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I think the real issue is when a government comes in their first term if they don’t tackle it head on promising they will take care of it in their second term, It appears and it seems so once they have a second term term secured they move the can down the pecking order order. Pushing the responsibility of fixing the power problem to the next incoming government.

This circle keeps repeating itself regime after regime.

Solution

Whoever wins the next elections must fix it in their first term otherwise Nigerian will vote them out.


Do you think this the solution of our power problems.

The power problem is a complex issue that has defied solutions for decades.

Generator importers
Cable vandals
Nepa boss having a filling station
Bribery and corruption

Just few of the complicated issues about the unstable electricity in Nigeria

That's why we need a good leader or president that is ready to take the bull by the horns, and that leader is Peter Obi.

That's is why most of the corrupt and low life politicians and their lackeys keep attacking him because they know once he gets the power, real changes start

Power can never be fixed. Its a can that will keep getting kicked down the road. The next person will also be promising to fix it. Its a neverending cycle.

That is true. The first thing any new President would do is to En-mass a huge war chest for their second term only to realise that after winning the elections there is not enough in the kitty to fix the problem they just do the usual by kicking the can further down for the next president to contend with.


Obi might be a good candidate considering he wants to do one term.

That was the plan by the LP government in Ekiti.

Nigeria's power problem has always been that only a minority of people pay cost reflective tarrifs, meaning the power sector cannot make enough profits to fix the thing.

Governments also aggravate the problem by forcing price controls on the power sector and then paying it a subsidy that in principle is supposed to cover the resulting losses, but in practice doesn't

The result is that gencos cannot meet their financial obligations because discos owe them money, due the fact that discos cannot raise enough money because Nigerians are 'poor'. The low revenue is also why discos can't afford to replace broken down transformers and power lines too...meaning Nigerians have to do it themselves

The next government must fix it in their first term otherwise Nigerian will vote them out. That's the solution.

Anither563:
The next government must fix it in their first term otherwise Nigerian will vote them out. That's the solution.

Thank you. This political football on power is getting embarrassing.

The next election is not even necessary as the current government would complete his 8 years.

Those who are already campaigning for 2027 election should first go and learn about the difference between campaigning and electioneering

The truth is Nigeria doesn't have the money to pay for a fully functional power sector with steady electricity. We are talking about billions of dollars here.
If they do so, how will they loot? See how much the former AG looted? See how much they are saying Ngige misappropriated? Now multiply this by countless public servants across all arms of the government for decades.
A report came out that since 1984, over 400 billion dollars of our common wealth has been looted. The black man is simply an embarrassment.

I think the solution is to build more dams and invest in renewable energy. The government should also ensure the existing plants are well maintained and functional.

KnowAll:
I think the real issue is when a government comes in their first term if they don’t tackle it head on promising they will take care of it in their second term, It appears and it seems so once they have a second term term secured they move the can down the pecking order order. Pushing the responsibility of fixing the power problem to the next incoming government.

This circle keeps repeating itself regime after regime.

Solution

Whoever wins the next elections must fix it in their first term otherwise Nigerian will vote them out.


Do you think this the solution of our power problems.

Whether 1st term or not what is the solution?

To my mind government cannot fix it without capital
It needs investment
Also people who invest need to make back their investment AND a profit
Before now electricity has been subsidised and even that the government is owing trillions
Yes trillions

Recently the government took steps to deal with that but the next step will necessarily involve price hikes

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/nigeria-approves-26-billion-electricity-sector-debt-refinancing-plan-2025-08-14/

More pain ahead

Whether Tinubu or any other president there is still a lot of bitter medicine ahead

A lot


I think the government action in dealing with the debt is a step in the right direction
Information is hoarded so citizens don't know what is going on

What is true is electricity can transform Nigeria but THAT REQUIRES CAPITAL

Billions of dollars that WE DO NOT HAVE

How can we persuade outsiders to bring in that kind of money?
It will not happen overnight

odejimioflagos:
I think the solution is to build more dams and invest in renewable energy. The government should also ensure the existing plants are well maintained and functional.

That is a theory
It is not well informed
Dams are not a solution to electricity àt all
But whatever the method it is a theory

The solution is the answer to the question
Who will pay for it and where will the money come from
Electricity generation MUST be profitable

At the moment it is not profitable it is subsidised
Government owes nearly $6 billion in electricity subsidy debt about 9 trillion Naira

Where is that money going to come from ?what is the Federal budget?

So the money can only come from the people using the electricity

The same kind of price hikes that we saw with petrol will need to happen to persuade another Dangote to enter power generation


Now back to the dam question
Dam which river?

The two major Rivers in Nigeria Benue and Niger do not originate in Nigeria

That means we don't control then

Any of the countries upstream can Dam those rivers or even divert them so they Don't enter Nigeria at all

I suggest you research the recently completed Dam on the Nile River in Ethiopia and the impact on Egypt

Apart from that even if our neighbours don't do that which is very unlikely, they will

Hydroelectric power is not that much

The biggest power plant in Nigeria for decades is the gas fired Thermal plant at Egbin in Lagos state. Almost double Kainji and more predictable
We have the gas and rather than building pipelines to Europe we should use it at home

It will still cost billi9ns and the investors needs a guarantee they will get their money back

That confidence will not return until the outstanding subsidy debt is cleared and prices are increased


Increased electricity prices will be very painful and politically costly for any president and his party

Renewables? The only one worth talking about is solar

It can help small or remote communal institutions

But is not a solution for industrialisation or massive population urban areas
It has to be gas and maybe coal
Nuclear is interesting but maybe in the future we are not ready today