023: Powering Nigeria’, Bimbola Banjo, who is the Partner and Finance Advisory Leader, PwC Nigeria, warned governors to exercise caution, saying the adoption of the new act would cost a lot.

“While there is an urgency to adopt the Electricity Act, states must exercise caution and assess their readiness for implementation. The process of adoption will incur significant costs, including engaging legal and commercial advisors, and will require substantial investments in technology, human resources, and the establishment of state-level structures.


“Before proceeding, states should conduct a comprehensive evaluation of their electricity market and network infrastructure, accompanied by detailed technical and commercial feasibility studies. This rigorous assessment will ensure that states are adequately prepared to implement the Electricity Act effectively and reap its full benefits,” Banjo warned.

His comment that the adoption of the new law would eat deep into states’ coffers might have caused some governors to stay action on its implementation. Many states are highly indebted, depending majorly on the allocations they get from the Federal Account Allocation Committee. Data from the Debt Management Office showed that the total debt of the 36 states rose by 13.89 per cent to N7.25tn in 2022 from N6.37tn in the previous year.

It could not be confirmed if any of the states made provisions for the new Act in its 2024 budget.

Experts believe governors should understand that the first step to take is having their independent electricity market laws, as that is the only way to give investors the enabling environment to operate in their domains.



Host communities benefit

On February 9, President Tinubu signed the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, into law. The Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill, 2024, seeks to “address the development and environmental concerns of host communities, and sets aside five per cent of the actual annual operating expenditures of power generating companies from the preceding year for the development of their respective host communities”.

The amendment further provides that the funds allocated for the development of host communities will be received, managed and administered for infrastructure development in the host communities by a reputable trustee/manager to be jointly appointed by the respective GenCos and their host community.

With this amendment, indigenes of a state would enjoy infrastructural development from generating companies that have their power plants sited in those communities. But, the investors may not come if a state does not have any clear-cut modus operandi for GenCos and DisCos.



Minister begs governors

Meanwhile, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has appealed to governors to take advantage of the new Electricity Act to improve electricity supply in Nigeria.

In an interview with our correspondent, Adelabu’s spokesman, Bolaji Tunji, said that the minister recently held a meeting with the states on the need to take advantage of the Act.

Tunji said the Federal Government had done its bits and the minister had continued to urge the governors to be active participants in the provision of electricity in their states.

“They are the ones who know their states very well. Recently, we had a meeting with the Nigeria Governors Forum where some of the commissioners for electricity were in attendance. What we told them was the need for them to make use of the law to be participants in the provision of electricity.

“It is now left for the states to do the needful; the law is open for them to do it. They are closer to the people. They know the needs of the people. They know where electricity is urgently needed. The governors know the rural areas where they can actually go to generate electricity. And if there is any problem, it will quickly get to them so they can get in touch with the DisCo in charge,” Tunji told The PUNCH.

According to Tunji, the minister told the state governors ‘You need to get involved, you need to know who is in charge of power infrastructure in your state’. It is important,”

Similarly, Adelabu reechoed during a meeting with development partners in Abuja, the pivotal role of the states in the power sector. He suggested that the DisCos, as currently constituted, should be unbundled along state lines.

“We need to encourage the states to have their own power generating company, encourage them to establish structures for transmission and distribution. Each state government must also start showing interest in those in charge of distribution in their states.

“While the Federal Government can track generation and transmission, the states should be able to track the distribution companies,” Adelabu advised.


https://punchng.com/electricity-woes-persist-as-states-fail-to-adopt-new-legislation/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social

Dpleaser:
What kind of thinking is this for God sake. It's difficult sharing a country with some people

k

Tinubu will complete his tenure, nah the sure thing be that.

mobileboy:
Another subsidy

The government should temporarily open the boarder and let food flow while we put our production in order

The governor of Akwa Ibom do not have the power to open the borders

They were just turned back but the Nigerian military is bombing and killing people who are stealing crude oil... But this ones were just turned back even though they are sabotaging the Nigerian economy just like oil thieves.

Honchoslim16:
The funny thing is that 4 years from now, these same tractors will still not be shared.

🤡

callthefred:
Our leaders are jokers. Do you mean 300 or 300k because if we are serious about agriculture I don't understand what 300 tractors can do in a state as big as Niger state o. Even the useless FG is singing 3,000 tractors every year when we have over 20m farmers and vast farmlands. Our leaders still lacking ambition towards moving this nation forward.

Person wey dey do, you still dey complain ... How many tractors have your state government buy?

Good one from the Niger state governor.

epainos:
Lol

I used to think Olumide was smart. Anyway, smart people do foolish things from time to time. How does Olumide think he will win Edo on the labour platform?

The guy nah mugu . There's a lot of other parties he could have joined apart from the APC, PDP and LP. He will have a better chance of getting the ticket of he Joined kwankwaso NNPP

Mo 4... peter obi should learn from him.

O n pe

rexlims:
must we import? Can't we woo investors in with juicy incentives and stuff like that? There by creating jobs for people and equally stimulating d economy positively?
Wetin I dey talk self, I forget say d likes of dangote and Bua don hold Nigeria for neck Dem no go let go of d monopoly.

We can import on the short run if there's truly a shortage

MadamExcellency:
What do we make of this October 2019 news? Are you struggling that your life is so upset to disturb our peace on a case resolved two years ago?

You must be a bitter person.

https://guardian.ng/news/us-court-acquits-air-peace-boss-fines-mayfield-4000/

The same onyemma who forfeited over $14m to the US government because he refuse to go and defend himself? Dey play

Who eventually win?

makemoneywbsite:
Exactly. Every sane (saint) person leaves a stinking place. or clean it up....

Any APC politician who join the LP automatically become a saint just like saint Otti

Good news

makemoneywbsite:
Yeah, apples are not in the same class as rotten onions. LP, even PDP are angels compared to APC.

Just because Otti left the APC and joined LP, he became a saint

Dybala11:
The Naira is still finding its level? 🤦🤦🤦

yes!

SojWORLDWIDE:
Former Spokesman of President Bola Tinubu in the South East, Dr. Josef Onoh has stated that the region has restrained itself from the isolated hardship protests across the country because Nigeria has refused to accord the South East its due status as an integral part of the country, but had rather imposed hardship on the region in the past 54 years.


Onoh, who is presently the Chairman of Forum of Former Members of Enugu State House of Assembly (FOF-MENHA) and a former Governorship Aspirant in the State, stated that the rest of the regions in the country should not expect the South East to be in the vanguard of the present discontent when those other regions feel that the South East is good enough for Nigeria leadership or any other substantial inclusive infrastructure.

Onoh spoke against the background of the former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, who recently expressed surprise against the worsening economic hardship said,

“I honestly don’t know why the South East is quiet, uncharacteristically quiet, but the President needs to find out."

Onoh In his reply to Yusuf, said,

"The South East is uncharacteristically quiet because since after the Civil War, the South East has continued to be dealt with with extreme hardship and had suffered in the midst of plenty while other regions basked in the euphoria of riches and power with a section of the regions feeling very entitled.


The South East is quiet because after the Civil War our properties in the South-South were taken from us and claimed they were abandoned properties and I ask, abandoned by who? That is hardship!

“The South East is quiet because they started life afresh with only £20 after the civil war, given by the Nigerian government. That is hardship.


The South East is quiet today because we have the least number of representatives in both chambers of the National Assembly. The South East is quiet because we are the only region with the least number of States.

The South East is quiet because we are the only region with the least Federal Government presence in almost all areas. The South East is quiet because we have the least Federal Government projects in our region till date.

“The south east is quiet because we are the region with one of the largest markets in West Africa based on geographical size and volume of goods yet has never benefited from the rail project the Federal Government embarked upon during the last administration and focused mainly in the north.


The South East is quiet because we are the only region with the highest number of security check points on the roads leading into our region. It's easier to drive past Ukraine than South East.

The South East is quiet because we are the only region with an International Airport yet no International Airline departs from our region, except for Ethiopia airlines that save the day and that only International Airport is still under construction.

The South East is quiet because the only major mining activity which is coal has been abandoned for years after Eagle Mining Company left in the 90s and the Federal Government never showed any interest again.

The South East is quiet because even the railway properties in our region have all been sold hence the dream for a railway is totally forgotten.

“Some people ask why is the South East always bitter, but they forget that the past administration called it a "dot in a circle" and today there is not one single Foreign Embassy in the region, yet we are the largest importers in the country.

The South East is quiet because they are the only region always punished by every ruling party for exercising their democratic voting rights for their choice of candidate.


The South East is quiet because they are mainly the region that has its buildings demolished and their businesses closed down in other regions of Nigeria once they tried to exercise some certain levels of franchise.

“The South East is quiet because they are always the region that various forms of hostilities of extreme levels are leveled against once there is crisis in Nigeria.

The South East is quiet because they are the only region that are threatened by withdrawal of sales, supplies and distribution of food, livestock and all agricultural produce by a certain region once they express divergent views in the same Nigeria.


“The South East is quiet because we are the least employed in the CBN, FAAN, NPA and all major Federal Government Agencies and Departments in Nigeria.


The South East is quiet because we are the only region without anything to leverage upon except our resilient spirit to persevere even in the darkest scenarios.


The South East is quiet because they are the only region that is heavily discriminated against by other regions in Nigeria while we are meant to be one Nigeria.
The South East is quiet because it is the only region that their Regional Ministerial appointment was withheld during the current Ministerial appointments.


The South East is quiet because they are the least beneficiaries of any government policies in Nigeria.


The South East is quiet because the current government which I worked tirelessly for has not shown them any sign of fellowship and has been the only government that has fully isolated them to the point they don't feel like they are part of Nigeria.


The South East is quiet because we are the only region in Nigeria that the cost of airfare from other regions in the same Nigeria is the most expensive and most exploited every festive season.


The South East is quiet because the extent of neglect the region has received from the Federal Government has made it more expensive for us to die and cheaper to be alive in continuous frustration.

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“The south east is quiet because they have lived under extreme hardships, that even in the midst of abundance they have only known hardship and hardship has become an accepted way of life for them in Nigeria. They have lost the will to dream and their children have grown hoping for the hopeless.


They have lost the will to come together and build a nation because they are too frail to even have the luxury to dream dreams.


They have lost the ability to have a goodnight sleep because they only know suffering inflicted by certain government policies that affect their businesses and imports. Successive Politicians, presidential candidates, and ministers have lied to them during campaigns of what they will do for the region. It is now expected, and it is now accepted by the region.


“They are of course correct to invade the high moral ground, but in the real world, the South Easterners gave up long ago.


Dishonesty from the Nigerian Government no longer has political consequences because they expect no better from Nigeria.


Rather, they are now a region that simply sit and watch successive governments put more effort into crafting words to avoid telling the truth than there is invested into drafting a complex policy and working out what is good for the country.


“Finally, we need to transform the political narratives and perceptions of Nigeria from a nation saturated by looters instead of leaders hence I urge the President to strengthen the EFCC and unbundle every political shackles that has interfered with their duties from prosecuting the so called sacred cows, Nigeria isn't India that has abundance of sacred cows. the South East is quiet because we do not have the political luxuries, influence, entitlement and benefits the same region asking why we are quiet has continuously basked in its glory.


The North has held and produced Presidents, the South-South and South West but not the South East hence we see it as a problem between a husband and his wives while we are the houseboy.


The same North asking why we are quiet today forgot that they told us we are a dot in a circle so why has the dot become important now.

“When we had tears to shed, no region whipped away our tears. When we had a voice to shout, they said we were mad. When we cared, they said we had other motives.


Today we are the least represented region in the current administration, we feel we are not wanted, we feel we are hated, we feel isolated, we feel distant, we feel the current administration doesn't care about us hence we have continuously lived under a state of hardship and hopelessness that we don't have any more tears to shed nor voice to shout.


“We have been so traumatized to the extent that we now laugh rather than cry but our laughter is actually the highest level of wailing.


Unfortunately, we feel your pain, your cry and we hear your message loud and clear but unfortunately we are helpless to offer any support or assistance.


Our only message is "welcome to the club.” Nigerians are suffering but we the South Easterners have never known anything other than hardship and suffering. We are constantly treated like outcasts in our country.


“Irrespective of the above, I still believe in President Bola Tinubu, he might not have all the solutions but if we come together as a nation irrespective of whether we like each region or not, I believe a variegated group must agree they want to be a people, preserving our tolerant permissive society and to achieve that we must have the will power to do so.


My advice to the President is simple, "the problem with Nigeria is political, the supposed technocrats and 90 percent of your current appointees have failed you with exception of Nyesom Wike, his response and actions in taming the politically orchestrated kidnappings in the FCT to cripple your administration is a testament to my position that your technocrats have failed you because they know nothing about the political problems affecting Nigeria nor have the structure to support you in moving the country forward.


They only wait for the master to show the Jagaban magic and have left you to be a lone sailor, sailing against turbulent waters.


It's time to reshuffle your cabinet because you can't fight politicians using technocrats who are best suited to work as lecturers in a university environment. Same politicians and their political structure made you the revered Jagaban of today, a magician can never perform his magic without his wand, hence it's time to pick up your wand.


“Until the current government changes its political position on the South East and show inclusiveness, and be fully integrated into the government and treated as equals,the APC led government isn't accepted in the South East because the faith of the entire region is decided by only two APC stakeholders and the administration accepts their position and recommendations as what's best for the region without looking deeper to see the extreme disconnect between their choices and the true choices of the region.

Until these reservations are holistically and politically given attention, be assured that the South East will remain deaf and dumb without the will power to see our nation or the current administration from a different light outside the hardship and suffering they have always known and dealt with in Nigeria.”

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