₦airaland Forum

Nov 3rd, 2014 – Again President Jonathan
Failed To Fulfill Promise To Fix Electricity
Problem In Nigeria
Speaking with United Nations diplomats on
Monday, 31st January 2011 in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, President Goodluck Jonathan made
this promise:
“If I’m voted into power, within the next four
years, the issue of power will become a thing
of the past. Four years is enough for anyone in
power to make a significant improvement and
if I can’t improve on power within this period,
it then means I cannot do anything…”
Three years later, in January 2014, in
anticipation of his 2015 presidential bid, the
same Goodluck Jonathan issued a six-moth
ultimatum to power companies to hurriedly
address the power situation in the country. Six
months came, and six months went, and
today, Nigeria’s power generation and supply
is at an all time low.
||”What this means is that over the next four
years, if Goodluck Jonathan is re-elected,
based on his track-record (or a lack thereof)
of not being able to solve the power situation
in the country, cumulatively, everyday Nigerian
households will be forced to spend
$19.2billion on fuel, which is equivalent to
N3.1trillion.”
Fifteen years ago, when Nigeria’s democracy
was still relatively new, the People’s
Democratic Party told Nigerians that we had a
6000mw installed capacity of electricity, and
“within a year, this would go up to
10,000mw.” Fifteen years later, with over
$50billion spent on the power sector alone, we
are now being told by the Goodluck Jonathan
administration that power generation in
Nigeria has “increased from 3000mw to
4000mw.” With this inconsistency in question,
it is clear that instead of Nigeria’s power
generation and supply increasing and
progressing under the leadership of Goodluck
Jonathan, it has gotten worse.
However, regardless of the inconsistent
figures, let us search our hearts and ask
ourselves: has power improved in our homes?
Do we have more light that we used to have?
Or is the government spending our collective
money on invisible power generation projects,
while quoting fabricated power generation
figures?
Sometime in 2013, a legislative delegation led
by Senate President, David Mark, went to
inspect the Mambilla Plateau, that hosts one
of Nigeria’s hydro-electric dams. With over
N160billion ($1billon) spent on this project,
the delegation was expecting to find a facility
that had up to 2000mw generating capacity.
Instead, what the delegation found was that
next to nothing had been done on the project
– the dam site had not even been cleared;
making the media speculate that the money
for this much-needed project had lined the
pockets of associates of the ruling party.
Earlier this year, the Federal Government
again announced that an additional
N752billion has been earmarked for the power
sector over the next few years. In the
atmosphere of this report, recent studies have
shown that due to the government’s inability
to provide light for the people, today, everyday
Nigerians have been forced to spend
N796.4billion of their own hard-earned
income to fuel their generators annually. What
this means is that over the next four years, if
Goodluck Jonathan is re-elected, based on his
track-record (or a lack thereof) of not being
able to solve the power situation in the
country, cumulatively, everyday Nigerian
households will be forced to spend
$19.2billion on fuel, which is equivalent to
N3.1trillion.
Another 2009 study on electricity distribution
among the six geo-political zones in Nigeria
showed that on average, these days, Nigerians
enjoy only four to six hours of power supply
per day. However, in 2009, the Federal
Government and the power holding companies
told Nigerians that of the 10 National
Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs), four had
been completed, and six were 80 to 90 per
cent completed.



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Buhari answer this question


You promised not to contest again

Sir , why are you contesting now.?



Op

You can help him out

-They Didn't Raise 21Billion for Ebola,
-They Didn't Raise 21Billion for dilapidated hospitals,
-They Didn't raise 21Billion for Military Weapons against Boko Haram,
-They Didn't raise 21Billion for flood Victims,
-They Didn't raise 21Billion for children dying of Vaccine preventable disease,
-They didn't raise 21Billion for the homeless.
BUT they all gathered to raise 21Billion for another 4 Years of INEPTITUDE, IMPUNITY AND BAD GOVERNANCE.

Go and collect your voters card otherwise you have no say! Please vote wisely.
#‎GMB15‬

Even aso rock has presidential generators. Wetin you dey yarn?

SUBMARINE:
Buhari answer this question


You promised not to contest again

Sir , why are you contesting now.?



Op

You can help him out

Because Jonathan is a weak vessel

I have no problem with Jonathan as a person , l only have problem with his utterances.

SUBMARINE:
Buhari answer this question


You promised not to contest again

Sir , why are you contesting now.?



Op

You can help him out

Source please