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The Nigeria Youth Forum (NYF) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to revoke the licences of underperforming electricity distribution companies (DisCos) and invite credible investors with the technical capacity and financial credibility to rescue the country’s ailing power sector.

This call comes amid growing public dissatisfaction over the persistent inefficiencies in Nigeria’s electricity supply and the widely criticized privatization model that, according to stakeholders, has failed to deliver value for money to the Nigerian populace.


Recall that the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, had said lack of investments by DisCos was frustrating the government’s reforms.
Speaking during a press briefing on Friday, the National President of NYF, Comrade Toriah Olajide Filani, expressed deep concern over the sector’s dismal output.


He said the total electricity supplied to Nigeria’s population of over 200 million people is significantly lower than the power supply allocated to a single international airport in Europe.


Filani said, “Compare the Amsterdam International Airport with Nigeria as a whole. The power available at that airport alone surpasses Nigeria’s entire national grid output.


“This reflects poorly on our leadership and infrastructure planning. When you also look at Jeddah International Airport and compare it to the Nigerian situation, you cannot help but feel disheartened. Nigeria claims to be the giant of Africa, yet its power generation capacity tells a different story.”

He further stated that although Nigeria currently generates about 6,000 megawatts of electricity, only about 5,000 megawatts can be distributed due to obsolete infrastructure and the failure of DisCos to invest in essential distribution materials.

This bottleneck, according to the Forum, continues to cripple the nation’s power delivery system and frustrates economic growth.


The Forum maintained that if the country fails to address the crisis in the power sector now, it might miss its last chance to salvage the situation, adding that continuous self-deception will only deepen the suffering of Nigerians under a system that is no longer sustainable.

“The time for power sector reform is now or never. We cannot continue to deceive ourselves. If we can’t fix electricity now under the new Electricity Act and investment roadmap, then we may never get it right again,” Filani declared.

Beyond criticism, the Forum recommended a strategic and solution-driven approach to resolving the crisis. It emphasized the need for the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to enforce a performance-based regulatory framework that holds DisCos accountable to clear benchmarks in customer service, infrastructure investment, and energy distribution efficiency.


According to the group, licences should be subjected to periodic reviews, and any operator found wanting should be replaced by more competent and transparent investors.

The NYF also proposed the creation of a DisCo Recovery Task Force, mandated to audit past investments and operational records of distribution companies since privatization.

Source: https://dailytrust.com/Forum-laments-power-sector-woes-calls-for-revocation-of-DisCos-licences

This disco wahala is one the numerous problems bequeathed to Nigeria by the Goodluck Jonathan government.

The power sector is not strategic for their reelection bid so they won't really care

The government that has budgeted 10billion for solar installation in the aso rock has no plans to improve the power sector in the country

Discos has failed they should be desolved

Cho cho cho na so una dey yan

The once wey get light fit pay?

The thing is too high joor

Discos are doing well... Dnt let anyone tell u anyone will do better..

The problem is with the marketing... Nigerians are too poor to pay for light

bigpicture001:
Discos are doing well... Dnt let anyone tell u anyone will do better..

The problem is with the marketing... Nigerians are too poor to pay for light

The things we read on Nairaland ehn.

Just imagine this

Lol

All the discos are underperforming and overcharging consumers of electricity.

They seem to think they can solve all their woes by taking more and more money from the people.

We are already overstretched. You can't take money from someone who has no more money left.

Meanwhile, the vital part of this story is the electricity. We are not seeing it.

In the midst of days at a time without light, AEDC Hiace bus with a red ladder on the top swings by our estate daily, seeking for whom they may devour. Today they are knocking your gate to check who bypassed the meter.

Next week, they are there to conduct a census.

Another time, they are aimlessly driving around with their van and ladder combo. It truly pains them that we all have meters in my area. They tried forcing band A on us, we fought back robustly and won.

Na them go tire.

AdesegunSanni89:
This disco wahala is one the numerous problems bequeathed to Nigeria by the Goodluck Jonathan government.

what is thinubu doing about it
HEY WU

The Tinubu attention and priority is 2027 selection

The government they're appealing to is one of the worst delinquents, owing the discos hundreds of billions in unsettled bills.

Abaziaka:
The power sector is not strategic for their reelection bid so they won't really care

The government that has budgeted 10billion for solar installation in the aso rock has no plans to improve the power sector in the country

Yes because the cost of electricity in Aso Rock in a month is enough to provide solar power...a reasonable leader will prefer that as the best option. The power sector privatization was a disaster

AdesegunSanni89:
This disco wahala is one the numerous problems bequeathed to Nigeria by the Goodluck Jonathan government.

If the decision isn't good why has tinubu and even his predecessor reformed it for better. We too like blaming people

adenigga:
Source: https://dailytrust.com/Forum-laments-power-sector-woes-calls-for-revocation-of-DisCos-licences

This is one of Atiku's legacies. He still wants to come around to give us more.

mekuso89:
Cho cho cho na so una dey yan

The once wey get light fit pay?

The thing is too high joor

Lol, that is not true! Nigerians get the cheapest electricity of anywhere in the world. I recently got my girlfriend a 3-bed room flat in Lagos and for over four months she has not used 60K of the 100K naira prepaid credit. The Light is off and on but the NEPA has been pretty much consistent of giving light everyday in her area. Whereas, me in oversea has spent the average of $1,100 on electricity bills within 4 months. I think Nigerians pay more buying petroleum gas than paying for electricity. It should have been other way round.

akigbemaru:
Lol, that is not true! Nigerians get the cheapest electricity of anywhere in the world. I recently got my girlfriend a 3-bed room flat in Lagos and for over four months she has not used 60K of the 100K naira prepaid credit. The Light is off and on but the NEPA has been pretty much consistent of giving light everyday in her area. Whereas, me in oversea has spent the average of $1,100 on electricity bills within 4 months. I think Nigerians pay more buying petroleum gas than paying for electricity. It should have been other way round.

Bro to get get 10k for electricity bill is hard in this country. Economy bad no be small