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Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 12:15pm On Jan 16 |
MadamExcellency: 2 Likes |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by kashmoneyz: 1:15pm On Jan 16 |
Apt nairalanda1: |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 1:44pm On Jan 16 |
soccerlite:Gbam! |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 1:45pm On Jan 16 |
89green:Gbam!! 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by Tonytonex(m): 1:45pm On Jan 16 |
Goodday90:it's The owner's responsibility. Who owns the transformer? It's just that in this country, things are not done correctly and the government doesn't care. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 1:46pm On Jan 16 |
MadamExcellency: |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 1:46pm On Jan 16 |
89green:Gbam!!!!!!! 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 1:48pm On Jan 16 |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by Charly68: 2:27pm On Jan 16 |
Phcn aren't working anymore. They just collect cash and do nothing meaningful.. they collect money from communities for transformer and electrifications .. things are that bad |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by TYCO77: 3:08pm On Jan 16 |
DivinegiftofGod: Transformer can be easily purchased in the market if you have the fund, however it is the responsibility of electricity distribution companies to replace or repair their damaged or faulty transformer. |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by DivinegiftofGod: 3:22pm On Jan 16 |
TYCO77: Kinzo0917: Well you guys will not blame me for not knowing transformers are sold in the open market because all My life I have never experienced or witnessed the communities I lived in buying or contributing for transformer and hardly contribute ( except a few times) to repair because there are electricians in my area who always fix it whenever it goes bad and e no pass 100 each person. if we need a new one today it's just a matter of writing them and under three days they've brought and fixed it for us. Maybe you people are owing NEPA in your area. |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by Rrchrd(m): 3:52pm On Jan 16 |
Normally if they have strong outspoken street Chairman, the Chairman will write to NEPA then they will get it for free. |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by Mandate1: 4:02pm On Jan 16 |
nairalanda1:so all the houses in Nigeria with prepaid meters are not paying cost reflective Tarrif? Make una dey play. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 4:13pm On Jan 16 |
Mandate1:Abi! |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by dbestcno(m): 5:32pm On Jan 16 |
It's also the duty of your local government chairmen and federal representatives to buy for their communities. That's why I like former AMAC chairman Candido |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:35pm On Jan 16 |
Mandate1: That's the fact, and I am not lying. Power supply is divided into bands, Band A-d. Band A gets 18-20 hours of supply, Band D gets less than 6 hours...and Band A pays higher per kwh than Band B and so forth And yes, we don't pay cost reflective tarrif. That's why government is paying subsides to the power sector up till date. |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:35pm On Jan 16 |
kashmoneyz: Thank you. |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:35pm On Jan 16 |
obesse: If it makes you feel better, and sleep at night, continue. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by Mandate1: 5:44pm On Jan 16 |
nairalanda1:what is our minimum wage? How do you expect people earning little or nothing pay this cost reflective Tarrif? The least worker in UK earn £10.42 per hour. That's about #10, 000. If he works 5hrs per day, he earns £50 which is about #50, 000 per day. In 20 working days, dats about #1,000, 000. Electricity on average is £60 per month. So compare notes sir and see that Nigerians are even paying more. How can I earn #30, 000 per month and you expect me to pay cost reflective tariff? Àbi na wetin be dat ur grammar again. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:47pm On Jan 16 |
Rating: No, we are not a rich country. Rich countries use what they have to make stuff for the rest of the world. Poor countries most of the time sell raw materials to them rich countries, who in turn make them into products that cost more than the raw materials...which are sold back to the poor countries. The corruption makes matters worse. 3. Let's not forget that people have been buying transformers themselves (and paying the officials to install them) in the days of NEPA and PHCN Because the same issue of NEPA and PHCN not being allowed to charge cost reflective tarrifs was there back then It's part of the reason why NITEL collapsed and also why MTEL could not compete with glo and mtn and now airtel. Set prices. . 4. Let's not also forget the days of estimated billings. They were fleecing the populace like no man's business - maybe it went to private purses or government, no one can be sure. Estimated billing is a symptom of the problem caused by not charging cost reflective tarrifs. When you force a company to charge at a loss, it would sometimes use illicit methods to earn money. Especially when in addiiton to the poor tarrifs, most people aren't paying for power anyway. 5. No one (should) expect power to be free - anywhere in the world. And we also don't have to pay through our nose for electricity. Ha. the thing about a business is business does not care about how we feel. Business (sorry to be harsh), cares only about making a profit to pay shareholders, pay for improvements, and inventions, pay workers good enouf salaries, etc, etc....plus pay a nice pension for the CEO when he retires... If you were running a DISCO, would you let your customers set your price? Would you, if you were running any business, let your customer set your prices? No, because that would be unwise. 6. For the telcos, some will remember that they had very high billings in the early days of their operation in Nigeria. Some will also remember that they invested heavily in the emerging industry. Why have the DISCOs (and by extension, TCN and the GENCOs) not invested heavily in the industry? Why has foreign investors not embraced the local companies and make things better despite all the reforms in that sector? Obasanjo let telcos set any price they wanted. The government has not only not let DISCOS set their price,(Buhari even froze prices from 2017-19, while other costs eg gas went up...right), it has kept it below the cost of production, and it has done nothing about the 40% of people who are not paying for power. Meanwhile for telcos...you cannot use a phone unless you put money in it...and at their price. (and all the cheats have long since been closed up). Therein lies the difference between discos and telcos. 7. People will pay when they see value. This is common practice - even in Nigeria. And how would the business provide value when they are forced to sell at a loss, and when a large minority of their customers are not paying? GSM , no matter how much investment came in, it had to see some returns before they poured more money. Power, because of the price controls, even if they poured in billions, it would still lose money. Again, business. 8. Finally, when the leaders feel the heat that the masses feel, instead of making the AC work for all, they serve only themselves. Anyone who now expects the populace to not reject further billings in any way possible is just being hypocritical.[/quote] That's why you guys should do as I do, and not vote for PDP, APC, LP AND NNPP. (But you guys keep on doing so). 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:48pm On Jan 16 |
MadamExcellency: Good, so when you run your business selling bread, that you baked at N1000 a loaf, sell it at N100 to help the masses then] 2 Likes |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:49pm On Jan 16 |
missionmex: That is being done, and they have all the laws...but Nigerians violently resist any attempt to stop stealing of power...so here we are. Nigerians have to change their mindset, natch. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:49pm On Jan 16 |
Kukutente23: K. |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:51pm On Jan 16 |
soccerlite: Right, and if I call your family demons , and bloodsuckers, you would cry and rant. Don't act like a little child. You are not one. You can disagree with me, but you should not be so childish about it. You are not a demon nor is your family, anyway. Good alend. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 5:55pm On Jan 16 |
nairalanda1:Stop calling black, white. Stop calling red, green. Shikenan! |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:56pm On Jan 16 |
Mandate1: So, if you were running a business, you would charge below the price you bought it from the wholesaler, because everyone is earning minimum wage? How would you make enough profit to see returns on investment, pay your workers, pay taxes, pay yourself, expand your business, etc, etc. Business does not care about how much you earn in this world. It is either you can pay, or you can't. Or maybe you want government to do as they do in Europe and tax everyone between 40-50% of their income. Forget mininum wage, abeg. A UK worker earning mininum wage cannot live in a 10 bedroom house. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 5:56pm On Jan 16 |
Mandate1:No mind am. Pesin wey no know wetin E dey write. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 5:57pm On Jan 16 |
obesse: And, on a personal note, your abusiveness does not speak well of you. Good evening. I hate to do this, but you are a little abusive, and nasty. I am sure you are not like that in real life. You do not need to lose your head over simple facts. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 6:05pm On Jan 16 |
nairalanda1:What facts do you know? I own a prepaid meter and I am charged 67 Naira per unit. I load between 6,000 to 7000 Naira monthly, enough to power everything I use, including my pumping machine. On the other hand, the landlord next to my house does not have a prepaid meter. He receives a bill of 55,000 Naira monthly; and we are on the same transformer, using the same electric pole! Is that just? How can you defend your paymasters in this scenario? |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by nairalanda1(m): 6:06pm On Jan 16 |
obesse: Sorry, but I am no longer responding to you, because you are abusive and a bully. Tis good night from me. 1 Like |
Re: Whose Responsibility Is It To Replace Broken-Down Electricity Transformers? by obesse: 6:09pm On Jan 16 |
nairalanda1:Of course you cannot respond to me, because you understand that I am not gullible. Your propaganda cannot fool most people on Nairaland again, because we know better. Bye bye! |
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