that is why you and me need to travel abroad to enjoy it or wait for heaven, but for naija bros forget it...

Ebenezar2020:
you're living in a bush.
my brother stop wailing like a jobless Ipob and go hustle.
I'm living in the Urban city and light is 24 hours and if PHCN takes it off they'll restore it back after 20 minutes



you dey mind that dude wey dey live for inside bush

bro stop using the nail to hit the hammer rather use the hammer to hit the nail, this has nothing to do with hustle hard or living in a bush and we are not talking of lopsided development but comprehensive, the OP said NIGERIA not a particular town or urban area, why do you guyz always act like this.

Someone raised an important national issue for us to ponder on & profer possible solution, you automatically wants to make him feel bad that he is not living in one place you claim you have light 24hrs and they do take it to for 20mins sometimes ...I wonder how is that 24hrs if you take away 20mins..

Don't we have developed nations that also have rural areas and don't they have light there and must everybody stay in Beverly hills, is he not a citizen of Nigeria irrespective of where he is staying and entitled to basic amenities that he is even paying for. With all the cash thrown into that project and yet nothing to show for it does it not call for concern

Plz let's put the horse before the cart and not the other way round, I get easily pissed when adults talk like children that's if you are one though

Am out no Beef.

Impossibility is nothing..... We can't give up afterall.

Never! You better find your own personal solutions

ALAGOGO007:
For many years now, Nigeria has been facing an extreme electricity shortage. This deficiency is multi-faceted, with causes that are financial, structural, and sociopolitical, none of which are mutually exclusive. Nigeria’s power sector has high energy losses from generation to billing, a low collection rate and low access to electricity by the population. There is insufficient cash generation because of these inefficiencies and the power sector is consequently reliant on fuel subsidies and funding of capital projects by the government.

At present only 10 % of rural households and 40% of the country’s total population have access to electricity. Power supply difficulties cripple the agricultural, industrial and mining sectors and impede the Nigeria's ongoing economic development. The energy supply crisis is complex, stems from a variety of issues and has been ongoing for decades.

As of December 2013, the total installed or nameplate capacity (maximum capacity) of the power plants was 6,953 MW. Available capacity was 4,598 MW. Actual average generation was 3,800 MW. As of December 2014, the total installed capacity of the power plants was 7,445 MW.

The minister for power Babatunde Fashola said that 90 million Nigerians lack electricity supply. This is an indictment of the government and a clarion call on that same government as well as other stakeholders to do something urgently about the wobbling electricity supply situation in the country. Every year, the Nigerian government invest huge amout of money in the power sector with no positive impact, something seems not right!

The big question is, are we going to witness a stable power supply in our lifetime , will it ever happen?

Our electricity challenge is a structural challenge not an infrastructural one, we have treated it for long as an infrastructure challenge when in reality it has always been a structural problem, that is why no matter the amount of money spent the challenge hasn't been fixed.

We can't generate electricity in akwa ibom and send it to Kano, that doesn't make any sense, the points of failure are too much, that's why the infrastructure keeps on collapsing. Secondly electricity is the second card used by the political class to control the poor, the first being fuel subsidy.

The solution is simply decentralised the power industry, every state should generate and distribute its own electricity, or better still let it be done geopolitically. States that feel that their citizens are too poor can subsidize electricity for their people. Nobody will tell any politician to give his people electricity, if he doesn't he looses control, and the people will come after him.

No never

Yes I have experienced 24 hours light in Nigeria, Magodo Brooks estate to be precise. I spent close to four days there and they did not blink the light, not even for a second. I think Magodo residents signed a deal with PHCN for 24hrs uninterrupted electricity. The AC turned the room to ice block and the bed became unfit to sleep on lol. E sweet die trust me

PattyMike:


Can we pay e.g 10k monthly for stable power. We are saying overseas there's light but for example in USA they'll pay as much $109 monthly as light bills. Water sef they pay monthly, internet dey pay monthly, heating in the house they pay monthly for it, calling and recieving phone calls they pay monthly about $40-$100 depending on the network carrier. Once again my question is, are we willing to pay for steady power supply?

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My father is 70+ and I have never seen stable electricity. I have not seen stable electricity up still now, infact for the past three days no power. For stable power leave this country to some western Nation.

No

EcoBrick:
Yes. Presently there are parts of Magodo and Omole phase 1 in Lagos that enjoy uninterrupted electricity. Though their electricity supply arrangement is different from the rest of us'.

No!
The total electricity power generation capacity we have is 6GW. We generate an average of 3GW. We need at least 15GW of electricity to cover the federation. We need 30GW to start industrialization.

So, how would 3GW distributed to Magodo and Omole because they pay higher tariff.

Our problem is inadequate generation!

Sadly the answer is no... barring some drastic changes in the way we as a people choose to be governed, and start to elect leaders who really know and have what it takes to lead(not rule)

Mouthgag:
More than 100 billion dollars since 1960


It won't be well with generation of 55 to 85 years... THEY MESSED UP EVERYTHING FOR US.

USELESS LEADERS

I am not among oooooo! Surely, it shall be well with me ; but the bad leaders will not see peace in their life.

Light will prevail

In my lifetime, it will happen.

BabaOwen:
This country is so messed up. How do we Nigerians really expect our country to grow I look at our budget, convert am to dollar, I was shocked when I saw how much it was in dollars, e small die.

Just imagine say babaginda or abacha don solve light matter, or if OBJ or GEJ had solved it, Buhari for face other things. But, as Nigeria dey now eh, every sector is messed up and we no com get money.

Baba, see it's not about budget size; all we need to do is live according to our means ie no wasteful spending up and down - problem solved. Just go and study what has been happening in Rwanda in the last 5 years or so.

For power to be fixed in Nigeria is simple. Decentralize it. Let each region or state fend for itself and give them at least 10 years. Most will stumble in the beginning but would eventually catch up. The system we're running in Nigeria is ineffective, wasteful and unproductive. The FG wants to control everything politically even though it lacks capacity financially and mentally. Same thing in rail system, policing, mineral resources. Look at all the countries of the world, which among them is using this kind of formulae?

Example, let's say Cross River state is able to generate stable power for its state alone, it should be left to do that but under the current system, that power must go into national grid to feed other state like Kano, Rivers, Ondo etc. Tell me, will any of the 3 states have stable power? To drive my point home, some states are not even producing at all. So now you see?

The problem is primarily based on suspicion and fear by some region that others might develop and leave them behind but it doesn't have to be so. The govt is essentially lazy, lacks vision and want to continue to do lip-service while feeding fat on oil money.

A question with a very big question mark indeed!

immposicant

Only if STATES generate their own power

In 2014 APC said this could be achieved only if PDP is voted out, but today we are waiting..


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alexola20:


And the fukcking bastard OBJ and thief ATIKU still get their dirty mouths to talk in public.

Nigerians are too mumu na gragra to each other the poor masses we sabi do.If not people like Obj and atiku would have been killed or if God help them to run away to exile and never to return to 9ja again.

You're still not getting the point, you can't use politics to solve problem of economics. Why blame OBJ alone, was Buhari too not a former president? Until we truely understand what the problem is, we'll just be passing blame on others and nothing will happen.

Edited: I've suggested my humble possible solution to the problem. //few comments above//

Ebenezar2020:
you're living in a bush.
my brother stop wailing like a jobless Ipob and go hustle.
I'm living in the Urban city and light is 24 hours and if PHCN takes it off they'll restore it back after 20 minutes



you dey mind that dude wey dey live for inside bush

Is the bush he is living in not part of Nigeria?

We can have stable Electricity if we start doing the right thing

We’ve the power but don’t know how to use it !!


Because of Corruption and Selfish Gain

Kolewerk

Yes NA
When Fashola becomes the minister of power.