kikero:


In South Africa

1. People don't bypass their meters, nor do they refuse to pay their bills

2. Bills are subsidized yes, but they have income from agriculture, mining , and a massive industrial and business sector and a tax to GDP ratio of 23% compared to Nigeria's six percent to pay for it

3. Even then Eskom, that's the Azanian equivalent of NEPA or our discos, has been rasing bills for power

4. SA also generates more power than Nigeria. 45 000 mw, part of which comes from nuclear power ( a by product of their nuclear weapons program under arphateid)

Here in Nigeria we have none of that, we refuse to pay our bills , we bypass our meters and we don't pay sufficient tax , and our agro and industrial sector is not producing enough income to pay for subsides. Oil revenue had been falling since 2014 . And corruption is there

And you want us to be like SA?

Good electricity costs money..we no have moneye

kgr8mike:
Only if we bane generator importation & usage in Nigeria as that senator suggested. Only then can we have 24/7 power here.

allthingsgood:


Power is a complex industry. It's not enough to just generate.

Mistakemaker:
What exactly is stopping Nigeria from having 24/7 electricity and making money form it as well as stabilising the economy?

Let's hear people's thoughts

dukeprince50:
deceive urself o.
we have $6b to invest in eko Atlantic that Nigerians can't afford, billions of naira to maintain refineries that's useless, billions of naira to give to politicians as allowance but no money for electricity

Kaduna1stson:
Incompetent leadership, we chose a man who has never had light as he trained his cows for the past 30 years as president. Failures begets more failures.

God bless Umaru Yar'Adua

kikero:


And who controls the revenue and the generation bit

Private companies the discos and gencos

TCn is dependent on the revenue they raise

Besides we need 100 BN dollars to fix our transmission. Our budget for this year isn't up to 30 billion dollars

Kaduna1stson:
Incompetent leadership, we chose a man who has never had light as he trained his cows for the past 30 years as president. Failures begets more failures.

God bless Umaru Yar'Adua

dukeprince50:
not just PMB but all our past leaders are useless, infact PMB administration brought up the idea of nuclear energy but we kicked against it cos we are scared it will be mismanaged and cause a disaster but we forget nuclear energy is the neatest and most environmental friendly

Mistakemaker:

Then what do the fg stand to gain by keeping it in the exclusive list and suffering the people.. To me states should be allowed to generate power and supply their states, you will find out some states will have stable electricity

kikero:


Look, I blame the government too, many government agencies don't pay for power

But power has been in private hands since 2013.

And the problem is up till recently it cost 53 naira to produce one kWh of electricity. And we were paying 30 naira or less for that kWh

Add the fact that in some areas 40-50% of people were not paying their bills.

And before you about meter , people bypass their meters. And threaten disco workers who catch them.

Power is being run as a business. And we Nigerians are not paying enough for service. In fact government has has to bail out powe sector with 1 trillion naira yearly, and it is estimated they need one trillion naira more

You can call me a Buhari supporter. I am not. I don't even support PDP or APC. But one thing I know. If you were running a business and 50 percent of your customers did not pay for the things they buy from you you would be broke in months.

Let's get real.

Kobicove:


The main issue is that government has refused to completely deregulate the power sector by allowing them charge cost reflective tarrifs

RealEzee:

these are not reasons enough bud, first people in SA are already seeing the light that they're paying for, not here abi d bills u pay corresponds with what you hoped for? Did u pay for 4hrs light daily in Naija?
Citizens have lost trust in the sector, my side we even have timetable sef, 3 days on one day off, yet its not up 24hrs kwa but now Bill don go up ooo we go still pay, what's their reason for the increasement? Nothing at all.

Provide an enabling environment for the citizens and watch them grow independently, our siblings who travel to the west are enjoying basic amenities and paying jejeli cos it's worth it, we would do same here too if it's worth it, people have paid for meters for years n yet to receive, the sector keep on extorting people.

Miaplaced priorities by the government, quick to pass bills that negatively affect the citizens at large than General good.

We have no excuse why we should be having 24/7 power, the resources are there.

kikero:


If you were running a business, and 50 percent of your customers were not paying you, won't you be broke?

Power has been privatised since 2013..we ain't paying enough for it.

Sorry, but I am not supporting mediocrity. You on the other hand want to buy a Limousine with the money you would use to buy a motorcycle

I know many Nigerians are poor. But sadly power is expensive. We are not a rich country and the stealing happening every day makes it worse, and Lord knows I hate it.

Mistakemaker:
What exactly is stopping Nigeria from having 24/7 electricity and making money form it as well as stabilising the economy?

Let's hear people's thoughts

dukeprince50:
if there is power, industries will grow.
if industries grow, more industries will spring up.
if more industries spring up, there will be job.
if there is job, there will be money.
if there is money, we can pay for power

RealEzee:
I'll ask myself if I'm proving the services to their satisfaction first bud.
We are not in a sphere 24/7 power is given then try to Condemn citizens for low patronage, are they paying for 4 hours power? Absolutely not bud

chrisooblog:
a bit complex but here's my laymans understanding of the issues and solutions to them.

1. We don't generate enough megawatts. Nigeria considering the size of population and manufacturing capability would probably need between 30000-50000 MW to guarantee 24/7 electricity. not sure if the combined power generation stations can produce up to 20000 MW.

solution would be to build more power stations which will take time and money. some are already being built in mambilla, taraba. we also need more investment in alternate sources of power like solar wind and water.

2. our transmission and distribution network is poor and decrepit. system needs modernizing so that the little we generate can be effectively distributed. The recently announced siemens deal should hopefully help in that regard. currently we only enjoy 3000-4000 of the 7000 MW generated. when siemens God willing is done with the first phase that should double the transmission and distribution capacity.

3. Government needs to help the power industry through proper regulation establish itself as a proper business enterprise the way GSM did in the early 2000s. this will enable foreign investment and expertise to come in. currently the industry is not conducive for investors to put their money in because they are not sure of making their money back. the increase in electricity tariff was supposed to address that but sadly poor nigerians will be unable to pay due to estimated billing and lack of meters.

hopefully a combination of the siemens deal and scaled up metering should help nigeria get some appreciable amount of power which would reduce reliance on petrol and deisel powered generators.

4. Gas supply is another important issue that should be resolved. good there are some gas pipeline projects coming up which will supply our power stations adequate gas.

Igbochief001:
We don't have the money to invest into power

kikero:


Most African countries don't have stable power

Either they supply a few parts of their countries or they do as Nigeria does..try to please everyone. (Cameroon powers some parts of the country and leaves everywhere dark)

Matters are made worse by the fact that we are not ready to pay for electricity ourselves.

Below are maps from 2018 and 2012 showing the power situation in Africa

As at 2018 we even do better than many African countries, especially the dR Congo, which I mention because it has Africa's largest potential hydroelectric power sector, that was partially built

jmoore:


If you want us to get real, you haven't scratched the surface.

50% is an exaggeration. I know some people bypass metres but 50% ? No way!!

Nigerians are actually the ones losing.

Do you know how many Nigerians are paying more than they should? Someone that doesn't have light for 3 weeks and 2 days, then you bring a bill of 10,000 naira for 5 days of epileptic power supply.

Most Nigerians are actually doing the jobs of these power companies by providing new poles and new transformers, repairs included.

5,000 megawatts that should be shared for 5 million people.
But you share it to 150 million + Nigerians, billing all of them.

This is the reality!!

The power companies are obviously the highest cheaters.

dukeprince50:
if there is power, industries will grow.
if industries grow, more industries will spring up.
if more industries spring up, there will be job.
if there is job, there will be money.
if there is money, we can pay for power

SoftBillionaire:


Moral Capital

kikero:


You want awoof.

Sorry, but it does not work that way.

Good evening

kikero:


Behind your big language, you want power to be supplied cheap.

With no thought for the cost of production

We are not a rich country. The corruption makes it worse.

I'll advise you to Google for the price Waterhouse Coopers report on Nigeria's power sector. Read it. It makes for some interesting facts.

Good evening.