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No thanks to APC. All Promises Cancelled.
One remembers 2014 when Bola Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari promised 24hours electricity if they were elected to take over Nigeria.

But light dey where I dey now Ooo. Abi no be Nigeria I dey?

Nigeria has the highest population of black people in the world so what do you expect.
Nigerian population is growing at an alarming rate without growing GDP to match the population. It's only going to get worse. It's common sense.

SmartPolician:
Nigeria is a FAILED state....

It's politicians pretend they don't know because they are sharing crude oil proceeds among themselves.
If Nigeria is in Europe, the politicians would have since dissolved the dysfunctional Nigeria.

Racoon:
Meanwhile, the stupid loquacious minister of power in the present epileptic power supply government said about 40% Nigerian citizens are enjoying 24 hours electricity everyday.

There is a mixup. He didn’t say about 40% of Nigerian citizens, what he said was that 40% of NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS. He did not mention 40% of ENTIRE POPULATION OF NIGERIA. Thanks

onuman:
No thanks to APC. All Promises Cancelled.
One remembers 2014 when Bola Tinubu and Muhammadu Buhari promised 24hours electricity if they were elected to take over Nigeria.

Yes, typical liars

But you are also saying that PDP was not giving us 24 hours power , otherwise the Stick and Frog eyes would not have been able to make that promise.

Either tinubu is continuing the good work of PDP and Jonathan in not giving us power.., or you PDP, APC, BIafra, OOdua, sharia compliant, obidients, etc etc accept the cold reality that if you pay below the production cost of something, can't expect it to work well.

Helinues the cheap propagandist will avoid threads like this.

overall90:
This is what we have been shouting.
Provide stable and affordable electricity,fix the refineries or build new ones, kill corruption and watch the economy grow but ronu miscreants and their bulaba government said it's by spending 15 trillion on coastal highway that will turn Nigeria into a world class economy.

and we borrowed the 15 trillion naira oo

iwaeda:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/10/19/nigeria-has-the-highest-number-of-people-living-without-electricity-globally-akinwunmi-adesina/

If obi made this statement they will call him all sorts of names but thank God it's coming from someone else

And yet, people who have access to electricity can't really use it. 1k for 4 units, bandits A

Racoon:
Meanwhile, the stupid loquacious minister of power in the present epileptic power supply government said about 40% Nigerian citizens are enjoying 24 hours electricity everyday.

Nope 40 percent of consumers hooked up to the grid

And the reason is simple. They are paying above market price, and the DISCOS give them lots of power in return.

Pay for something, expect to get it.

If you guys want power to imporve, first, get your head out of the political manure, because this ain't about APC vs PDP...second, realize that subsides are not supposed to be paid for by loans and more loans, and third, either we pay market price for power or we forget about 24 hours a day power.

richiemcgold:
A stable, accessible, reliable and affordable electricity supply will surely solve 70% of Nigeria's economic problem. That's the fact!

I keep saying it, we don't really need oil subsidy anymore. Two things that needed to be subsided at this moment by the Nigerian government are power supply and quality education.

If we don't find a way to stop naira from daily falls, all other efforts will just be a waste. Hyper inflation and naira losing value everyday is a major disaster

Electricity is essential for industrialization. Buhari was a terrible president/leader, but he gave governors the opportunity to be saviours by allowing states to produce their own power. All the grammar about economy is useless without stable source of Energy. The amount of energy a country uses is the true measure of development. Unfortunately, we have lazy, visionless governors still heavily dependent on FG. Electricity/Energy is what will bring jobs, will bring REAL MANUFACTURING. I mean manufacturing of ships, planes, etc that employs over 100,000 human beings. Boeing alone has over 50,000 workers, there are other huge companies like Lockheed Martin, Tesla, General Motors, Texas Instruments, Intel etc. That's why developed countries need more workers ; they don't have humans to do menial jobs!

richiemcgold:
A stable, accessible, reliable and affordable electricity supply will surely solve 70% of Nigeria's economic problem. That's the fact!

I keep saying it, we don't really need oil subsidy anymore. Two things that needed to be subsided at this moment by the Nigerian government are power supply and quality education.

we should demand OBJ refunds our $16bn he spent on electricity

This is indeed a very bad news.

iwaeda:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/10/19/nigeria-has-the-highest-number-of-people-living-without-electricity-globally-akinwunmi-adesina/

richiemcgold:
A stable, accessible, reliable and affordable electricity supply will surely solve 70% of Nigeria's economic problem. That's the fact!

I keep saying it, we don't really need oil subsidy anymore. Two things that needed to be subsided at this moment by the Nigerian government are power supply and quality education.

Power is not affordable.

It costs billions to build a power station...and even more to upgrade grids. Right now the UK is building a giant nuclear power plant. If I tell you the cost, you would scream.

It costs billions to maintain the stuff needed to keep the grid running, because one is not going to build a grid and expect it to work like that for centuries without breaking down. PLus all the components are imported, and companies that make them demand cash first.

I mean one of our new power stations...they had to design the turbines to our specs and the buildings to house them, and that cost a lot of money, before we began the building process (It is online by the way).

LIke I say here many times, it costs 160 NAIRA at least to make one kwh of power. Only 40% of consumers pay anywhere above that. Most of us pay below N100 per kwnh, and 40-50% don't even pay.

As a result the discos are not making the kind of profit that would enable them to pay for imporvements, or new gen systems.

And you expect miracles with their low profits.

If you like, you can shout and call me agbado. But the truth is, unless we are ready to pay above N160 per kwh or more, we are not going to get anything like 24/7 power.

And if you like, we can yowl all day about subsides in Europe and the USA...which apart from the fact that they do not apply to everyone, are paid for by the kind of taxation, that if Frog eyes were to implement it here, y'all would be screaming blue murder.

Nazgul:
At this point I feel the various Discos across the country should scarp Band A and leave all their customers on Band B.

Cos asking people to pay over 100k for darkness every month is wickedness. Nigerians should hit the streets and protest.

If and when people decide to protest, some unfortunate ones will tribalize it

nairalanda1:
Power is not affordable.

It costs billions to build a power station...and even more to upgrade grids. Right now the UK is building a giant nuclear power plant. If I tell you the cost, you would scream.

It costs billions to maintain the stuff needed to keep the grid running, because one is not going to build a grid and expect it to work like that for centuries without breaking down. PLus all the components are imported, and companies that make them demand cash first.

I mean one of our new power stations...they had to design the turbines to our specs and the buildings to house them, and that cost a lot of money, before we began the building process (It is online by the way).

LIke I say here many times, it costs 160 NAIRA at least to make one kwh of power. Only 40% of consumers pay anywhere above that. Most of us pay below N100 per kwnh, and 40-50% don't even pay.

As a result the discos are not making the kind of profit that would enable them to pay for imporvements, or new gen systems.

And you expect miracles with their low profits.

If you like, you can shout and call me agbado. But the truth is, unless we are ready to pay above N160 per kwh or more, we are not going to get anything like 24/7 power.

And if you like, we can yowl all day about subsides in Europe and the USA...which apart from the fact that they do not apply to everyone, are paid for by the kind of taxation, that if Frog eyes were to implement it here, y'all would be screaming blue murder.

Excuses excuses and more excuses.

Naija breaking records back to back.

Thundafireseun:
How old are you??

150

This man and Cho Cho president of Africa bank of agriculture for more than 6yrs now yet Africa still imports more than 80% of what they consume. It so easy to read from book until time to bring it to reality.

CrossRhodes:
Excuses excuses and more excuses.

Yeah, like I said,.can't accept the truth


At the end, when your side.wins, you can always blame sabotage

Pearl before swine

Before nko? Is Nigeria not headquarter of darkness? And the foolish ones will tell you, no place like Nigeria.

To support the implementation of Nigeria’s power sector recovery program, the bank provides Nigeria with $200 million for the Nigerian electrification project which is designed to fill the country’s electricity access gap.

Especially in the SE , Their leaders both present and past don't care about them unlike in the SS, SW, BC, NE, NW.

It's well with our brothers

Ikaeniyan0:
The minister is right

Balderdash

iwaeda:
https://nairametrics.com/2024/10/19/nigeria-has-the-highest-number-of-people-living-without-electricity-globally-akinwunmi-adesina/

Please the Minister of Power should respond to this

GorillaApp:
Of course that's all you can do. Call the mods. Spineless baby. Why not stand and take the heat like a man

You go explain tire