greatgod2012:
The reason we think he's not performing due to his qualification/profile is because of his non-performamce since he assumed office. Imagine power supply dropping to zero megawatts about three or four times after assuming office. Had it been he has been performing as expected, nobody will remember that he's a qualified lawyer/SAN.



Those you wrote up there are performing up and even beyond expectations, that's why their citizens do not have problems with whatever their profile/qualification is.

yeah he will fix 66 years of neglect in 1 year

stevecantrell:
Really, anyone from any discipline can serve as power minister. But mind you, these ministers have inherited an already established power infrastructure built hundreds of years ago by their forefathers who were actually scientists and engineers.

Nigerias situation is by no means comparable to these countries where the ministers are only engaged mostly mentainance and policy adjustment..

To build the non existent infrastructure we need atechnical person.

Fashola sadly, has only tried to turn this into a money making venture for his DISCO buddies while forming lawyer/super minister


Dont compare these countries with nigeria pls

until you do freedom don't fix your phone when it's bad don't buy a new one either. You're not a technical person

NextGovernor:


Those guys you mentioned tried very well. They were almost getting it. I can vividly remember during the time of Nebo, light in my area was about 18hours daily. As at today, we get light 6hrs per 48hours. Some time non at all.

Can u compare now and then? And don't bring the bombing issue in because that's why we have the government to contain all these.

nebo was not gettin nathing. Stop lying. Barth try but even him na rainy season him ma just take get star

bloodyBLOGGER:
they obviously can't.

Some of them are even saying we shouldn't compare ourselves with those countries whose Minister are from unrelated fields cos they are way ahead of us in advancement.

If it were nations lesser than Nigeria I compared, they would have screamed and formed a conclusion that the reason Fashola is yet to deliver is because we followed the footsteps of undeveloped nations by appointing someone from a non-related field as Energy/Power Minister.

These people are pathetic.

you really believe you can reason with pdp supporters. How quaint. Me don give up tey tey.

obailala:
Even Albert Einstein or Thomas Edison can never give Nigeria light under our present circumstances where faceless miscreants bomb gas pipelines going to power stations and idiots applaud them.

wind waves river and solar nko

obailala:
Some time in february this year, power generation peaked at its highest ever of 5074mw. After the announcements, some faceless miscreants probably directed by politicians picked up their dynamite and began a bombing spree and here you are, expecting power to be discussed without giving attention to an obvious full frontal sabotage of the system?

Quit deceiving yourself, Nigeria has no security and if any disgruntled miscreant or politician decides that he wants to Bleep Nigeria up, it can easily be done, and that is exactly what is going on presently. Escravos gas pipeline has been bombed more than 3 times within few months, this is the major line taking gas to most power stations.

I'm gettin a hard on for these wwf boys. Avengers ultimate warriors Egbesu boys. Boo ya. Maybe they'll knock some sense into the entire system

Love Machine:
FYI,power supply drops to zero megawatts,first in history,under fashola not 2000 as you lied.There have not been regular power supply before the nda started pipeline vandalism.Fashola is incompetent.What did he achieve in 8years as a governor of lagos.Full stop.

A prominent educated illiterate shows up.

mikolo80:
wind waves river and solar nko

Oh yeah right... it's going to take at least 10 years to leave gas and move into other sources... and by then this admin would have been gone, and then the true sponsors of the pipe bombers and their supporters who litter cyberspace would celebrate and be like, "Yaay! Fashola/buhari were unable to fix power in Nigeria just like we said before the elections."

The underlying motives driving those excited over these gas pipeline bombings is obvious. The black race is really a sad story.

NextGovernor:
You can't compare Nigeria where electricity is the major concern and problem to countries who have solved this problem more than 100 years ago.

Just as anybody can maintain, drive and repair an already built car which was already build by an engineer. Those western countries you mentioned are already been structured so anybody can maintain and regulate those things not Nigeria where things aren't properly fixed yet.
This government isn't doing well in electricity aspect. They are only concern about increasing charges without even providing electricity

Same response I wanted to give

bloodyBLOGGER:
power didn't drop to zero megawatts more than once. Don't mislead the public.

How do you expect him to perform when gas pipelines supplying power stations keep getting cracked by militants who constantly get applauded by the same people feeling the brunt of it all?

Remember, this is a problem of over decades. Exercise patience.

But he once said a serious government will fixed power in 6 months, why hasn't he done that.
Nobody cares about vandalism, it has always bin happening, so such isn't an excuse

nigerianvenom:


But he once said a serious government will fixed power in 6 months, why hasn't he done that.
Nobody cares about vandalism, it has always bin happening, so such isn't an excuse

Yes,he said that, but he was talking about an area on lekki, Lagos State, not the whole of Nigeria.

He has come out to debunk ever saying such on a federal level.

The vandalism experienced now is quite different from what was obtainable then. This vandals are militants who were once placed in charge of protecting the pipelines, so they know which and which to blow up in order to frustrate power supply.

mikolo80:
yeah so fashola will use hammer and screwdriver and build power plants abi. Why you no read engineering before you build house. Carpentry and electrician join not to mention 7 years for architecture. No need to delegate.

If you can build without architects and construction engineers, go and build 50 storey skyscraper if you arent an engineer u hear. You are comparing an ordinary cut and join electrician and bricklayers to Engineers and professionals.

This is why collapse building are common in Nigeria because we like cutting corners

mikolo80:
until you do freedom don't fix your phone when it's bad don't buy a new one either. You're not a technical person

Your pointless analogy will not change the fact Nigeria doesnt need your Fashola in a defunct power sector, at this crucial time. Tell him your little media stunt on NL did not work.

stevecantrell:


Your pointless analogy will not change the fact Nigeria doesnt need your Fashola in a defunct power sector, at this crucial time. Tell him your little media stunt on NL did not work.

Who do your suggest?
Akunyili is dead so don't mention her.
Who else.
Do you see how you sound kind am slowpoke now?

mikolo80:


Who do your suggest?
Akunyili is dead so don't mention her.
Who else.
Do you see how you sound kind am slowpoke now?

Biko, what does Dora Akunyili (bless her) have to do with this ?
Pharamacology isnt rocket science...
Buhari is nuts for giving one human being 3 ministries to run..If we going to get anywhere in the quest for MWatts Mr Fashola must be unbundled now ! Barth Nnaji needs to return.

thomasthomas:
Op don't mind some well and fully educated and literate knowledgeable intelligent Nigerians who know so much that they know too well that the Minister for Power should be an Electrical Engineer BSc, MSc, PhD, specialised in Power only!

Now-gerians know too much that's just the problem

I have written so much about this in many media. Nigeria currently has the most stupid people in Africa.
170 million dunces.

The question I always ask; what is the job of a minister?
Most Nigerian educated people will annoy you when they answer. The most uncharacteristically intelligent answer I have heard Goodluck Jonathan give was when they criticised his choice of Defence minister. His question was the same;
"What do you think a defence minister does? "

Ministers are vision communicators and interpreters of the mandate if government to ministries. They manage stakeholders, they take final decisions back to the ministries based on executive decisions made in council by the President .

Fashola is not going to design, build and maintain power and road infrastructure for Nigeria. He will vision along with the President, set up committed and agencies to chase specific problems, own problems and solve them from a legalistic and resourcing perspective and so on.

The challenge before him is to change existing policy so that all projects can be deliveted fast enough. That is why some of his recent comments are understood by those who know but for Nigeria's half educated PDP supporters it was propaganda without work

NextGovernor:


If you can build without architects and construction engineers, go and build 50 storey skyscraper if you arent an engineer u hear. You are comparing an ordinary cut and join electrician and bricklayers to Engineers and professionals.

This is why collapse building are common in Nigeria because we like cutting corners

Is Donald Trump an engineer, he built Trump towers among other huge buildings
Is dangote an engineer,yet he built lots of cement plants
Was awolowo an engineer ,he built first Stadium, first sky scraper, first TV station. He was a lawyer yet ran our finances throughout war without borrowing. He was a lawyer not an accountant. Not everyone received a detective education o

ayemerbarth:
Please give us the names of ministers who held such position when they had no stable power supply like 200 yrs ago.

Power is not stable in India.

The work of a minister is administrative/ political not technical.
Do you expect the minister to start operating turbine?

NextGovernor:
You can't compare Nigeria where electricity is the major concern and problem to countries who have solved this problem more than 100 years ago.

Just as anybody can maintain, drive and repair an already built car which was already build by an engineer. Those western countries you mentioned are already been structured so anybody can maintain and regulate those things not Nigeria where things aren't properly fixed yet.

This government isn't doing well in electricity aspect. They are only concern about increasing charges without even providing electricity

Innoson is not an automobile engineer but he's building cars, how is that possible going by your logic?

Adminisher:


I have written so much about this in many media. Nigeria currently has the most stupid people in Africa.
170 million dunces.

The question I always ask; what is the job of a minister?
Most Nigerian educated people will annoy you when they answer. The most uncharacteristically intelligent answer I have heard Goodluck Jonathan give was when they criticised his choice of Defence minister. His question was the same;
"What do you think a defence minister does? "

Ministers are vision communicators and interpreters of the mandate if government to ministries. They manage stakeholders, they take final decisions back to the ministries based on executive decisions made in council by the President .

Fashola is not going to design, build and maintain power and road infrastructure for Nigeria. He will vision along with the President, set up committed and agencies to chase specific problems, own problems and solve them from a legalistic and resourcing perspective and so on.

The challenge before him is to change existing policy so that all projects can be deliveted fast enough. That is why some of his recent comments are understood by those who know but for Nigeria's half educated PDP supporters it was propaganda without work

Don't mind most Nigerians, too much 'education' is not really good!

Imagine Fashola was governor who dealt with the issues of Electricity, Roads, Housing, Education, Health, Water Supply and he performed well. Then people think if he given one out of the very many areas that he won't perform?

At times, when too many people know something it doesn't work because sooner or later it will degenerate to show of intelligence!

obailala:
Oh yeah right... it's going to take at least 10 years to leave gas and move into other sources...
then they'd better get cracking
It took many year to get to the moon
Didn't stop Kennedy from starting


and by then this admin would have been gone, and then the true sponsors of the pipe bombers and their supporters who litter cyberspace would celebrate and be like, "Yaay! Fashola/buhari were unable to fix power in Nigeria just like we said before the elections."


They should have thought of that bfor running for office


The underlying motives driving those excited over these gas pipeline bombings is obvious.

Bfor nko
If na you you no go happy
It's a game
You either play to win
Or skulk and lose
Your choice

The black race is really a sad story.

you can always bleach like Jackson now

mikolo80:
you can always bleach like Jackson now

I'm sure you do not understand his point

It's sad!

thomasthomas:
I'm sure you do not understand his point

It's sad!

what is sad is you do not.
He just gave up on his race. That's his right, but to come to a public forum and spread such defeatist attitude to the coming generation. That is unforgivable. And must dissuaded in the strongest terms. I should be a big time mechanised farmer but my primary and secondary and university teachers said it was impossible unless you're a president. So I didn't try because my young mind was easily moulded. because they failed (like the eediots you're defending) they wanted us to fail like them.


I have grown.
I have suffered.
I have learned.
My brain has been re booted
Time to take over and show them that I am not a failure like them.

You see how easily he convince you that the black race is finished.
I don't want him spreading same to others with weak minds

stevecantrell:


Biko, what does Dora Akunyili (bless her) have to do with this ?
Pharamacology isnt rocket science...
Buhari is nuts for giving one human being 3 ministries to run..If we going to get anywhere in the quest for MWatts Mr Fashola must be unbundled now ! Barth Nnaji needs to return.

apart from fashola(who is just one eyed man in land of blind) she is the only person I know that will do the job given to her with the best of her ability and deliver. Even though she no too get sense for that minister of info job. Only chukwuemeka chikelu don escape that banana peel. That's the ministry they give to ppl they want to destroy their political career. Bearer of bad news and lies. They just set the poor woman up and she was very naive and no sabi politics but she still my woman any day anytime

mikolo80:
what is sad is you do not.
He just gave up on his race. That's his right, but to come to a public forum and spread such defeatist attitude to the coming generation. That is unforgivable. And must dissuaded in the strongest terms. I should be a big time mechanised farmer but my primary and secondary and university teachers said it was impossible unless you're a president. So I didn't try because my young mind was easily moulded. because they failed (like the eediots you're defending) they wanted us to fail like them.


I have grown.
I have suffered.
I have learned.
My brain has been re booted
Time to take over and show them that I am not a failure like them.

You see how easily he convince you that the black race is finished.
I don't want him spreading same to others with weak minds

Well I think he didn't say the black race is finished but rather at times we take pleasure when things are not working so that we will be happy condemning.

He drew his context from the fact that a certain section of the country are excited that the NDA are blowing up gas pipelines thereby putting everyone in darkness.

We should condemn what should be condemned!

thomasthomas:
Well I think he didn't say the black race is finished but rather at times we take pleasure when things are not working so that we will be happy condemning.
[b]
I don't care what you think
I care what HE SAID

THE BLACK RACE IS A SAD STORY
as if the white race did not go through slavery or war or strife or racism or religious conflict.

[/b]He drew his context from the fact that a certain section of the country are excited that the NDA are blowing up gas pipelines thereby putting everyone in darkness.
[b]
Believe me I support the agitation in the delta
Somebody meds to make everybody sit up.
At least they are man enough to fight for what they believe in.
That sad individual does not believe in anything and wants everyone to be sad like him.

That is not acceptable

[/b]We should condemn what should be condemned!

my point exactly

mikolo80:
my point exactly

Well supporting NDA shows how shallow you thinking is. There is injustice everywhere but how one manages it is what makes the difference.

Destruction is not the way forward and I think he was right pointing out the fact that blacks reason in a certain way. Does it mean we all have to pass through what the whites pass through?

bloodyBLOGGER:
they obviously can't.

Some of them are even saying we shouldn't compare ourselves with those countries whose Minister are from unrelated fields cos they are way ahead of us in advancement.

If it were nations lesser than Nigeria I compared, they would have screamed and formed a conclusion that the reason Fashola is yet to deliver is because we followed the footsteps of undeveloped nations by appointing someone from a non-related field as Energy/Power Minister.

These people are pathetic.

Some of you still have time to send replies to all these lunatics roaming on Nairaland. They don't ever see anything good with this government. For every news, no matter how good, you'll see very astonishing deranged comments from some people and you'll wonder how anybody could be that hateful. It's pathetic!

mikolo80:


Is Donald Trump an engineer, he built Trump towers among other huge buildings
Is dangote an engineer,yet he built lots of cement plants
Was awolowo an engineer ,he built first Stadium, first sky scraper, first TV station. He was a lawyer yet ran our finances throughout war without borrowing. He was a lawyer not an accountant. Not everyone received a detective education o

So Donald Trump and Dangote built those tower and factory solely without employ technocrats abi? We are saying a different thing entirely my broda. Going by what you just said, If Dangote and Trump could employ an expert in those field to build those stuff, while can't the government also employ expert to do the same thing instead of doing otherwise.

Since common sense is not common, I will only stop here.

thomasthomas:
Well supporting NDA shows how shallow you thinking is. There is injustice everywhere but how one manages it is what makes the difference.

If Hitler didn't format they Jews (and their greed) Germans would all be slaves today.
Sometimes force is the only language greed understands

[/b]Destruction is not the way forward
[b]
If your car fell into a ditch
Would you gun it or put it in reverse
Sometimes you stomp to conquer

and I think he was right pointing out the fact that blacks reason in a certain way. Does it mean we all have to pass through what the whites pass through?

do we all spend nine months in our mothers womb.
Do we all spend 6 years in school.
No but 99% will
If you were a gambler which would you bet your life and that of your children. 1 or 99%

thomasthomas:
Well supporting NDA shows how shallow you thinking is. There is injustice everywhere but how one manages it is what makes the difference.

If Hitler didn't format they Jews (and their greed) Germans would all be slaves today.
Sometimes force is the only language greed understands

[/b]Destruction is not the way forward
[b]
If your car fell into a ditch
Would you gun it or put it in reverse
Sometimes you stomp to conquer

and I think he was right pointing out the fact that blacks reason in a certain way. Does it mean we all have to pass through what the whites pass through?

do we all spend nine months in our mothers womb.
Do we all spend 6 years in school.
No but 99% will
If you were a gambler which would you bet your life and that of your children. 1 or 99%

No shortcuts. We have to go through it

thomasthomas:
Well supporting NDA shows how shallow you thinking is. There is injustice everywhere but how one manages it is what makes the difference.

If Hitler didn't format they Jews (and their greed) Germans would all be slaves today.
Sometimes force is the only language greed understands

[/b]Destruction is not the way forward
[b]
If your car fell into a ditch
Would you gun it or put it in reverse
Sometimes you stomp to conquer

and I think he was right pointing out the fact that blacks reason in a certain way. Does it mean we all have to pass through what the whites pass through?

do we all spend nine months in our mothers womb.
Do we all spend 6 years in school.
No but 99% will
If you were a gambler which would you bet your life and that of your children. 1 or 99%

No shortcuts. We have to go through it

But hey if you want to spend the next 66 yrs siddon looking be my guest.
But it took Korea and Singapore and Japan and China 30 years to do it step by step.
I'm o go with step by step