PPM will solve all this story once and for all, you can't charge me what I did not consume and expect me to gladly pay . I will evade such payments...

Naijaguy123:
Ghana has 5000 MW of electricity but only needed 2700 MW of electricity so Ghana has excess of electricity and Nigeria with all its resources has no electricity! Shame of a country.

We are no longer shame of a country since 2015 when 20,000 Mw has been added and we have stable electricity as promised.


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PPM will solve all this story once and for all ,you can't charge me what I did not consume and expect me to gladly pay.

I will evade such payments...

amjustme2:
The challenges to Stable Power in this Country are DISCOs, and TCN excessive interference.

Imho, i think the whole infrastructure was sold to the wrong minds.

Both the Discos and NERC are seriously mad and confused.

Give meter for free to all your consumers, so that consumers only pay for what they've used.

Not when you keep blinking the light since yesterday, then at the end of the month you bring 30k bill, and you then expect Mr Uche the fool to rush and pay.

Criminals.

There are some alien practices in Nigeria which I believe would have witnessed stern public protests in a more organized and civilized crimes, you keep increasing bill without increasing the quality of your service delivery.Do you expect consumers to keep on paying for poor service delivery?

Skelewu:
Thunder fire Dem dia. Since Dem no wan give everybody prepaid meter and prefer to do estimated billing, Na so many people go dey dodge payment.

Pray not to have a prepaid meter because the meters read so very very fast

otuekong1:

Pray not to have a prepaid meter because the meters read so very very fast

The meter can be rigged to read slowly by a skilled technician.

Skelewu:


The meter can be rigged to read slowly by a skilled technician.

Yeah,it can be done before its installed but if you open it after it has been installed,it enters tamper mode,its 10k to take it normal

Creamz:
Provide everyone meters and efficiency would improve

The DISCOs are dragging their feet in providing meters to consumers, despite the fact that consumers want to pay for the meters. AEDC shoud take note and wake up.

otuekong1:

Yeah,it can be done before its installed but if you open it after it has been installed,it enters tamper mode,its 10k to take it normal

Hmm, never knew that. The technician in my street never told me that. Perhaps he's not aware of that. Guess I'll have to shelve the idea of rigging mine when they finally install it.

galadima77:


Imho, i think the whole infrastructure was sold to the wrong minds.

The mind of most Nigerians is corrupt. It is the role of govt to set EFCC after DISCOs who fail to provide meters to consumers.

Ijaya123:


You also need to consider the size of Ghana and Nigeria, land mass and population

You no dey shame u still dey use land mass and population as excuse? But if na to boast giant of Africa yen yen yen,u go brag. una suffered head never do. politicians go colonised una till Jesus go come,una no go ever get to know what it means to enjoy dividends of democracy,rule of law and human rights.

This must be one of the major wonders of the world... power supply to Nigerians is diminishing, prepaid meters are being withheld, estimated bills are being increased, but tariff is being increased so that the discos can make more money. If this is not the worst failure that can befall any nation, show me another.

It is not rocket science that power will not improve if the discos continue to make money through estimated bills that ensure that they get huge payments without supply. Only the Nigerian Government is unaware of this simple analogy... sighs!

ogododo:
The collection efficiency of power distribution companies witnessed a drop in the first quarter of the year despite an increase in the total billing to electricity consumers by the power firms .
In the first quarter , the electricity bill to customers by the 11 power distributors rose to N 182. 8 bn , but the Discos only recorded an aggregate collection of N 116. 9 bn , representing 64 . 1 per cent collection efficiency .
This indicated a drop when compared to their performance in the fourth quarter of 2018 , as it was gathered that in Q4 of 2018 , the power firms billed customers a total of N 172. 5 bn and collected the sum of N 117. 5 bn , representing 68 . 1 per cent collection efficiency .
An analysis of their performances in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of this year , based on data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Sunday in Abuja , also showed that the remittances of the Discos to the power market dropped in Q1 2019 .
In its 2019 first quarter report , NERC stated that the financial viability of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry was still the most significant challenge threatening the sustainability of the power sector .
It noted that as reported in the preceding quarterly reports , the liquidity challenge was partly due to the non - implementation of cost - reflective tariffs , high technical and commercial losses exacerbated by energy theft , and consumers ’ apathy to payments under the widely prevailing practice of estimated billing .
The regulator said , “ The total billing to electricity consumers by the 11 Discos rose to N 182. 8 bn in the first quarter of 2019 but only an aggregate collection of N 116. 9 bn , representing 64 . 1 per cent collection efficiency was achieved , a 4 . 1 percentage points decrease from the last quarter of 2018 .
“ The level of collection efficiency during the quarter under review indicates that a sum of N 3 . 6 out of every N 10 worth of energy sold during the first quarter of 2019 remains uncollected as and when due . ”
The commission explained that the severity of the liquidity challenge in NESI was further reflected in the settlement rate of energy invoices issued by the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company and the Market Operator to Discos , as well as the payment by special and international customers.
It said , “ During the first quarter of 2019 , the 11 Discos were issued a total invoice of N 190. 1 bn for energy received from NBET and for service charge by the MO , but only a sum of N 52 . 8 bn ( approximately 28 per cent ) of the total invoice was settled , indicating a significant deficit of N 137. 3 bn .
“ Whereas the collection efficiency ranges from 40 per cent ( Kaduna Disco) to 84 per cent ( Ikeja Disco) , remittance performance ranges from 10 per cent ( Jos Disco) to 43 per cent ( Ikeja Disco) . ”

https://punchng.com/discos-collection-efficiency-drops-despite-tariff-hike/

If this was true, the discos would have given every customer a prepaid meter.

Nigerians by now should know who the new minister of power is working in favor of!

It makes no sense to increase tariff when the epileptic supplies are worsening, and crazy estimated bills are being issued. Makes absolutely no sense except to this government and its appointees!

What a scam! Shame!!!

otuekong1:

Pray not to have a prepaid meter because the meters read so very very fast

Skelewu:


Hmm, never knew that. The technician in my street never told me that. Perhaps he's not aware of that. Guess I'll have to shelve the idea of rigging mine when they finally install it.

lol

Elliot2:
You no dey shame u still dey use land mass and population as excuse? But if na to boast giant of Africa yen yen yen,u go brag. una suffered head never do. politicians go colonised una till Jesus go come,una no go ever get to know what it means to enjoy dividends of democracy,rule of law and human rights.

Not even one state can boast of 24/7 power supply in Nigeria

9gerian:
If this was true, the discos would have given every customer a prepaid meter.

Nigerians by now should know who the new minister of power is working in favor of!

It makes no sense to increase tariff when the epileptic supplies are worsening, and crazy estimated bills are being issued. Makes absolutely no sense except to this government and its appointees!

What a scam! Shame!!!

The scam in the power sector is too much,imagine receiving bills despite the fact your transformer is bad,
**Or receiving estimated bill of 9k in a 2bedroom flat
Nigerians needs to wake up and protest these exploitations by the DISCOS

The reason why DISCOS aren't making enough money has been laid bare.

First DISCOS are not aggressively metering everyone. And Nigerians want meters badly. Badly. Instead, estimated billing is the norm in many places...and the method used to determine the estimates is so opaque that people get suspicious...and won't pay up.

Second, Nigerians steal power. Even with the meter in place, Nigerians bypass it, do illegal connections, and so on. And this has an adverse impact on how the DISCOS and GENCOS operate...because if you steal power, you impact on how the DISCOS perform, and as a result, things get worse.

Nigerians need to pay for power, we also need to stop entertaining the idea that power must be cheap, and allow DISCOS charge the actual cost for power . DISCOS in turn must aggressively meter everyone.

anonimi:


We are no longer shame of a country since 2015 when 20,000 Mw has been added and we have stable electricity as promised.


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Sorry PDP man, but your party is responsible partly for the mess in the power sector.

First, in privatizing power in 2013, your party drove away good foreign investors by bringing in price controls in the law that set up the whole DISCOS and GENCOS thing. This has led to DISCOS not having enough cash to pay GENCOS...because by law they cannot charge enough money to do so. A law that your party put in place when they were running the show. And that is a part of the reason why DISCOS reject power.

Second, you guys made the whole DISCO thing regional. As a result, DISCOS are virtual monopolies in their region, meaning no competition, WHICH does not make power better.

Third, DISCOS cannot be renationalized without excessive costs to the exchequer.

Now, APC too can't or won't do the right thing and improve power by, for example letting the DISCOS run like a private company, and providing legal backup to DISCOS chasing defaulters. But things were not better under PDP, and they won't have been if they were still in power or if Atiku had taken over.

asuustrike1:

Not even one state can boast of 24/7 power supply in Nigeria

Just imagine. Dude is there giving excuses.

PoliticalWitch:
Sorry PDP man, but your party is responsible partly for the mess in the power sector.

First, in privatizing power in 2013, your party drove away good foreign investors by bringing in price controls in the law that set up the whole DISCOS and GENCOS thing. This has led to DISCOS not having enough cash to pay GENCOS...because by law they cannot charge enough money to do so. A law that your party put in place when they were running the show. And that is a part of the reason why DISCOS reject power.

Second, you guys made the whole DISCO thing regional. As a result, DISCOS are virtual monopolies in their region, meaning no competition, WHICH does not make power better.

Third, DISCOS cannot be renationalized without excessive costs to the exchequer.

Now, APC too can't or won't do the right thing and improve power by, for example letting the DISCOS run like a private company, and providing legal backup to DISCOS chasing defaulters. But things were not better under PDP, and they won't have been if they were still in power or if Atiku had taken over.

What was promised? What was delivered?
Why promise what you can't deliver if you are not a 419er?
Are we together or did I lose you already
When Jonathan inherited the defective contract for Lagos-Ibadan express road with Babalakin's BiCourtney, he did not wail and blame his predecessors. He fixed the issues and got the reconstruction started.
Is that not what a leader does

Imagine! I was given a bill of 12k just my flat and you are expecting me to pay even when the minimum wage is 18k. You are doing yourself. Na God go punish una

Elliot2:
You no dey shame u still dey use land mass and population as excuse? But if na to boast giant of Africa yen yen yen,u go brag. una suffered head never do. politicians go colonised una till Jesus go come,una no go ever get to know what it means to enjoy dividends of democracy,rule of law and human rights.

What you put up here is neither here or there. You sound like an embittered person

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Creamz:
Provide everyone meters and efficiency would improve

That's a myth

Virtually every disco's half of installed meters are tampered with or bypassed.

It's not about meters, most Nigerians think electricity is a birthright and hate paying for it.

Naijaguy123:
Ghana has 5000 MW of electricity but only needed 2700 MW of electricity so Ghana has excess of electricity and Nigeria with all its resources has no electricity! Shame of a country.

Brother, from all indications,distribution of power is still a major challenge in this country. We have not even been able distribute the 5,000+ MW (peak generation) that we generate. The Discos reject load because they claim they can't achieve maximum revenue collection, hence they limit the load they consume which in turn reduces availability of power supply to the beloved residents of Nigeria.

I am not against the upgrade of our power generation, however we also need to greatly clamor for an improved distribution network.

Matrixoba:
When it comes to such national issue, I am surprised to see less individuals commenting but if it were political arguments in which politicians are supported despite their failures, you will see the youths contributing.
Comment now

Abeg leave the guy. The deaf and dumb government we have is what someone will talk to? We have a government that has already decided to make things difficult for the common man. So let them continue. Useless government

Neoteny:


That's a myth

Virtually every disco's half of installed meters are tampered with or bypassed.

It's not about meters, most Nigerians think electricity is a birthright and hate paying for it.

This is somewhat true. But there should be some sort of way they make it work. Maybe putting the meters on the electric pole or manufacturing advanced meters that can't be bypassed.

Ijaya123:


You also need to consider the size of Ghana and Nigeria, land mass and population

Only Hotels and Banks put on A/C,s in Ghana....you dont see ,power consuming bulbs anywhere...Even the small power we generate,we waste a lot of it.

Creamz:


This is somewhat true. But there should be some sort of way they make it work. Maybe putting the meters on the electric pole or manufacturing advanced meters that can't be bypassed.

Bypassing is almost non existent now,as the new pre paid meters have usage records at the DISCO,s just like GSM companies have records of calls.And they have software that monitors your usage and sends signals if there is a funny change in your usage ....You must have noticed areas that have received prepaid meters have very improved supplies?