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LeeSmart:
Then why should your president make a promise he wouldn't keep? Baba said we shouldn't vote for him for second term if he doesn't give up steady electricity. Now you're here speaking for the president saying the problem cannot be fixed in his first tenure.

Daniel bwala was right for saying once you join APC ur brain evaporate.

You didn't ask him why the President didn't take up the power portfolio like the did for petroleum if it's only him that can fix it

This was President Tinubu's words in 2012👇

June 12, 2013 by The Nation

PDP, Jonathan have failed Nigerians, says Tinubu

ACN leader lashes govt on economy, security
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges, especially poverty and insecurity, a leader of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said.

He said the Federal Government promised peace and security, but under its “unwatchful eye” insecurity has grown and Boko Haram “has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land”.


But, a bright future, he said, is on the horizon as the APC, which he called “the government in-waiting”, would rescue Nigeria from its confused state.


“As leaders of the new party and government in-waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us,” Tinubu said.

Nigerians, said Tinubu, have become increasingly divided as a people because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government continues to take faulty steps in addressing poverty and injustice.

“They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms,” the former Lagos State Governor told a packed audience inside the Grand Committee Ballroom, Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London on Monday. He identified failed policies on power, employment, economy and security as evidence of bad leadership.


Tinubu, the keynote speaker at the British African Diaspora Conference, spoke on “Leadership, national development and the people”.

He urged the Federal Government to apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations along with an active programme of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members.

He said rather than take this step, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction and indiscriminate use of force, which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency in three states.


“The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters, but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!”

To the fomer Lagos governor, if Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, its electoral system must be improved. He decried the fact that those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.


Said he: “Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman… A group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.

“With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.

“The NGF debacle symbolises a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers,” Tinubu said.

In his view, a great philosophical gulf separates the government from the progressives. “This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption.

“They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP-led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.”

Tinubu criticised Nigeria’s economic policies, saying the economy is being reconstructed “as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many” while the government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies as much of Europe.

“We are not Europe; we are a Third World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern.”

Tinubu said the people live in dire straits, yet the government would rather waste the money than spend it on public benefit because they do not believe the people deserve it.

He said the progressives would bring pragmatic solution to the country’s woes because in their approach to the political economy, they do not rely on textbook answers as they do not “live in textbooks.

He said: “We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences. Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.

“Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialise and diversify our economy

“It is for this reason – to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance – that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.”

According to Tinubu, because of the unfair nature of the electoral processes and the gross imbalance of its political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. “We must change this,” he said.

He said the progressives must move Nigeria away from a place where the whims and narrow wishes of self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people.

“On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election, for we shall offer the people an innovative programme consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets,” he said.

The former Lagos governor spoke of “the Glorious Nigerian Revolution”, which he said has nothing to do with force of arms.

His words: “The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings.

“We seek policies pointing in a progressive direction affording the average person a chance at a dignified life. This will be through the provision of gainful employment, quality education and essential social services for those who need the helping hand of government to survive.

“I see no shame in believing progressive government can improve the political economy and the lives of the people.”

chinex11:
you just exibuted the typical nigerian i better pass my neighbour mentality

Did you notice that general power generation has dropped from 6000mw to 2800mw? Alot of discos are receiving 0mw daily to distribute and you are here laughing because you have light in your estate and others are suffering. Lets wait till generation hits 0mw before Nigerians can talk abi

I merely shared my personal experience regarding the power situation. How you managed to twist that into some sort of “I’m better than my neighbour” mindset is honestly beyond me, and quite a stretch, even by your standards.

Freshtruth:
This man; Dr Bukola Saraki is one of the smartest politicians that I know.

Saraki just maintained that power should remain in the South in 2027.

The LP has officially zoned their presidential ticket to the South.

PDP has also zoned their presidential ticket to the South.

APC is also going South in 2027.

Meanwhile Atiku and his supporters want to take the ADC presidential ticket to the North.

ADC WILL IMPLODE AFTER THE CHAOTIC PRIMARIES COMING UP and….

May Nigeria win🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

What has this got to do with the topic under discussion??

You people seem to...let me stop here because if I say what is in my mind, Nairaland moderators plus spam bot go join hands ban me.

Mscheeeew

Richtaiwo:
From my understanding, if you are not indebted to the DisCos, you are unlikely to experience significant power issues. In my estate, electricity is available almost 24 hours a day, which makes it difficult for me to relate to the frequent complaints about power supply.

Even during a national grid collapse, the only noticeable impact in my estate is a slight reduction in daytime supply, we still have uninterrupted electricity throughout the night.

You are being economic with the Truth on this Power Sector Failure!
- Can we know your Estate,just tell Nigerians?
- this your Statement is Diversionary or are you saying you don't live in Nigeria ?

olyrayy:
You're probably on Band A.

Most people who aren't getting power have prepaid meters and aren't indebted.

Even those on Band A are complaining

Richtaiwo:
As I have said, whether you agree or not, I do not know how they manage it, but we do not experience the severe power shortages often exaggerated by misguided critics.

As for the term “estate,” it appears you misunderstand its meaning. Living in an estate does not imply residing in a mansion, you may wish to look up the correct definition.

The power shortages being experienced is no exaggeration. If anything, it is being understated.

Bluntemperor:
You are being economic with the Truth on this Power Sector Failure!
- Can we know your Estate,just tell Nigerians?
- this your Statement is Diversionary or are you saying you don't live in Nigeria ?

Lol.

I should describe my location on a public forum like nairaland? Tell me you are joking.

Ishilove:
What has this got to do with the topic under discussion??

You people seem to...let me stop here because if I say what is in my mind, Nairaland moderators plus spam bot go join hands ban me.

Mscheeeew

🤣 The word power is in the title of the thread and he is writing about power.

nairalanda1:
He is not laughing at you, and he is also right.

Band A users pay a cost reflective tarrif, that is very expensive (there are Band A users that gripe on this site about their power expenses)...and in the time of gas shortages...the discos priortise them over others.

That is because, again, they pay a cost reflective tarrif. Majority of Nigerians do not pay a cost reflective tarrif, and that's why the power sector is running at chronic losses and has not had money, enough money, to pay the gas companies since 2013. Government subsides that were at best supposed to pay part of the gas money have been irregular and for a while haven't been paid.

Had there been cost reflective tarrifs since 2014, even since 1993, or earlier, by now we all would be on band A level service.

very funny . . . Discos prioritize band A users indeed. Is it the second day of no light here or the 5 to 8 hours supply a day you tag priority for band A.

Sha I have reported the useless disco to nerc which I know nothing would be don about it in the end. No be Nigeria again, where corruption thrives and people like yourself come online to praise them. You are doing well oga.

Left to you, Nigerians should be paying 5k for 1 kwh. Transformers gat issue, citizens tax emself to fix it. Pole and wire, on the citizens. The same people you expect to pay premium. The premium fee self way few dey pay is nothing but a mirage.

Zee454:
Very nonsensical talk. Wetin they want make the man do? As if the former ministers of power were doing anything special when there was relatively stable supply.

The system itself is bad and it was just a matter of time before things got out of hand.. Make una free the man

look at our past ministers of power and u wonder why the sector is bad. When you put bankers, lawyers, economist in such position what do you expect.

SlavaUkraini:
https://dailypost.ng/2026/03/31/nigerias-power-sector-crisis-pressure-mounts-on-tinubu-to-sack-adelabu/

Repeating the same error and expecting different results...

Late Buhari for 8yrs could not solve power problems and that's after world bank loan.. and you engage the service of a SAN fashola.. what does he know about electricity..

Now emilokan too employed the service of an accountant... Whose ambition is to contest for Governorships 2027.

And you expect him to roll up his sleeves and tackle long aged erractic power issues.

Nigerians Joke too much..

These are the results of voting an incompetent president into power..it's a pity

Why is the FG still pursuing being the provider if electricity? This should be left to the States ...and the State to allow their cities to provide their own but have oversight. How much was spent so far on trying to provide basic electricity? ... how much has it improved if it has? This is not working...change of Minister makes no differ.

naptu2:
🤣 The word power is in the title of the thread and he is writing about power.

LMAAOOO!!

Whether they retain or sack him will make no difference.

Richtaiwo:
From my understanding, if you are not indebted to the DisCos, you are unlikely to experience significant power issues. In my estate, electricity is available almost 24 hours a day, which makes it difficult for me to relate to the frequent complaints about power supply.

Even during a national grid collapse, the only noticeable impact in my estate is a slight reduction in daytime supply, we still have uninterrupted electricity throughout the night.

+
Perhaps your estate is well situated and lucky then. No one can deny the power issues as you attempt to.

This boy, are you sure you will not also claim that Naija is doing so well that it's as good as Switzerland in all respects?

Because so long as BAT is in power looks like you will say so.

The Power Sector Failure In Nigeria:
The Major Problems of Erratic Power in Nigeria is - Corruption,
-Just like the NNPC and its Subsidiaries.
• that is why I said before that,
-If Dangote Did Not Established the Refinery and is running well,Many Nigerians Will Falsely Believes that Refinery Cannot Work In Nigeria.
- All the so called - GRID,TCN, GEMCO, DISCOS ( formerly NEPA) -Are All Fraudulent Institutions - Created For Making Monies for the BOYS and they should All go!
President Tinubu Cannot Claim that he is Not Aware that- these Power Sector IS THE DETERMINANTS OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION IN NIGERIA,
OR ,
WHY IS ASO ROCK wants to be USING SOLAR ie- purely to Get Things Done Quickly.
• Since the Various govt is have been Playing POLITICS with- this ALL IMPORTANT SECTOR,
-then the Best Approach is to Declare State of Emergency On The Power Sector in Nigeria - but they don't want to accept that it is a Failed Venture!
•For It is Lack of Light 🕯️ 🚨/ light in Our Homes and Offices in Nigeria- the very Reason WHY The Youths -Are In JAPA MODE OR SYNDROME And Millions Of Our Youths Can Get Employments,Fir there are no Creations of Jobs,For INVESTORS Can not Invest In A Country that CAN'T BOAST OF 24/7 LIGHT 🕯️!
•Imagine this Same Problem- since 1963/ Independence,No Solution till today because Our Past leaders inclusive and the Politicians too-are Not Sincere!
-They Don't Want Nigeria To Develop - by Playing Mouth 👄 service,because Nigeria Cannot Develop by buying Generators to Do Businesses in Nigeria!
Very Shameful Situation Indeed 😢 🥵

Gentlelife50:
You keep repeating this same things and jargons all the time, they have been increasing tarrifs over the years.

They never increase it to the level that would enable the power sector make enough of a profit to pay for improvements.

I guess you want government to set your prices.

Stop supporting these incompetent people to keep fleecing the masses, as long as you keep appointing incompetent and corrupt people if you like increase it to the highest money known to man it won't still work.

So, a business charging prices above the production cost means they are fleecing the masses.

It's like you support APC, since that is what they are doing right now.

Did you really go to school, dear boy?

Someone like Bath Nnaji was making significant progress then, but because of the corruption in the system he was bullied out yet u keep shouting increase tarif up and down.

Again, because he was not allowed to make the power sector set a cost reflective tarrif.

Also when Mr fashola was appointed as pwer minister all he did was keep increasing tarrifs all the time did it solve anything?

Again Fashola was not allowed to pass a cost reflective tarrif. Same problem since 1978, and even earlier.

Same as tinubu is doing now...not allowing the sector to charge a cost reflective tarrif.

You sure you went to school? Basic economics....

Rest and stop reposting these same thing all the time, encourage them to look for competent and reduce corruption and see things work.

Well, Nigeria has been making the same mistake over and over again, so I will repeat my comment over and over again

It costs over N210 to produce one kwh of power, and for most of the nation, the offical price is way below that N210 per kwh of power. Thus the power sector cannot make a profit to improve things.

Heck because of the chronic losses they have been making, they haven't been able to pay for the gas they use. That's why they do not have light

That is why the competent hands don't want to come. The few that came (the investors in the discos are for the most part competent)...have and continue to have their hands burnt.

Cost reflective tarrifs.

i thought they said he will resign by month end in other to start his DOA campaign.

Ray07:
very funny . . . Discos prioritize band A users indeed. Is it the second day of no light here or the 5 to 8 hours supply a day you tag priority for band A.

Yes, because discos have been losing a lot of money...because you want them to charge N70 for something that cost N210 to produce...a kwh of power. Some Nigerians want it free of charge.

And this is encouraged by government laws.

The result is no profits, and as a result, the discos cannot work well at all. Thus some band A areas have no light.

Even at full strength, the discos cannot give everyone good power.

It would cost N15 trillon annually over the next 5-10 years to fix things. The first step to getting that money is to pay a cost reflective tarrif, so that business people and banks would be ready to pay most of the financing because now there is a chance of ROI

Sha I have reported the useless disco to nerc which I know nothing would be don about it in the end. No be Nigeria again, where corruption thrives and people like yourself come online to praise them. You are doing well oga.

I'm not praising anyone, just pointing out that government policy of price controls in the power sector is why you don't have light.

It's been done everywhere...either there would be power supply issues with price controls, OR...there would be consistent light at the cost of a debt that would make Nigeria's look like chicken feed.

Left to you, Nigerians should be paying 5k for 1 kwh.

Not 5k, but the amount of money that would enable discos meet their obligations to you, their staff, their investors, their banks and also enable them pay for improvements and expansion and even pay for the gas.

Following the way you prefer is why discos are now in so much debt that they can't give you light, because the gas companies are tired of not being paid.

You guys want free electricity. It's not possible.

Transformers gat issue, citizens tax emself to fix it. Pole and wire, on the citizens. The same people you expect to pay premium. The premium fee self way few dey pay is nothing but a mirage.

Meanhile when a GSM antenna gets issue, the GSM company fixes it themselves...because in order to use a phone you pay a cost reflective tarrif.

The reason why you buy poles for your power company is because you don'tpay your disco a cost reflective tarrif

Gentlelife50:
You keep repeating this same things and jargons all the time, they have been increasing tarrifs over the years.
Stop supporting these incompetent people to keep fleecing the masses, as long as you keep appointing incompetent and corrupt people if you like increase it to the highest money known to man it won't still work.
Someone like Bath Nnaji was making significant progress then, but because of the corruption in the system he was bullied out yet u keep shouting increase tarif up and down.
Also when Mr fashola was appointed as pwer minister all he did was keep increasing tarrifs all the time did it solve anything?
Rest and stop reposting these same thing all the time, encourage them to look for competent and reduce corruption and see things work.

Don't mind nairalanda1. His mantra is increase tax, increase tarrifs always. He has nothing else to advocate to improve the lot of the poor masses that inhabit the country.

Where will the miserable and mostly unemployed citizens get the money to pay his beloved taxes and tariffs, and where are the saints who will judiciously manage the contributed money in a country filled with criminal treasury managers? He never consider that.

The useless power minister should be removed asap

Freshtruth:
This man; Dr Bukola Saraki is one of the smartest politicians that I know.

Saraki just maintained that power should remain in the South in 2027.

The LP has officially zoned their presidential ticket to the South.

PDP has also zoned their presidential ticket to the South.

APC is also going South in 2027.

Meanwhile Atiku and his supporters want to take the ADC presidential ticket to the North.

ADC WILL IMPLODE AFTER THE CHAOTIC PRIMARIES COMING UP and….

May Nigeria win🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

i know its ADHD persons that cant stay on topic

I am a Yoruba man and I support Tinubu but with recent happenings it seems he has lost track.He supposed to have sacked all these underperforming ministers and locked them up .
He should sack this werey and bring back Prof.Barth Nnaji

Why?
On what grounds?

Gentlelife50:
You keep repeating this same things and jargons all the time, they have been increasing tarrifs over the years.
Stop supporting these incompetent people to keep fleecing the masses, as long as you keep appointing incompetent and corrupt people if you like increase it to the highest money known to man it won't still work.
Someone like Bath Nnaji was making significant progress then, but because of the corruption in the system he was bullied out yet u keep shouting increase tarif up and down.
Also when Mr fashola was appointed as pwer minister all he did was keep increasing tarrifs all the time did it solve anything?
Rest and stop reposting these same thing all the time, encourage them to look for competent and reduce corruption and see things work.

That's part of the reason but not the only reason.
Most people in Nigeria don't know that power was privatize since 2013. The FG handed over 11 distribution companies and 6 generation companies to private investors. The goal was to improve the power sector. One of the investors that I was expecting to win failed the bid.
Till now what's the result?
Nobody complains about the telecoms industry, because it's in private hands. The government should be a regulator and should fully decentralized the power sector.
The major problem was how it was privatized, some of us complained then about the process and here we are today. The investors didn't invest and grow the industry.
Power was better with the government than these private investors. The question is why?
Now state governments can also get involved in the power industry. The FG should hands off completely and create policies that will enable growth in the sector.

dequir:
Don't mind nairalanda1. His mantra is increase tax, increase tarrifs always. He has nothing else to advocate to improve the lot of the poor masses that inhabit the country.

Because attempting to improve the lot of the poor masses on selling and using oil from just less than 2million barrels per day, has led to more debts, more problems and poor service, and even worsened corruption

It's time we tried something new.

Where will the miserable and mostly unemployed citizens get the money to pay his beloved taxes and tariffs, and where are the saints who will judiciously manage the contributed money in a country filled with criminal treasury managers? He never consider that.

Well, at the end of the day, it's going to take a long time to recover stolen money. The Abacha loot is still being recovered up till today, Court cases and recovery cases take time...so the idea that all the loot would magically return in one day, and solve all our problems is a myth

Plus, in 2001, when the same issues with looting and so forth happened, the Obasanjo government introduced GSM and told us we would be paying cost reflective tarrifs.

People complained that the masses would suffer
Back then people repeated that the government was insenstive and putting more pressure on the masses
Phone tarrifs at the begining were insane
My first ever SIM cost N7000 or more self. Phone was an additional lot of money.
And service was poor. For three years one could not call between networks. Calling landlines was a pain. And nothing like home internet, we all browsed at cafes for a lot of money mind you.

But because the GSM companies were allowed to charge the kind of tarrifs that you consider oppreseive, they made enough profit to attract investors, and improve and expand service, and constantly do so

Now while we don't have the perfect internet service, we do have a working telecoms and internet and so forth that is creating jobs and providing employment to millions directly and indirectly

Meanwhile, since 1978, we have been forcing the power sector to charge very low prices to make the masses happy, and the opposite has happened.

Road to gehenna is always paved with good intentions.

dequir:
Don't mind nairalanda1. His mantra is increase tax, increase tarrifs always. He has nothing else to advocate to improve the lot of the poor masses that inhabit the country.

Where will the miserable and mostly unemployed citizens get the money to pay his beloved taxes and tariffs, and where are the saints who will judiciously manage the contributed money in a country filled with criminal treasury managers? He never consider that.

That's one of the downsides of privatization. I don't know if you were aware of the fuel black market industry in Nigeria. That industry is dead and gone. There will always be fuel but what you can buy determines how much you have.
Businesses are after profits. If they can't make profits in the long term, you can't get the service. Think about telecommunications.
The investors in the power sector are not investing. What do you think is the reason?

Leboska:
tinubu internationally employs incompetent people & back them up with propaganda, go & check all his appointees is either people of questionable past or character or incompetent fellows. So forget the sack infact he'll even promote him.

You don't know what you are saying

We have 5,6 and more ministries performing like DX since 1999.

Aviation
Interior
Works
FCT
Marine economy
E.t.c...

Richtaiwo:
From my understanding, if you are not indebted to the DisCos, you are unlikely to experience significant power issues. In my estate, electricity is available almost 24 hours a day, which makes it difficult for me to relate to the frequent complaints about power supply.

Even during a national grid collapse, the only noticeable impact in my estate is a slight reduction in daytime supply, we still have uninterrupted electricity throughout the night.

what's the name of your estate