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Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Parkac(op): 9:45am On May 15, 2015

Indications that Nigerians may experience more power blackouts in the coming weeks, emerged yesterday from the disclosure made by the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Ambassador Godknows Igali that within the last five weeks, power generation has dropped from 4,500mw to 2700 mw .

Igali who made the disclosure to Senate Correspondents at the National Assembly after briefing the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, said gas and crude oil pipeline vandals were responsible for the drastic drop in power generation.

He said the high rate of vandalization carried out by vandals on both oil and gas pipelines across the country within the last five weeks, have made the country to lose 1, 800 mw of power generation which was 4,500mw as at 4th of last month but now dropped to 2,700 mw.

The current power outages being experienced by electricity consumers across the country according to him, are caused by the vandals who he said carry out their nefarious acts on daily basis.

He added that as a way of preventing the vandals from throwing the entire country into blackout, security agencies have swung into action against them with 200 of them already in the nets of the agencies for the needed prosecution.

He said, “We have been able to explain to electricity consumers that the current power outrage is as a result of high rate of pipeline vandalization. They vandalize both the crude pipelines and gas pipelines on daily basis.

“But the more sinister ones which is with a lot of pain is when people deliberately blow up pipes written clearly gas pipeline. They blow them up almost every day, they blow them up and that denies the power plants some gas,unfortunately our country depends on a lot of gas.

“We have hydro-electric power dams, Shiroro, Jebba and Kanji which are the major ones, but this dry season the hydro-electric dams does not do well. Security agencies have arrested 200 people vandalizing gas pipelines in the last two months and they are interrogating them and working with communities to solve this problems and put it behind us.

Source: http://leadership.ng/news/433299/imminent-blackout-as-power-generation-drops-by-1800mw

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by pedel: 9:50am On May 15, 2015

Death penalty for pipeline vandals and their coconspirators.
This is treason.

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by BlackTechnology: 9:50am On May 15, 2015

Gbawe Superstar Aresa etc

Didn't I tell you guys that

No GEJ No Oil No Nigeria grin

Buhari

On True Federalism we stand

Cc Barcanista temitemi1 phockphockman ichidodo etc atlwireles etc cool

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by chemali: 9:52am On May 15, 2015

BlackTechnology:
Gbawe Superstar Aresa etc

Didn't I tell you guys that

No GEJ No Oil No Nigeria

Buhari

On True Federalism we stand

Cc Barcanista temitemi1 phockphockman ichidodo etc atlwireles etc

I thought you dolts said it was APC vandalizing the pipelines

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by zenith4biz(m): 9:53am On May 15, 2015

Will it affect sunlight?

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by BlackTechnology: 9:53am On May 15, 2015

pedel:
Death penalty for pipeline vandals and their coconspirators.

The silent struggle for True Federalism has started

Kill any one of them and see how all SW people working in those oil companies will be forced to vacate. grin

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by SHARIAREPORTERS: 9:55am On May 15, 2015

I hate "change" I love transformation

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by BlackTechnology: 9:55am On May 15, 2015

chemali:
I thought you dolts said it was APC vandalizing the pipelines

Olodo

Didn't you hear of Urhobo youths bursting gas pipes. angry

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by TheSonOfMark(m): 10:07am On May 15, 2015

These lazy governors should invest in independent power projects like we have here in Akwa-Ibom state.
L.G.As like Itu, Ikot Abasi, Eket, Essien Udim ,Itam and parts of Uyo where the transmission has reached have near-constant power supply.

PROUDLY AKWA-IBOM!

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by dunkem21(m): 10:10am On May 15, 2015

Don't worry ..Buhari will fix it grin

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:21am On May 15, 2015

"“Our industries are dying and will continue to die unless we get the issue of power supply correct. We will resuscitate our industries,”- Muhammadu Buhari, Jan 8, 2015

http://www.punchng.com/news/ill-ensure-stable-power-supply-buhari/

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:24am On May 15, 2015

Is it the APC that is still vandalising pipelines

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:26am On May 15, 2015

pedel:
Death penalty for pipeline vandals and their coconspirators.
This is treason.

Lol that's too much na

Aren't there people in charge of guarding the pipelines....this vandalism has always been a problem

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:27am On May 15, 2015

BlackTechnology:
The silent struggle for True Federalism has started

Kill any one of them and see how all SW people working in those oil companies will be forced to vacate.

Are that jealous of SW people, we dey always drop crumbs for una na

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:28am On May 15, 2015

barcanista:
"“Our industries are dying and will continue to die unless we get the issue of power supply correct. We will resuscitate our industries,”- Muhammadu Buhari, Jan 8, 2015

http://www.punchng.com/news/ill-ensure-stable-power-supply-buhari/

Sure he will.

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:29am On May 15, 2015

sarahatuba:
Lol that's too much na

Aren't there people in charge of guarding the pipelines....this vandalism has always been a problem

I laugh at you people. Urhobo youths have told you all that they will BLOW gas pipelines and others. The government Must do what is sane and moral or we shall continue with this cycle of rat chase.

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:31am On May 15, 2015

barcanista:
I laugh at you people. Urhobo youths have told you all that they will BLOW gas pipelines and others. The government Must do what is sane and moral or we shall continue with this cycle of rat chase.

Who is in government now??

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:32am On May 15, 2015

IyaIode:
Sure he will.

It is not by rhetoric..talk is cheap!

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:34am On May 15, 2015

sarahatuba:
Who is in government now??

Barcanista is! grin

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:34am On May 15, 2015

barcanista:
I laugh at you people. Urhobo youths have told you all that they will BLOW gas pipelines and others. The government Must do what is sane and moral or we shall continue with this cycle of rat chase.

I can't wait for the urhobo vs ijaw supremacy when your son leaves. Buhari will empower the urhobos massively.
The SW stands firmly with the itsekiris.

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:37am On May 15, 2015

barcanista:
Barcanista is!

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by ahaz: 10:38am On May 15, 2015

chemali:
I thought you dolts said it was APC vandalizing the pipelines

ya the apc demolition squard has passed the batton to its new replacements so the circle continues

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Firefire(m): 10:39am On May 15, 2015

Nigerians are the architect of their own very problem.

Vandals na watin now ?

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 10:48am On May 15, 2015

IyaIode:
I can't wait for the urhobo vs ijaw supremacy when your son leaves. Buhari will empower the urhobos massively.
The SW stands firmly with the itsekiris.

Wait tire... From time immemorial there has never been major conflict between the Great Urhobo nation and the Ijaws in delta state. In fact, the Urhobos and the Ijaws are firmly united. The Oil Companies and the Military have tried unsucessfully to empower the Itsekiris against the Ijaws and Urhobos but their efforts ended in nullity. Buhari should try his luck, he is bound to fail as long as he goes through that route because not only the Ijaws will deal with him, we will make sure that not a single drop of oil will go to the Federal Government from our land. Meanwhile, we are pushing for our demand of Resource Control and Regional autonomy on one hand and a referendum on the other hand. Buhari should do his worse!

As for Itsekiris, I won't talk about them.

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Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 11:05am On May 15, 2015

barcanista:
Wait tire... From time immemorial there has never been major conflict between the Great Urhobo nation and the Ijaws in delta state. In fact, the Urhobos and the Ijaws are firmly united. The Oil Companies and the Military have tried unsucessfully to empower the Itsekiris against the Ijaws and Urhobos but their efforts ended in nullity. Buhari should try his luck, he is bound to fail as long as he goes through that route because not only the Ijaws will deal with him, we will make sure that not a single drop of oil will go to the Federal Government from our land. Meanwhile, we are pushing for our demand of Resource Control and Regional autonomy on one hand and a referendum on the other hand. Buhari should do his worse!

As for Itsekiris, I won't talk about them.

Just wait now, urhobos have been vandalising pipelines since 2012 over claims of marginalisation, they have seen how the Ijaws have treated them since the son was in power, they are just waiting for him to leave there.
The north is ready to empower the urhobos and the SW has got the backs of the itsekiris. Since you guys want to further destroy your delta, we will help you.

You people are funny though, resource control that you didn't push for under your son, you want to get from aboki

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by OrlandoOwoh(m): 11:06am On May 15, 2015

BlackTechnology:
Gbawe Superstar Aresa etc

Didn't I tell you guys that

No GEJ No Oil No Nigeria

Buhari

On True Federalism we stand

Cc Barcanista temitemi1 phockphockman ichidodo etc atlwireles etc

Parade will change gear from May 29, and anybody, even Niger Deltan militants, caught vandalizing pipelines, will be dealt with. How can any reasonable government that knows its economy is hinged on oil and gas watch without taking any step when the pipes that convey this commodities are vandalized.

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by Nobody: 11:09am On May 15, 2015

OrlandoOwoh:
Parade will change gear from May 29, and anybody, even Niger Deltan militants, caught vandalizing pipelines, will be dealt with. How can any reasonable government that knows its economy is hinged on oil and gas watch without taking any step when the pipes that convey this commodities are vandalized.

Couldn't have said it better
Its 'their oyel' grin

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by OrlandoOwoh(m): 11:10am On May 15, 2015

chemali:
I thought you dolts said it was APC vandalizing the pipelines

Sincere9gerian even said it's Tinubu that vandalizes pipelines. PDP supporters are all clueless.

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by anonimi: 11:12am On May 15, 2015

OrlandoOwoh:
Parade will change gear from May 29, and anybody, even Niger Deltan militants, caught vandalizing pipelines, will be dealt with. How can any reasonable government that knows its economy is hinged on oil and gas watch without taking any step when the pipes that convey this commodities are vandalized.

Why not ask Yar'Adua who did amnesty with them after OBJ's strong arm tactics failed woefully huh

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by anonimi: 11:13am On May 15, 2015

OrlandoOwoh:
Sincere9gerian even said it's Tinubu that vandalizes pipelines. PDP supporters are all clueless.

Is that why Buhari needs "tips" from Jonathan to "kick start" his administration huh

https://www.nairaland.com/2314970/havent-got-useful-tips-jonathan

Jokers Inc! grin

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2029034_failbuhari10_jpeg11315a33f99ed88e64c2c875eabb4b78

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by OrlandoOwoh(m): 11:13am On May 15, 2015

barcanista:
I laugh at you people. Urhobo youths have told you all that they will BLOW gas pipelines and others. The government Must do what is sane and moral or we shall continue with this cycle of rat chase.

What should the government do?

Re: Imminent Blackout As Power Generation Drops By 1,800mw by OrlandoOwoh(m): 11:15am On May 15, 2015

anonimi:
Is that why Buhari needs "tips" from Jonathan to "kick start" his administration

Jokers Inc!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2029034_failbuhari10_jpeg11315a33f99ed88e64c2c875eabb4b78

How does this correlate with my post? I won't answer your question because it sounds silly.

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