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Dr Ope Banwo @opebanwo

PRESIDENT TINUBU HIMSELF TOLD US WHY WE SHOULD NOT RE-ELECT HIM FOR SECOND TERM! - My legitimate beef with SOME hate filled Obidients aside (and that won’t end anytime soon🤷🏿‍♂️) … we all must still ask Mr President why should we be reelecting him when he has not kept his words,… pic.twitter.com/deGlh38AFT

— Dr. Ope Banwo (@opebanwo) June 14, 2025

you forgotten?
A- All
P- Promises
C- Cancelled

Oga Banwo, how do you define constant electricity. The electricity has been constant in the sense that most household got electricity everyday with more hours per day of constant power. Electricity has been readily and steadily available and for much more hours than it obtained previously.

[quote author=naptu2 post=135753466]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od18Lv9LLb8?si=xq1yYaRZ8j5Fa-Fu

Dr Ope Banwo @opebanwo

PRESIDENT TINUBU HIMSELF TOLD US WHY WE SHOULD NOT RE-ELECT HIM FOR SECOND TERM! - My legitimate beef with SOME hate filled Obidients aside (and that won’t end anytime soon🤷🏿‍♂️) … we all must still ask Mr President why should we be reelecting him when he has not kept his words,… pic.twitter.com/deGlh38AFT

— Dr. Ope Banwo (@opebanwo) June 14, 2025

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I'm waiting to see the reply of all the supporters of Tinubu on this matter

chidiokay:
Between the yeye old man and those urrchins defending him, it is hard to tell who is doing terrible job the most

They claim Tinubu reforms are working and economic is stable, ask them to show evidence, they will resort to obedient this, peter obi in Anambra, spilling gibberish

my brother the native doctor that did the job for Tinubu really strong I swear 95percent of yorubas are supporting the man ,even when they are really suffering . For 2 solid yrs nothing to show and am supporting the person, even if it's my brother i doubt

nairalanda1:
Actually they do. The senate president lists among his successes as a governor adding villages in his state to the grid. If they were as callous as you say, by now the government would have long since been removed by a true people's revolution ( my choice and a good idea)

The problem is , most of you don't want to pay for electricity at the market price. As at now, only band A customers pay for power at the market prices.

Government in turn is scared to charge for power at market prices . Because they are politicians who think of power before good decisions

It costs 170 naira to make one unit of power..80 percent of consumer pays below 170 naira per unit. No profit, no improvement.

Ghana, ivory coast and even South Africa pay at market price and have better power supply than us. And it is not as if they are rich....Ghananians disconnect from the mains supply deliberately sometimes to cut power costs.


Before you start, note that I do not mean that tinubu is a good leader or that corruption is not part of the problem..I am saying that all our problems with the power sector begin with lack of a cost reflective tarrif.

When you say it cost 170 naira to produce one unit of energy please what source came up with these and where as it being verified

if govt or disco are putting #170 as actual cost by there modus operandi can any of them be trusted,



companies lie on financial report to evade tax they could as well lie to inflate prime cost just to expliot and maximize gain

I ask again have that #170 being verified or it is just what they tell us

chidiokay:
When you say it cost 170 naira to produce one unit of energy please what source came up with these and where as it being verified

if govt or disco are putting #170 as actual cost by there modus operandi can any of them be trusted,



companies lie on financial report to evade tax they could as well lie to inflate prime cost just to expliot and maximize gain

I ask again have that #170 being verified or it is just what they tell us

You can find out, because your question is rhetorical. It isn't asked with a genuine desire to gain knowledge, and having met far too many of you asking same question, and when I give my answer, you accuse me of lying or you say my source is fake, or you tell a long tale of poverty and oppression...I ain't answering your question.

But I will tell you this, if you believe that government should control prices to help the poor, as you do...then consider the example of many socialist and communist countries and their end.

Good luck.

Okechinwadike:
my brother the native doctor that did the job for Tinubu really strong I swear 95percent of yorubas are supporting the man ,even when they are really suffering . For 2 solid yrs nothing to show and am supporting the person, even if it's my brother i doubt

Naa this junction me nd you go disagree, i am yoruba and i castigate TINUBU everyday despite i voted him

if you look into the past two years, the popular voices that have called out Tinubu the most are the Yorubas

Recently the 1st lady and Tinubu were seen in the East dancing and being celebrated, can you recall any event in south remi or Tinubu dance among the people in south in 2yrs

Tinubu now comes to lagos low key, no more meeting the crowd, cos he knows yorubas can embrass him on tv. lets keep tribalism off the conversation

Achieving constant electricity is not for small small children. Only Peter Obi can do it.

femi4:
NL is now full of kids...so disappointing

Really? And you can tell my age by…?

Stay on the issue, age has nothing to do with the question asked o ancient of days. Answer the poster’s earlier question on “generating results” without counting votes.

doncartel:
Achieving constant electricity is not for small small children. Only Peter Obi can do it.

The way he did it in Anambra, someone who by 2023 presidential election campaign didn't know what is green energy.

chidiokay:
You are the one just being illogical here, you couldnt even juxtapose "cheap" as your instrument of scale are not tenable

Affordable is what people pay without groaning, check customers on Band B who finds 20k per week on a interrupted electricity funny, can you pay it cheerful

You can't displace the true measure of affordability which is minimum wage and per capital income

Those Mint and Brics nation you keep reiterating check there minimum wage and per capital income .. what the convenience rate to pay $200, $300 bills do the same for Nigeria and lets see you validate cheap here

You're dodging logic. You can't scream "unaffordable" while refusing every valid comparison. Compared to West African countries—same income range—Nigeria’s electricity is cheaper. You dismissed that. So I showed BRICS and MINT—richer nations—and guess what? Still cheaper. That’s consistency, not cherry-picking.

You said "affordable means no one groans." Come on. People complain about bills everywhere. That’s not a measure, that’s emotion.

Yes, minimum wage matters—but you're using it to block any real analysis. Countries with higher wages pay more per kWh. So what’s the excuse?

You can't argue price without comparison. You can't ignore data and claim logic. Nigeria has some of the lowest rates regionally and globally. That’s a fact, whether you like the cost or not.

Drop the goalpost shifting. Either debate with data or don’t debate at all.

nairalanda1:
Expecting power supply to be good on 5000 mw daily is like expecting me to be married to the last ten Miss Universe winners and runners up at once.

Power is still bad. Make we no pretend. Even if we want to shout band A, is it right to celebrate that less than 20% of consumers have light?

Moving major sectors like ,Aso rock , federal universities from national gride contribute to the success of stable electricity .

jmoore:
Na coastal highway be his priority when Nigeria is having average of 5,000 megawatts on national grid.

Misplaced priority powered by ineptitude.

The billion of dollars the former government spent on electricity, what's the outcome??

If we want a better Nigeria. Individuals need to change thier mindset. We all have role to play.

Okechinwadike:
my brother the native doctor that did the job for Tinubu really strong I swear 95percent of yorubas are supporting the man ,even when they are really suffering . For 2 solid yrs nothing to show and am supporting the person, even if it's my brother i doubt

I always wonder why people always say nothing to show.pls tell me where you base and I will tell you variable things you can see except you decide to close your eyes

chidiokay:
Naa this junction me nd you go disagree, i am yoruba and i castigate TINUBU everyday despite i voted him

if you look into the past two years, the popular voices that have called out Tinubu the most are the Yorubas

Recently the 1st lady and Tinubu were seen in the East dancing and being celebrated, can you recall any event in south remi or Tinubu dance among the people in south in 2yrs

Tinubu now comes to lagos low key, no more meeting the crowd, cos he knows yorubas can embrass him on tv. lets keep tribalism off the conversation

bros thanks for your response but the percentage I gave is exactly, I don't mean to undermine the yorubas outside social media I interact with many 1 on 1 their defending is terrible

So it's Tinubu within 2 years now the person to fix electricity headache that started since IBB era ba? Oga Banwo keep your vote OK go snd vote for those fraudster who has nothing to offer themselves talkless of Nigeria.

I remember years back the first language a child will first learn and speak fluently is "UP NEPA" those who were born in that era will understand that word and Tinubu never enter full time politics as at that era so why should I now blame Tinubu for power failure?

The two Hyena fraudster(atiku and obi) deceiving gullible people like you are the same 2 Hyena demons that owned the largest importation of "Generator" license in Nigeria then comes out and tell you oh I will fix light, have you ever seen a man who will block his own source of income to pleases the public?

Keep your vote Mr Banwo, your name sound familiar to a family from Ondo state I used to know then, better you think proper and act like someone with correct reflex.

Mind you I'm not saying I'm.happy with the way electricity supply is infact I personally don't like that useless Adelabu called power minister and he will be fired soon but at that I can't blame Tinubu 100% on power failure Atiku and Obj swallowed $16billion on rlectricity supply fund unaccounted for till today and same thief atiku telling me he will fix power, how?

Paramount01:
Moving major sectors like ,Aso rock , federal universities from national gride contribute to the success of stable electricity .

It won't unfortunately. We will still be generating 5000 mw.

The experts say that to give everyone connected to the grid now 24/7 power...the amount needed is 32000MW

To hook up the entire country...so that everywhere has light, even the remote village in the mountains....88000 MW.

The only way is by the government deregulating power, which while it means that we may have to pay as high as N300 per unit, if not more, would attract the kind of investment that would get us there. Government polices like what tinubu is doing now scare away investors, because unfortunately investors don't like anything subsidy or price control.

Paramount01:
I always wonder why people always say nothing to show.pls tell me where you base and I will tell you variable things you can see except you decide to close your eyes

tell me something substantial everybody in Nigeria benefited in 2yrs I will gift you $100

Guestmale:
The way he did it in Anambra, someone who by 2023 presidential election campaign didn't know what is green energy.

The states are barely managing to pay salaries so I blame the federal government more for their low-iq macro-economic management.

jmoore:
Na coastal highway be his priority when Nigeria is having average of 5,000 megawatts on national grid.

Misplaced priority powered by ineptitude.

At times, it looks like there is a national voodoo being used to control and manipulate Nigerians.
I can't tell why people are hoodwinked so hard.

Just check this thread, you would see people whose futures have been mortgaged still breathing to defend him.
How do you defend and live to defend failure?

lionshare:
You're dodging logic. You can't scream "unaffordable" while refusing every valid comparison. Compared to West African countries—same income range—Nigeria’s electricity is cheaper. You dismissed that. So I showed BRICS and MINT—richer nations—and guess what? Still cheaper. That’s consistency, not cherry-picking.

You said "affordable means no one groans." Come on. People complain about bills everywhere. That’s not a measure, that’s emotion.

Yes, minimum wage matters—but you're using it to block any real analysis. Countries with higher wages pay more per kWh. So what’s the excuse?

You can't argue price without comparison. You can't ignore data and claim logic. Nigeria has some of the lowest rates regionally and globally. That’s a fact, whether you like the cost or not.

Drop the goalpost shifting. Either debate with data or don’t debate at all.

Alol !! Affordable is a subject of purchasing power which is highly determine by minimum wage, thats fact not me

Nigerian economy as bad as it is the richest in west africa, therefore insinuating same income range is untrue and even a shame

You can't posit cheap in Brics or Us ... base on your useless naira value convertion i made that explicitly clear, Govt try to play clever esp. in this area

When it comes to juxtaposing their is no true value comparison without " Minimum wage" as scale of measurement ...
countries with higher wages might pay more per kwh, But you forget they dont pay for darkness and "zapping" of units is non existence. you pay per use accurately beat that

You can compare prices all you want But you cant posit "cheap" using naira rate .., cheap is relative

If Nigeria have the lowest rate, considering our Poverty rate should it have being higher ! egbami
Globally Nig have one of the poorest electricity generation so why the heck should the rate not commensurate low

what data man, you can't posit ,"cheap" outside minimum wage. no prof. will dare

Paramount01:
Lokoja Abuja road is under construction and the same with Benin to Auchi

Yea. Right. It's been under construction since my final year in university about 15yrs ago. Now it's totally unmotorable. As in no cars can drive through. Keep deceiving yourself.

chidiokay:
Alol !! Affordable is a subject of purchasing power which is highly determine by minimum wage, thats fact not me

Nigerian economy as bad as it is the richest in west africa, therefore insinuating same income range is untrue and even a shame

You can't posit cheap in Brics or Us ... base on your useless naira value convertion i made that explicitly clear, Govt try to play clever esp. in this area

When it comes to juxtaposing their is no true value comparison without " Minimum wage" as scale of measurement ...
countries with higher wages might pay more per kwh, But you forget they dont pay for darkness and "zapping" of units is non existence. you pay per use accurately beat that

You can compare prices all you want But you cant posit "cheap" using naira rate .., cheap is relative

If Nigeria have the lowest rate, considering our Poverty rate should it have being higher ! egbami
Globally Nig have one of the poorest electricity generation so why the heck should the rate not commensurate low

what data man, you can't posit ,"cheap" outside minimum wage. no prof. will dare

Look, if you can’t stick to logic, numbers, and cold data, this debate isn’t for you. I’m not interested in emotions—I want real progress.

Even by your own minimum wage standard, Nigeria is about average in West Africa. Yet Nigeria has the cheapest electricity at Band B, with Bands C and E even cheaper. Ghana, with lower wages, pays more. That’s fact, not opinion.

Yes, converting wages and prices to USD for comparison is standard economics—no excuse to reject it.

Electricity in Band A areas has improved. Our focus should be on removing subsidies and moving everyone to market-reflective prices. It’s better to pay a bit more for reliable power than to have cheap, unreliable electricity—or none at all.

And remember, alternative power sources cost way more than grid electricity. So arguments about affordability need to be grounded in facts, not feelings or excuses.

lionshare:
Look, if you can’t stick to logic, numbers, and cold data, this debate isn’t for you. I’m not interested in emotions—I want real progress.

Even by your own minimum wage standard, Nigeria is about average in West Africa. Yet Nigeria has the cheapest electricity at Band B, with Bands C and E even cheaper. Ghana, with lower wages, pays more. That’s fact, not opinion.

Yes, converting wages and prices to USD for comparison is standard economics—no excuse to reject it.

Electricity in Band A areas has improved. Our focus should be on removing subsidies and moving everyone to market-reflective prices. It’s better to pay a bit more for reliable power than to have cheap, unreliable electricity—or none at all
And remember, alternative power sources cost way more than grid electricity. So arguments about affordability need to be grounded in facts, not feelings or excuses.

why should Nigeria be richest economy in west africa and average in minimum wage ... are you really being logical

Like i said " cheap" is relative, maybe you should try digest that 1st and except you can give me an illustration of expensive in ghana or ethiopia, anywhere citing there minimum wage


Conversion of rate to juxatpose "cheap" is what is not tenable in "All". i can collate data to juxtapose richest economy, fast growing ... but " cheap" its debateable

As total removal of subsidy on fuel, optimise fuel production or enforce efficiency why should i believe market reflective price will guarantee stable supply when i know our transmission capacity and generation capacity are not adequate to withstand 24hrs supppy to All, why fool ourselves

What about corruption, will subsidy is gone just fix that. in a country where system and regulatory bodies are inactive how do we actualize consumption reflective tariff, or you think the world evolves only around cost reflective.

Under Tinubu have the price not being hiked, does it look like paying more improved anything, should i remind you how many times national grid collapse n why

Timmi:
Oga Banwo, how do you define constant electricity. The electricity has been constant in the sense that most household got electricity everyday with more hours per day of constant power. Electricity has been readily and steadily available and for much more hours than it obtained previously.

Where is this everyday electricity you're seeing? Anyway, my oga is working very well for Nigerians to enjoy the country

chidiokay:
Alol !! Affordable is a subject of purchasing power which is highly determine by minimum wage, thats fact not me

Nigerian economy as bad as it is the richest in west africa, therefore insinuating same income range is untrue and even a shame

You can't posit cheap in Brics or Us ... base on your useless naira value convertion i made that explicitly clear, Govt try to play clever esp. in this area

When it comes to juxtaposing their is no true value comparison without " Minimum wage" as scale of measurement ...
countries with higher wages might pay more per kwh, But you forget they dont pay for darkness and "zapping" of units is non existence. you pay per use accurately beat that

You can compare prices all you want But you cant posit "cheap" using naira rate .., cheap is relative

If Nigeria have the lowest rate, considering our Poverty rate should it have being higher ! egbami
Globally Nig have one of the poorest electricity generation so why the heck should the rate not commensurate low

what data man, you can't posit ,"cheap" outside minimum wage. no prof. will dare

Lol, I'm here laughing cheaply while enjoying your conversation with that guy, the guy was just hanging on a leave.

chidiokay:
why should Nigeria be richest economy in west africa and average in minimum wage ... are you really being logical

Like i said " cheap" is relative, maybe you should try digest that 1st and except you can give me an illustration of expensive in ghana or ethiopia, anywhere citing there minimum wage


Conversion of rate to juxatpose "cheap" is what is not tenable in "All". i can collate data to juxtapose richest economy, fast growing ... but " cheap" its debateable

As total removal of subsidy on fuel, optimise fuel production or enforce efficiency why should i believe market reflective price will guarantee stable supply when i know our transmission capacity and generation capacity are not adequate to withstand 24hrs supppy to All, why fool ourselves

What about corruption, will subsidy is gone just fix that. in a country where system and regulatory bodies are inactive how do we actualize consumption reflective tariff, or you think the world evolves only around cost reflective.

Under Tinubu have the price not being hiked, does it look like paying more improved anything, should i remind you how many times national grid collapse n why

You’re confused. First Nigeria’s economy is too big for West Africa, now you're shocked wages aren't higher? Make it make sense.

You chant “cheap is relative” but dodge every valid comparison—West Africa, BRICS, income vs rates. You reject data because it ruins your narrative.

Ghana pay more with less income. That’s less affordable. Simple math—not your strong suit, clearly.

You cry about corruption and grid failures like that justifies broken pricing. It doesn’t. Pricing isn't the whole fix, but without it, nothing moves.

Band A areas now get light. It’s not theory—it’s working where applied. You just prefer cheap blackout over costly progress.

You’re not debating—you’re ranting. No logic, no structure, just noise.

This convo’s done. Come back when you’ve got data, not feelings.

It easy to say stuffs. Nigeria has a lot of poor people based on record. Can we the poor Nigerians actually pay for electricity? The purpose of energy is for productivity that should bring comfort. A lot of us are actually not productive or planning to be productive. It'll be smart to push for transparency in electricity consumption. Let's pay only for what we consume. The very day Mushin is upgraded to to the standard of Ikoyi, Mushin becomes inaccessible to the poor. Let's think and stop all this over emotional way solving real problem.

doncartel:
The states are barely managing to pay salaries so I blame the federal government more for their low-iq macro-economic management.

So it's the faulty of the fg, are they not collecting monthly allocations from the fg and are they not generating any igr.

nairalanda1:
Expecting power supply to be good on 5000 mw daily is like expecting me to be married to the last ten Miss Universe winners and runners up at once.

Power is still bad. Make we no pretend. Even if we want to shout band A, is it right to celebrate that less than 20% of consumers have light?

If 20% is guaranty of having stable light within the first 2 years ,and the president can build on that ,I don't think is a very bad begining.Mind you ,I am less concerned about the affordability ,I am just concerned about the availability.We can keep on subsidizing what is not efficient

EmiloCorn:
Where is this everyday electricity you're seeing? Anyway, my oga is working very well for Nigerians to enjoy the country

Average band A customer enjoy light minimum of 20hrs a day and theya re 20%