ovadozes:


Typical...very typical and predictable comment
the usual blame game, blame GEJ and then when you criticise Buhari, u re an 'ipod tout'

There are two types of people in the world. Those that generate ideas which move the world forward and those that generate blame from the past. It is bad when people blame others for their failures, but what is even worse for any society is when leaders keep blaming their past for their current ineffectiveness.
These set of leaders have no ideas. Vandalism has been a part of the problem since the era of the military. If this new government is coming up with the same lame excuse we had in the 90s , then we need to brace ourselves for the worse. It simply means they don't know what they are doing.
Even just yesterday, PMB was still blaming MTN for escalating BH operations without any directive to the NCC on how to improve on the mistake of the past.
Like I said before,those who have no ideas are left with only the blame option.

shinawaju:


maybe your meter is faulty, as for the 750 charge it will still be there till the 45% increase is effected

Can't you read what I wrote the tariff has increased by 50 percent and yet the 750 charge is still there

shamecurls:



Jeez! Move from gas to coal and water dams


You need to be at the next redeem holy ghost revival

Zombie, is it not better for the government to transit to other source of power that are less prone to vandalism since they can't protect gas pipelines?
Don't let sycopancy blind your judgement.

Sijo01:
Where's fashola

he is gone mute and clueless

dunkem21:
Simply put, Fashola and Buhari has failed woefully ..

That is just it.Reality has dawned on them now.They are both overhyped buffoons & non entities. No more "To provide electricity is not rocket science"

makzeze:
You have also failed with this your english

Your English is bad as well.

Why all of una nor fit just agree say we vote the Wrong person.. Than blaming Each Other

i agree that pipelines are being vandalized. we have gas pipelines and fuel pipelines. is it gas pipelines that are being vandalized? i believe fuel pipelines are being vandalized but our leaders are hiding under this to make a case. before it was low water that was the cause of low power generation, now its vandalized pipelines that are probably not gas pipelines. who are they fooling? this govt has failed.
POWER--- FAILURE ( people now leave their generators on even when nepa brings light)
FUEL------SERIOUS FAILURE. (scarcity almost every month)
DOLLAR----ALL TIME HIGH

Our nations problems goes beyond corruption which seems to be his only selling point. He is not even putting measures to curb corruption. all he is doing is to catch people that have stolen if not, the budget which ought to have been reviewed before being passed to the senate would not be the way it was.

FAILED GOVT. FAILED APC

eco bank in Maiduguri shot down cuz of light problem customer stranded

No hope again

Nonsense country. So it is the people's responsibility to secure gas pipelines?
What happened to the proposals submitted to these guys to allow the installation of modern security gadgets to protect these infrastructure?

We have the option of CCTV, electric fencing, motion detectors, laser fencing, e.t.c. Even though it is usually over a very long distance but we have to find a way to secure those pipes.

Nigeria is really a joke.

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Zombie, is it not better for the government to transit to other source of power that are less prone to vandalism since they can't protect gas pipelines?
Don't let sycopancy blind your judgement quote]

So we move from gas to coal or water dams

You re a comedian

I will like the government to take some credible media personality on an inspection tour of those vandalised pipelines so people can have a true picture of what we are dealing with.

WiseBully:
Presently I only get an hour of power every other day. It's pathetic!

You are very fortunate, I have not seen light in 5 days...

BUHARI: I have told you that Nigeria is broke, and about power failure, we are going to probe the sector. I have learnt that there are saboteurs in that ministry... If only past govt had taken power sector seriously when the oil price was all time high, we shouldn't have been experiencing this.

SleekAboki:
President Buhari was summoned at the nuclear summits by world presidents to come and receive 50,000mw of electricity for her 200 million population via body language. Let's endure and give him time till he travels.

aresa Gbawe omenka egift ngeneukwenu demdem How's the light situation in your neighborhoods?

You forgot beremx berem MzJackBaueress JackBaueress JackBaueress1 Obiagelli.

They will tell you it's Jonathan's fault especially that disrespectful demdem

UP FASHOLA, UP BUHARI, honestly, this nationwide black out is the fault of GEJ and PDP. Failure and waste of 4 precious years in the name of CHANGE. Nigerians this is ur cup of tea.

Hustoto:
i agree that pipelines are being vandalized. we have gas pipelines and fuel pipelines. is it gas pipelines that are being vandalized? i believe fuel pipelines are being vandalized but our leaders are hiding under this to make a case. before it was low water that was the cause of low power generation, now its vandalized pipelines that are probably not gas pipelines. who are they fooling? this govt has failed.
POWER--- FAILURE ( people now leave their generators on even when nepa brings light)
FUEL------SERIOUS FAILURE. (scarcity almost every month)
DOLLAR----ALL TIME HIGH

Our nations problems goes beyond corruption which seems to be his only selling point. He is not even putting measures to curb corruption. all he is doing is to catch people that have stolen if not, the budget which ought to have been reviewed before being passed to the senate would not be the way it was.

FAILED GOVT. FAILED APC

FAILED NIGERIA!!!

idupaul:


Can't you read what I wrote the tariff has increased by 50 percent and yet the 750 charge is still there

the tariff has not increased yet, it still same as before

amazingspiderma:


There are two types of people in the world. Those that generate ideas which move the world forward and those that generate blame from the past. It is bad when people blame others for their failures, but what is even worse for any society is when leaders keep blaming their past for their current ineffectiveness.
These set of leaders have no ideas. Vandalism has been a part of the problem since the era of the military. If this new government is coming up with the same lame excuse we had in the 90s , then we need to brace ourselves for the worse. It simply means they don't know what they are doing.
Even just yesterday, PMB was still blaming MTN for escalating BH operations without any directive to the NCC on how to improve on the mistake of the past.
Like I said before,those who have no ideas are left with only the blame option.

That's the problem...the present government seems not to be prepared for governance, this blame game is becoming so worrisome, they said GEJ was clueless and was voted out yet they re still using his administration as a yardstick for measuring their failures and successes. I don't just get it and when u criticise the present administration the guy I quoted and his likes will label you 'ipod tout' everything they accused the past govt of doing is the same thing they re doing right now.

realestworld:
I pray it goes to 900mw, useless country.
2015 election na the last election wen i go vote 4 this country, weda na APC or PDP o e don end bdat bcoz all of them na 1

Na today you know

bonechamberlain:
buhari and his clueless ministers taking us back to the dark ages. God how gullible can a nation be.

Some of you really need to go out and experience the nation, the excuse about gas shortage is genuine. I currently reside in one of these riverine communities in the south south and the damage done to the pipeline by militants has even forced shell to stop their operations here, we are currently experiencing a black out here when normally light is always available 24/7 and the reason is because some idiots decided to go blow up the pipeline.
Now if buhari sends military personnel to go and blow them up to smithereens, it's you guys that will shout genocide. What exactly do you people want?

All na change.

dassyslimmy:
all am saying is DAT we sud criticise from a objective point of view, pls Nigerians lets stop criticising dis government all we need to do is pray and fast for d betterment of OUR country. let's wish buhari and his government success...

Typical black man, black sense, with black mentality. Those fooools at the top know how gullible we are in this country that is why whenever they fail, they attribute it to God, like saying stewpid things like God let it happen. So we should just go into our houses and start firing prayers and fasting while some incompetent goats are feeding fat on our wealth? How other low can a black man sink?

Nobody should get me wrong tho. I believe that God exists and created mankind. But let's not forget he created us with our individual mindset and mentality. We shouldn't put the blames of our actions on the devil when we can resist the devil. We don't need to pray for Buhari to perform, when of course we know that our politicians are all evil and don't practice their religion with their hearts but will use the same religion to hold us down like blind fools while they steal us blind.

Keep praying and fasting oh. In short, don't even eat at all, while Buhari keeps globetrotting and feeding with over a billion naira of our common wealth.

simtosul:
The highly pronounced power failures across the country in the past few days may worsen following a partial system collapse that occurred on Tuesday, and the continuous drop in electricity generation due to what the government says is the vandalism of pipelines that supply gas to the power plants.

As a result, power generation dropped to 1,580.6 megawatts on Wednesday.

Data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator as well as information from senior officials of the different electricity distribution companies confirmed that power generation plummeted massively on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The officials noted that this resulted in the reduction of the electricity load allocated to the Discos, stressing that this was why many parts of the country had been recording blackouts in the past few days.

It was learnt that the partial system collapse that occurred on Tuesday happened at the Shiroro Power Plant and dragged down electricity generation to as low as 1,233.4MW from a peak of 3,207.7MW recorded on the same day.

Data from NESO showed that by 9.48am on Wednesday, power generation was 1,580.6MW, with the Ikeja Electric getting 237.09MW; Abuja, 181.77MW; Eko, 173.87MW; Benin, 142.25MW; and Enugu, 142.25MW.

Others are Ibadan, 205.48MW; Jos, 86.93MW; Kano, 126.45MW; Kaduna, 126.45MW; Port Harcourt, 102.74MW; and Yola, 55.32MW.

One of our correspondents gathered that prior to the partial collapse of the system, the Abuja, Ikeja and Eko distribution firms were getting over 350MW each to meet the power needs of a considerable number of their customers.

In fact, it was learnt that the normal baseline allocation for the Abuja Disco was 450MW, but on Wednesday, the firm got 181.77MW around 9.48am, according to data from NESO, and this further dropped to 131.77MW by 1.25pm.

On reason for the slump in electricity generation, officials at the power arm of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing told one of our correspondents that the same old issue of gas pipeline vandalism had continued to pose challenge to adequate electricity generation and distribution.

An official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “Gas is vital for power generation and most of the electricity being generated in Nigeria is produced by gas-fired power plants. Both the ministers of power and petroleum have often called on Nigerians to help safeguard these infrastructure, but we keep recording explosions of gas pipelines.

“Currently, repairs are ongoing on some of the ruptured pipelines and once they are completed, we believe generation will pick up again.”

Last week, the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Dr. Anthony Akah, lamented the incidences of vandalism that led to the reduction in peak power generation and supply from the national grid.

Akah, who spoke in Abuja, solicited the support of members of the public and the Consumer Protection Council to collaborate with electricity service providers and security agencies in ensuring adequate protection of power installations across the country.

Similarly, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that vandalism had been a serious challenge to not just the oil and gas sector, but also the power sector.

Meanwhile, the management of Ikeja Electric has apologised to its customers for the epileptic power supply across its network in the past three days.

The Head of Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric, Mr. Felix Ofulue, made the apology through a statement on Wednesday.

Ofulue attributed the poor service to the ongoing activities by labour unions picketing the facilities of the company over the purported sacking of 400 workers.

He said the company’s employees were not on strike, but that they had been prevented by the protesting labour unions from gaining access to its facilities and “are, therefore, not in a position to provide any consistent service to our valued customers.”

Ofulue noted that the situation had impacted negatively on power supply as well as the purchase of recharge units because all the substations, business units and undertakings had been taken over by members of the protesting unions.

He said, “Ikeja Electric regrets all inconveniences this action may have caused its customers and appeals to all its customers to please bear with us.

“We assure our customers that the company is doing its best to normalise the situation within the shortest possible time. We thank all our customers for their patience and understanding.”

Power sector workers under the aegis of National Union of Electricity Employees and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies had on Monday picketed the head office of the Ikeja Electric over the sacking of 400 workers of the company.

The union had issued a seven-day ultimatum to the management of the company last week Tuesday to recall the disengaged workers or face industrial action.


http://www.punchng.com/blackout-electricity-generation-sinks-to-1580mw/

But they would not fail to bring bill at the end of the month...

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You are the one making comedy out of it because your reading capability is clearly diminished.
My post clearly stated moving away from GAS POWERED PLANTS to those powered using coal or by turbines powered by flow of water(dams).
You seem like an illiterate that has a very low grasp of knowledge.

I don tire for politics of GEJ Vs PMB supporters. Abeg I just need light

APC!!!!!! CHAINS!!!!!

Pls where is that former Minister of power that resigned under Jonathan ,Barth Nnaji?we needs him to perform the miracle he did when he was at the helms of power ministry .I am not feeling this Fashola at the moment at all.Imagine buying 2k fuel everyday to power gen and stil pay exorbitant amount to PHCN for darkness.This country is messed up .

Apc is a scam..Bubu has failed us

agrovick:

Some of you really need to go out and experience the nation, the excuse about gas shortage is genuine. I currently reside in one of these riverine communities in the south south and the damage done to the pipeline by militants has even forced shell to stop their operations here, we are currently experiencing a black out here when normally light is always available 24/7 and the reason is because some idiots decided to go blow up the pipeline.
Now if buhari sends military personnel to go and blow them up to smithereens, it's you guys that will shout genocide. What exactly do you people want?

Excuse me sir. How wan take steal gas from pipeline Are things in gaseous form not hard to contain? by blowing a pipeline would make it almost impossible sef.. Don't you think think these guys are just using petroleum vandalism as an excuse for their woes?

NNPC is on strike,petrol sell for #1400 a gallon,power drops blackout and fresh air is also on strike because buhari is always using all the air space n air to travel......hmm my conclusion naija we don enter one chance........#stop_using_our_air_to_travel_PMB