Lipscomb:
Here in the estate since last year we have been having 24/7 light. But the billing is much

At least you are seeing the service.
That is how MTN was expensive then in 2000 / 2001 .

Darestc2k12:


To have 24/7 electricity is a very simple all we need is political will.
First state and local government must allowed by law to generate and distribute their via private/public partnership.

Secondly, all discos must be mandated to supply prepaid meters to every household / flats and rooms. They should MAKE PREPAID METERS AVAILABLE LIKE PHONES in TELECOM sector.

Thirdly, solar energy, wind energy and free energy should be encouraged and made cheaper by all levels of government. Import duties on these products should be zero.

POLITICAL WILL is very crucial.

You're right.. I think is political will to do the right things

The biggest problem is this thing called national grid.
Power above a particular MW generated anywhere in this country must be fed into the national grid and then redistributed to different part of the country.
This is a disincentive for private sectors to invest in our energy sector.
Let the power sector be completely decentralised including transmission. Let each state or region have their own independent energy policy if they choose to without Abuja breathing on their neck.
Places like Brass and cannanland in Ota are not connected to national grid and they enjoy uninterrupted power supply. Why can't such be replicated on a larger scale in other parts of the country.
States like Lagos, Rivers and Anambra should be able to attract investors into their power sector because they know they will get good ROI.
The reality now is Nigeria cannot afford 24/7 electricity for everybody. But some regions can push the frontier for regular power supply which will be a catalyst for industrial growth in such areas.
That's what we need now, not necessarily 24 hours power supply for the whole nation.

meavox:



The Exclusive list & Concurrent list in the imposed 1999 Constitution that is a Forgery.

Read it here: "Electricity Calamity and the Sham 1999 Nigeria Constitution" By Ndidi Uwechue
https://africannewstoday.com/politics/electricity-calamity-and-the-sham-1999-nigeria-constitution/


It is 1000MW for 1 million people

So Nigeria needs 200,000MW

We only have 5000MW so for 5 million people

The article above is clear on this matter.

Dissolution is Nigeria's solution!

it's dropped to 2000-3000MW. not even up to 5000MW

FrMbaka:



South Africa still have nuclear power plant till today, they're using it to generate electricity.

They only destroyed their nuclear weapons because they don't want South African indigenes to control it.

BTW, it's same Russia that built it for them.

Never knew it was the weapon program alone they ended.... Truly we need the Russian deal fast as our growth rate is astronomical so is our power needs

saseremichael:
God Heal Our Land!

Location?

kikero:


Because we sell power at a cost less than what we produce it, complicated by the fact that as much as 40-50% of people don't pay their bills, and even when there is meter, some bypass the meter....that means that the power sector does not have enough money to make the needed improvements

In fact the power sector is in a one trillion naira hole financially . All the discos and gencos are running at a loss.

Modified

Going through the thread I see that people are ready to blame everyone, Buhari and GEJ inclusive for the power problem.

The reason why we don't have light is because in Nigeria we think we can get a Ferrari for the price of a bicycle.

Yesterday I told someone the actual cost of power in this country as related by ex CBN bigwig Moghalu, and he accused me of lying.

We know power costs a lot of money, but accepting that truth, that in order to have stable power we need to pay as much as 60 naira per kWh is too painful

So we blame the Hausas, Buhari, the IMF, GEJ, the discos, the gencos, the executive list , etc etc.

Meanwhile most of us refuse to pay our bills, chase electricity workers with cutlasses , bypass meters, and cheat on our bills and we expect light 24/7

I think Nigerians tend to live in sugar candy land too much

Most of the time we blame the government for all our mess yet we ourselves are the cos the problem. Government mount transformer some group of hooligans will go and vandalize it, again people will refuse to pay for the little light tat we get not to even talk about those tat by pass their light. This is indeed a wicked problem. At times we deserve the kind of leaders we get.

allthingsgood:


Successive administration have been working to no avail. It's not as easy as u think

Who told it is not easy as we think.

My brother don't deceive yourself.

D
Those buildings you see in Dubai are not started, when Nigeria government has started fixing this electricity problem. Dubai has made their country great , we only electricity , we have not made it great.

favor914:
A coward dies a thousand times, go & seek psychological help.

Okay keep calling God or Dog to save your useless father's land. I see you're brave.

alizma:

Without the urban planning, they have been going round collecting estimated bill, they know how to distribute the metres even without urban planning.

Exactly it will take them the next 10 years to meter everyone, by then the world would have moved on, even the Uk broke the record of been of coal for the longest period in 200 years, We have coal mines in Enugu, why aren’t the Biafrans taking a deeper look at what they have at their foot step? https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52973089?ocid=wsnews.chat-apps.in-app-msg.whatsapp.trial.link1_.auin

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

Wickedness and to create scarcity

Power problem in Nigeria encompasses the whole process. From power generation to transmissions to distribution.
Permit me to say that power generation has improve while we are still building more generation but the amount of power generated at the moment can not transmitted because the infrastructure are not just there to transmit the power generated as a result most of the power generating plant are mostly operating below capacity...finally the distribution ikdec, ekodec, IBdec etc are bad in terms of infrastructures that
You will even hear that distribution are rejecting power from transmission . How can distribution reject power when the country is in a black out. Again, the so call group of thief’s who acquired the distribution network have invested very little amount of money apart from the licensing fees... yet they want to cash out in multiply of 100...
The whole process is not sustainable and very sure of that and the whole process will surely come to a hold in a not distance future.

FrMbaka:



Okay keep calling God or Dog to save your useless father's land. I see you're brave.

Where did you hear me mention God, you Scooby-Doo?

chariisGRACE:
They can never be steady electricity in this Nigeria.
If the greedy thieves give you 24/7 electricity, who will buy their diesel and petrol. (We all know they own oil wells)

Another angle again.

It's possible if our leaders have will to give us,but in my area we are enjoying 24/7 power supply, Coker/iganmu

favor914:
Where did you hear me mention God, you Scooby-Doo?

So why did you quotes me?

It's wickedness and stupidity at the same time.

njola34:
Power problem in Nigeria encompasses the whole process. From power generation to transmissions to distribution.
Permit me to say that power generation has improve while we are still building more generation but the amount of power generated at the moment can not transmitted because the infrastructure are not just there to transmit the power generated as a result most of the power generating plant are mostly operating below capacity...finally the distribution ikdec, ekodec, IBdec etc are bad in terms of infrastructures that
You will even hear that distribution are rejecting power from transmission . How can distribution reject power when the country is in a black out. Again, the so call group of thief’s who acquired the distribution network have invested very little amount of money apart from the licensing fees... yet they want to cash out in multiply of 100...
The whole process is not sustainable and very sure of that and the whole process will surely come to a hold in a not distance future.

Nigeria could have been saved but clueless Jonathan for political reasons in 2103 sent us back 15 years. Why sell our common assets to the likes of Tunde Ayeni, Captain Hosa, Funke Osibudu, we know they are titanic players in the Nigerian business world, but are extremely naive when it comes to electricity Generation & Distribution? Beni Republic electricity Company, or Togo Electricity would have done a better job than these quacks.

Barbsamiin:

Do you want another hiroshima nagasaka in nigeria again?

I would rather we deal with the real problems than the imagined ones.

Mistakemaker:

Please how can I get access to the president.. I'm just a common citizen

Am I different from you?

favor914:
Mumu is Buhari Nigeria?, wasn’t Nigeria working on so called nuclear energy prior to President Buhari coming into power? Zombie what kind of energy has the Governor of your state proposed for you? Or are you not aware that Jonathan Goodluck deregulated that sector in 2013? Lazy fellow be waiting for FG to come & give you electricity, after clueless Jonathan has sold it to quacks.

Olosho go back to ur pole we r not discussing P&P talk here. Fuu

Felicity0001:

Olosho go back to ur pole we r not discussing P&P talk here. Fuu

The stripper pole in your mum, & sisters room?

wickedness and selfishness simple

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

Nigeria is not yet ready to handle the risks that come with running a nuclear plant ... SA is the only country in Africa that runs one.

njola34:
Power problem in Nigeria encompasses the whole process. From power generation to transmissions to distribution.
Permit me to say that power generation has improve while we are still building more generation but the amount of power generated at the moment can not transmitted because the infrastructure are not just there to transmit the power generated as a result most of the power generating plant are mostly operating below capacity...finally the distribution ikdec, ekodec, IBdec etc are bad in terms of infrastructures that
You will even hear that distribution are rejecting power from transmission . How can distribution reject power when the country is in a black out. Again, the so call group of thief’s who acquired the distribution network have invested very little amount of money apart from the licensing fees... yet they want to cash out in multiply of 100...
The whole process is not sustainable and very sure of that and the whole process will surely come to a hold in a not distance future.

A complete failure in the system..
Investors are not willing to invest as the grid is quite obsolete .

3days counting light no blink since they increased the tariff Kaduna Electric i dey hail o so u fit give 24hr Electricity and you dey do us 20hr, 18hr before.

ReeLoaDead:
Nigeria is not yet ready to handle the risks that come with running a nuclear plant ... SA is the only country in Africa that runs one.

It is for technological sake, we do not need nuclear energy, Nigeria is blessed with Hydro, and abundant natural gas, even more than oil, more so renewable energy wind, & solar is the future.

favor914:
It is for technological sake, we do not need nuclear energy, Nigeria is blessed with Hydro, and abundant natural gas, even more than oil.

correct ... distribution is the issue, not necessarily generation.

kikero:


Because we sell power at a cost less than what we produce it, complicated by the fact that as much as 40-50% of people don't pay their bills, and even when there is meter, some bypass the meter....that means that the power sector does not have enough money to make the needed improvements

In fact the power sector is in a one trillion naira hole financially . All the discos and gencos are running at a loss.

Modified

Going through the thread I see that people are ready to blame everyone, Buhari and GEJ inclusive for the power problem.

The reason why we don't have light is because in Nigeria we think we can get a Ferrari for the price of a bicycle.

Yesterday I told someone the actual cost of power in this country as related by ex CBN bigwig Moghalu, and he accused me of lying.

We know power costs a lot of money, but accepting that truth, that in order to have stable power we need to pay as much as 60 naira per kWh is too painful

So we blame the Hausas, Buhari, the IMF, GEJ, the discos, the gencos, the executive list , etc etc.

Meanwhile most of us refuse to pay our bills, chase electricity workers with cutlasses , bypass meters, and cheat on our bills and we expect light 24/7

I think Nigerians tend to live in sugar candy land too much

Haaa. brother, you are being myopic about. I believe you must have traveled to some countries within Africa continent , countries with political will for development. You will know get electricity is not that hard as such.

Let me tell you the problem with these discos and gencos is that they want profit immediately they set in to a business. Many do not succeed that way.
You must invest heavily in big business like for 3 or 4 years before making.
Look at discos , they don't maintain their distribution network and so on and so forth. I speak like power engineer.

Also note that no area or state of a country should only on one source / grid , there alternative sources of power available to massses in advance country

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

You should blame all governments not just this one then. The last time there was a steady supply of power was likely b4 most of us were conceived.

The real question is where are our engineers? Or the PhD holders have certificate meant for decoration?

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

Where will you throw away the nuclear waste?
There are other forms of neatest energy generation

zz