₦airaland Forum

sanpipita:
No big deal here every rain fall season Nigerians experience good power supply, dry season will tell the full story if there's any significant changes

raumdeuter:
According to you White people denied Okocha but gave George Weah an African the same award

Can you explain that?

OriOko88:
Your mumu is legendry..now compare the countries you categorized as developing as Nigeria by the amount of power they're generating. Compare the power condition of Nearby Ghana to Nigeria..or compare the power generation size of Pakistan who almost has d same population as Nigeria with Nigeria,let's see. State the amount of power being generated by those developing countries u put on there side by side wit Nigeria. Mumu analyst

OriOko88:
Shut ur stinking mouth. Stop celebrating mediocrity. What difficulty is there in solving power issue,that most countries have solved since the 80s and moved on to other challenges. You lots will keep re enforcing failures because it's heredity and in ur DNA. The joke is on you!

OriOko88:
5k megawatt for 200milion people?? This is not worth celebrating atal. South Africa with just 50m people is generating over 28k megawatts,imagine. USA almost 150k megawatts! So whats worth celebrating in a temporarily stable and meagre 5k megawatt which will even trip off in few days time in d name of grid collapse. Some towns in akwa ibom and rivers have not had light for 3years but their govts are busy building ten lane roads and flyovers. No be juju b dat??

Botking:
A whole giant of Africa, lacking good skyscrapers, we have a long way to go

Nigeria is experiencing improved supply of electricity

Nigerians have been experiencing improved power supply in recent weeks as buttressed by data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

The daily tracker of Electricity generation in Nigeria shows supply peaked at a record high of 5,043 megawatts (MW) on Thursday, 1st September 2022, an 8.1% increase when compared to 4,664MW recorded a day before.

Electricity supply has been on an upward trend since the labour union strike action earlier in August, where electricity workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Senior Staff Association Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) grounded the operations of the TCN, leading to a nationwide blackout, a move which saw DisCos lose an estimated N2.94 billion in potential revenue.

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What consumers are saying

Some Nigerians who spoke to Nairametrics have expressed some level of satisfaction with the recent stability in the electricity supply in their areas, while some feared it could affect their transformers. Here is what they are saying:

According to Taibat Towoboade who lives in Ikodoru, Lagos State, she explained that they now enjoy 23 hours of uninterrupted power supply in her house daily, which usually was around 15 hours of interrupted supply.

“Usually, I would be worried to charge my gadgets and appliances, but lately, I do not have to worry about that, as it is almost certain that there will be light, and would only go off for 1 hour during the day,” she said.

Tunde Akinyele a resident in Ogun State also noted the better state of power supply in his area. “To my surprise, we now have light for about 7 to 8 hours daily, that is like a miracle because it is usually about 3hrs in a day at best,” he said.

“Although this comes with a downside, because now our transformers and cables are easily spoilt, when the power stays for longer than usual, which would take about two days before it is being repaired,” he added.

Miss Omolabake, who lives in Agbado, Lagos State said she had a power supply for four days uninterrupted, which is something hardly seen in her area.

On the other hand, a Twitter user with the account name @Maiomoko posted that some people living in Abuja allegedly complained to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) that the improved power supply is affecting their businesses.
The post reads: “I heard some people somewhere went to complain in AEDC office that the regular power supply now is detrimental to their businesses. In Nigeria, by Nigerians.”

While reacting to the post, @ayobamibe said, “How will phone charging, petrol sales, and generator repair sell well if there is constant light?”, and another said, “Omo whatever they did to our light is working, generator noise has reduced well enough to say thanks to those in charge of electricity.”

Why power is improving

Reports reaching Nairametrics indicate some of the reasons for improved power supply are not unconnected to some of the recent policy changes introduced earlier in the year.

Tariff Adjustments
A reduction in tariff shortfalls which has been the bane of investments in the power sector has also been a major factor in improved power supply.

The first is the frequent increase in electricity tariffs which now complies with the requirements of the Multi-year Tariff Order (MYTO).
Before now, electricity tariffs are increased only after the approval of the government leading to tariff subsidies or tariff shortfalls that have plagued the industry.

However, since a policy review was conducted tariffs are increased every six months allowing the sector operates at a cost-reflective tariff.

Partial Activation
Industry sources also point to the Partial Activation of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) which commenced in July as a major factor leading to an improved power supply.

Sources explain that Partial Activation requires players in the sector to meet their minimum requirements.
For example, the Power Generating Companies must generate as much power as is available in their contracted capacities. Failure to generate contracted power means they pay penalties.

When power is generated, the Transmission company must be able to evacuate and wheel all the power generated. If they do not wheel all the power, they face penalties.

And when power is wheeled, the distribution companies are expected to distribute all the power wheeled to them. Failure to meet that requirement exposes them to penalties.

Details of the partial activation are detailed in a report from Oak Legal.

Central Bank
The final reason adduced for the improved power supply is billions of naira in central bank intervention funds lent to Discos for meters, CAPEX, and operational expenses.

The CBN explained in its monetary policy committee meeting that the Cumulative disbursement under the NEMSF-2 currently stands at N254.46 billion.

The bank explained that the money was given to Distribution Companies (DisCos) for their Operational Expenditure (OpEx) and Capital Expenditure (CapEx), under the Nigeria Electricity Market Stabilization Facility – Phase 2 (NEMSF-2).

A further N47.82 billion has been disbursed under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), for the procurement and installation of 865,956 meters across the country.

Industry players indicate the funding has provided stability for Discos which is also resulting in improved power supply.

ojun50:
See has there president look polish, our own look agbado

UnusualEmissary:
Why typing in Caps and even making it bold again?

Your own life na war?

izombie:
Posts like this make me very angry. Op, you should bury your head in shame. All the people you listed up there were made rich and famous by the whites. They live in white mans countries. Everything they achieved they did with the tools provided by the whites. Heck, joshua was turned down when he wanted to represent Nigeria in the Olympics.
The white man has nothing to envy regarding blacks. They take what they don't have. Do you know why you and i as black people need to apply for visa when we want to visit europe or north america but someone from the white mans countries doesn't need visas to go to anywhere in the world. The whites, the chinese, japanese, koreans, arabs are all developing their countries except the black man. When you hear someone shouting racism there is a 99 percent chance that it's a black man.
The french team you posted up there is filled with a lot of black people but guess what, 98 percent of back room staff in that same team is white. The french team is just a group of black people being coached by the whites with proper equipment.
Black people are wicked, envious, will bring you down if you give them the chance.
The only reason we still need visas to go anywhere is because every other race in the world is trying to keep black people away.
We need to change the way we think. Change our mentality.

ManirBK:
A National Disgrace To A Whole Giant of Africa President. Shehu, Lai, Adesina over to You,

Qtrpst4:
The last time he talked he said "we inherited speaking in tongues from the bible"

When is he going to talk another rubbish again

NinjaXmetahuman:
And who the fhuck is Mathew page and why should we care about his useless opinion?

Pootle:
foolish talk...them no force u comot for ivory coast.

Nasri100:
I understand his frustrations but you African footballers are very small in the scheme of things.

I will advise never to say negative things about your former employer cause you never know the ramifications.

Just focus at where you at and earn your paycheck and enjoy life.

Aside all the emotions and fanfare the clubs are the biggest player in this round leather game and they all work in tandem. All of them. Just take a look at the hidden Super League plans that didn’t materialize.

No footballer is bigger than the club.

SmartPolician:
It's too early to start ranting. If you didn't see to in all the instances cited, it simply means you didn't read the article.

Trust me, you don't love this country and want to see it progress half how much I love it. While patriotism is a good thing, one must be able to separate love for country from love for incompetent leaders.

Buhari is an incompetent leader who has failed to keep his promises or lacks the wherewithal to keep his promises. Therefore, it's only natural to scrutinize everything that happens in his administration.

SmartPolician:
This news sounds good.

However, the part that looks suspicious is "to".

Everything is written in future tenses.

Well, I can only wish them luck and wait for the real thing to start happening.

Pwettylinda:


Hehehe Billions have been looted and will be looted here

MindHacker9009:
Religion of their ancestor did not stop slave trade, did not stop colonization and it did not bring about technological advancement.

Buckeyemedia1:
OBJ is constitutionally barred, but General Abdulsalami Abubakar is still eligible if our minds is playing the game of sarcasm.

Workch:
I am not saying that the constitution barred him, I am saying that the decision still lies in the hands of the voters and any sane voter won’t pick a sick person who will travel abroad multiple time to treatments.

While he has a right to contest, we also have the right to reject him