₦airaland Forum

Steak and Kidney pie, unimaginably delicious...but I won't live long to have enough.

AlphaTaikun:
Succinctly stated.

Even the Aso Rock Villa is now entirely off-grid with the use of the cheaper solar energy. These folks know what to do in terms of delivering cheaper renewable energy mix. They just have to have a sense of urgency to bring things to reality.

Based off of the new Power Laws, power generation is NOW off the exclusive list so the 36 states of Nigeria and their Governors have wake up and deploy all kinds of cheaper power generation stations.

Yes, states can do so. Individuals can also do so. But responsibility still lies with the Federal government to envision and fashion models that are practicable.

Just like oil and gas. Anyone can invest in it but at the end of the day they operate under a Federal government that has to lead. I have not seen the Federal government set targets, set framework or standards for states.

I think Rivers state is the only state in Nigeria where there are two distinct distribution grids. Folks there can choose to connect to what they call the 'Federal line' or the other (state), with the 'Federal' line being more qualitative as I understand.

The fact that it is called Federal line and the truth that transmission still bears federal footprint shows that power is till their baby.

Well if Aso Rock has bailed from the National grid that is their business but it doesn't show leadership. Is it encouraging individualism or what. They said they have a program to extend it to all government properties and infrastructure. Is this responsibility. What about those who cannot afford green energy to power their homes and businesses....

Honestly if I were to be government, the way the US government commissioned Henry Ford to use his enormous industrial capacity to manufacture war machines to arm the US military for the Second World war so I will commission Dangote to manufacture green energy components like panels and all the generating components.

That man and his industrial acumen can easily mobilize resources to double energy production in this country with certain government guarantees.

AlphaTaikun:
The above submissions are brilliantly stated!

The Chinese have ALSO invested heavily in electric vehicles and BYD from China sold a record number of electric cars in 2025 alone around the world.

There's also mini-hydro turbines and micro-hydro turbines which other countries use to get power from small streams and rivers or the use of hybrid solar/wind power systems for a seamless day and night renewable energy. The people complaining daily online and offline have for years been too mentally paralyzed and lazy to take the initiatives to cut themselves off from the national grid and go off-grid.

There's biogas from animal and human waste including rural and urban wastes that can generate electricity in urban and rural areas.

A mix of renewable energy is the way to go.

Malaysia doesn't go through the stress other OPEC countries such as Nigeria go through whenever there's a spike in international crude oil prices due to global geopolitical tensions for several decades now because they invested heavily in gas infrastructure by exporting their huge natural gas for FX returns.

Nigeria is largely a gas-rich country. The natural gas reserves and even the bitumen reserves in the bitumen belt stretching from the 4 States of Lagos to Ogun to Ondo to Edo States are far more than Nigeria's entire crude oil reserves or deposits.

Agreed.
But the economic model of this present government is to maximize value for all it's assets. Meaning we Nigerians have to pay for these things at a price the rest of the world pays for them, like we don't own them.

I don't challenge that model. It is a responsible one. A farmer that grows yams should not eat yams at a lower price than he sells to his customers or he and his farm will never grow and develop. It is a mindset thing.

So I say sell gas to Nigerians at international price and let the very, very, very few who can afford it take it. In other climes power does not have a fixed price from location to location. California doesn't have anything to generate electricity so it is expensive there compared to other states having say abundant blue energy.

However since we have also decided to run a unitary state and economy we just have to have a proper energy mix to reduce cost if not we either sink in debts to power companies (as we are presently) or remain in darkness and not develop.

It is incumbent on government to think about and find cheaper energy for the country. Electricity is GDP and jobs and prosperity. Lack of it or unaffordability is the opposite.

Gas is just too expensive. Imagine you using your cooking gas cylinder to power your small generator or imagine if your lpg converted car were running your house or office 24/7. Imagine the cost. Even in more prosperous Europe the price is a big, big deal.

I was in Port Harcourt recently and a family was using firewood to cook outside. There was electricity on in the house (obviously stolen) and the reality of how much gas had been burnt to provide that electricity between when the firewood was started till when the meal was done hit me. Could the firewood have generated that much electricity. No. But that was what they could afford.

AlphaTaikun:
Do NOT depend on one source of energy supply. A Mix of energy sources is the key. Period.

Let me bring back.my former rudimentary take on this, practically speaking. I know folks won't like this but.

If the vision for those novelty highways being constructed that allegedly cost 15 trillion was channeled to solve power, by the end of this regime the country will have been totally transformed.

Let us say 3 trillion has been spent so far (no one knows). That amount will get no less than 7,000 megawatts in raw panel power alone. Double the effective energy output of the gencos presently. This is energy once amortised costs virtually zero naira. Cheap enough for Nigerians to profit with.

Add a couple of trillions more to instal and inject into the national grid you can have an area of 50,000 acres doubling the supply of electricity to the grid in daytime. That size of land is more than available in the far cloudless north of this country and you can surround it with a garrison of soldiers if you fear sabotage.

At night when solar sleeps you can then fall back on Gasco's and hydro to give you the 3,500 or so megawatts as a backup or as battery storage because power consumption at those periods drops drastically.

Is this not worth considering. The kinds of things we should be talking about in this country amongst the people and the experts.

Yampotatocarrot:
Although I don't understand some of the terminologies you used, I also believe he was banking on the fact that by now rain would have started falling which will lead to increased power supply as usual... Unfortunately, the rains have delayed

Yes, I am cocksure he thought by now blue energy (hydro) will be at max because he knows the gas guys will not pump a single ounce more until he pays up.

AlphaTaikun:
Do NOT depend on one source of energy supply. A Mix of energy sources is the key. Period.

Abi. We have been telling them since.
Those we praise and worship as leaders have not realized this until they are neck deep in debt.

We continue to say this.
GAS TO ELECTRICITY IS TOO, TOO, TOO EXPENSIVE for a developing country such as ours.

Export your gas to wealthy nations and use the proceeds to invest in cheaper energy sources.

There are hundreds of coal power plants going out of circulation in the Americas, Europe and Asia because of climate change and a new green world. Buy them at a cheap and fire them back up to kick start your own industrial revolution.

If the west harasses you then ask them for grants to set up your own green economy. There are thousand and thousands of acres of unsuitable land all over Nigeria you can turn to solar power parks like the Chinese are doing. They have recently cut export subsidies on solar wares so bring them into to manufacture here.

Osiris12:
I wonder what you people gain in lying on social media

Looking over Lagos from an airplane at night is not different from looking over Amazon forest at night also

Ha...Amazon jungle ke....hmmm....they will come for you.

Me. President went to commission gas powered station in Bayelsa while still owing 3 abi 5 trillion naira to Gasco's and you just wonder....what kind of tenant throws a birthday party on his landlords compound while owing rent.... Nigeria blues...

Na so.
The man is waiting for the rains over the Futa Jallon hills to cascade down the River Niger and fill up the paddocks of Kainji and Shiroro dams to 'stabilize' the grid with blue energy.

Unfortunately his MET office consultants must have misled him on the weather. So folks, just give the magician time to conjure stable power for you.

After all, according to Kamal Khan, 'Its all in a wrist..'

This too is the fault of American soldiers in Nigeria according to Mr. Dalung. Probably they badly want meat to eat.

It is always someone else's fault.
The lamentations of irresponsibility.
Yours Mr. Dalung is to advocate for THE RIGHT to defend yourself, your neighbors, your community and then the wider nation.

But you can't, because you fear your neighbor will become equally able to defend himself and you will be unable to oppress him and have your way.

This is the summary of the Nigeria state. Those who want the status quo to continue will do everything to ensure the narrative will always deflect from their real intentions. To keep Nigerians in their cross-hairs and those who surrender in slavery.

I don't think there is one, a single American soldier in Nigeria that is not thinking of home, his family, his community and is eager to return as soon as possible. Sit down there and be blaming them while yours is falling into the abyss.

Usmanovic95:
Why should it be the president to choose who to be an INEC chairman in the first instance? Why won't he choose someone in his circle.Until we amend some part of our constitution that gives maximum power to the President, situations like this will keep surfacing.

I am happy these conversations are beginning to emerge and gain strength. That is how democracy reforms society and develops it. It levels mountains and fills valleys to make for plain scenery.

To me citizenship advocacy for justice and equity is far, far more valuable than the temporary sentiment of winning or losing elections.

Question everything that is out if order for ten years and you get the nation moving.
Reform those things that are questioned for the next hundred years and you get a truly great nation that is comfortable within itself to go out there to be reckoned with in the world.

I have said this since this democracy started/restarted in 1999. Our leadership recruitment process has continued to churn out misfits at all levels because the electoral umpire is selected and appointed wrongly. To me this is a carryover from military rule and that portion of our Constitution needs to be amended.

We as a nation need to debate on and agree the modalities for appointing a totally neutral, apolitical and unaffiliated ombudsman to head the electoral process AND ensuring the extensive powers of a CEO first not apply to quasi government institutions.

No African can appoint a referee for a match he intends to participate in with justice in view. It is just not in our nature.

ChengHun:
He would have been killed if he was inside the car. He should thank God
The landlord can be sued

Or killed in his bed if the structure had collapsed towards the building.

When people pay ground rent to government, shouldn't part of the resources be used in engaging Inspectors to go round properties from time to time to ensure they are safe and compliant with normal building codes. It will save lives.

We all suffer from poor quality governance one way or the other. If there was public utilities there will be no need for all these. I guess the government should be joined in any suit.

DarkJeddi:
A dam?
And which River exactly are you damming?

I see. So when rain falls where does all the water flow to in Enugu. It goes somewhere. It doesn't just sink into the ground.

You channel storm water through drains into canals and into the lowest point outside the city limits and do some serious engineering work to contain it. Arid states in the US from Arizona to Los Angeles depend on artificial dams for water supply and management.

Outside that I cannot see how the state can provide water and if it cannot do that in effectively it is creating a glass ceiling for development. Industries, commercial enterprises all require quality, affordable utilities to thrive.

These are the things River-Basin Authorities were created for you know. That is when Nigeria was fairly well governed.

Just create an artificial dam.
Look for the lowest point around the state in proximity to the capital and buy off the lands, thousands of acres and build a dam. That is what is done in advanced countries. What is si hard about that.

All these provocative posts.
What do you expect people to say....

When we start talking about the Negro, some folks become angry. But that is the truth.

He just CANNOT form viable, sustainable, productive societies. He is hopelessly feudal in nature and utterly selfish in disposition, lacking any form of horizontal relationships.

If you doubt. Sit back and ask yourself. How can there be a superiority contest between two armed services. Is this a consideration anywhere else in the world apart from Africa.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the US military can come from any branch of the military from the Army, Marines, Air force, Navy to the Space force and even Coast Guard. Here if it is not the Army upheld as the apex arm of the military, wahala.

Out there a lower ranked military officer can command a unit with higher ranking officers present because he is a specialist in the task at hand. Over here the establishment will rather retire everyone above the officer's rank or keep them in different cages. Because seniority is more important than competencies.

We are a different breed of people in this part of the world....by the way, don't forget the Fire Chief going home to a 'reception: and pulling more hardware than will ever be seen at any fire incident. If you doubt, Just call them and they will tell you they don't have fuel to come....

Just end this war, stop the carnage and save lives. There is no gain in anything else.

How, how, how has he said he will rescue Zamfara.
Details please, not hot air. Harmattan has passed.

Which gas turbine again.
Has the power stations cannot pay for, commissioned by a government that cannot pay it's electricity bills.

Why not invest in a proper energy mix, diversify our energy source and quit these so called low hanging fruits. Who are the people advising this government? And what is it about this country that we cannot learn from our mistakes and sufferings.

GAS IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR OUR PER CAPITA of a thousand dollars.

How is it that a certain country where there are more guns than people, and in the hands of just about anyone are still able to maintain law and order while here in this country the guns are on either side of authority, the very bad on one side and law enforcement on the other, meaning the cast majority of Nigerians don't own or have guns yet law and order is a luxury.....how come.

The government is all about money and politics at the expense of governance. You cannot see the dynamism of qualitative leadership across government.

Even those who can, one half, will be careful of outshining the king. But that is what you get when democracy is not at work.

The leadership has also created a scenario where no one serving in it's courts can be anything now or in the near future except by its wishes. So the other half don't bother to govern well. They will be back.

What have I been saying.
We are a feudal set of people.
And I am dead sure there will be a MOUNTAIN of things her constituents want done but she has no time to fight for that.

donleo92:
Police is so quick to arrest innocent men,


But very very very slow to arrest boko haram,

Ooooooh!!! I forgot , they are brothers to the federal government

How is he innocent.
This is a crime the last time I checked and there have been several warnings by government about this sort of thing.

Chucks13:
See this yeye I d I o t daring his superior? Those pushing you like wheelbarrow will weep for you by the time the millitary are done with you.

In every society there are those who will always water the tree of liberty with their blood for folks like you to eat if it's fruits thereof.

For all the wage and service conditions improvements in public and private services that have been fought for and resisted by government and lackeys over the years over the years which one has not benefitted the country and it's people.

He can be paraded on streets as a rebel and hung on the stakes but as long as what he fights for is just, the benefits will eventually reach those without a voice. But on the contrary anyone can choose to be a coward and suffer in silence. All is suffering.

alanto:
I swear, I saw the screenshots and cringe. I heard the guy was earning over 500k before Tinubu took over. He came in and reduced the salary to 112k. Very bad man.


People don mention me tire.

Na sacarms o... Una no read who I mention?

In real terms it is actually no pun.
First a currency devaluation of more than 300 percent and then cumulative inflation of an additional 100 percent ever since.

Most folks are struggling with wages worth just a quarter of what it was before his regime if they have not received a massive wage increase.

SeizeTheMemes:
So you want china to replace the US? I don't think that's their goal. They emphasize multipolarism and using different countries currencies not just their own.

Ultimately china is a communist country having their currency subject to market forces is against the point of what they are trying to build.

Where did I say I want China to replace the west.
I am specifically talking about the place of the USD as the primary instrument of international exchange.

And I did say why it is not possible without China reforming itself and adopting global standards which of course are westernized which includes transparency, the rule of law and liberty.

I don't want to, anything. As there is nothing kittl m can do for China or the US. It is entirely up to those states what happens to THEIR currencies.

If America becomes more Chinese, that is hostile to liberties, people will move away and stand somewhere in between like they are increasingly doing (by the OP details). On the other hand if China becomes more original American, that is open, free and responsible, its currency is bound to swap places with the USD.

Basicend:
I am an admirer of China's ambition. However, China is not yet there at all.

It will take nothing less than 15 to 20 years to displace the USD. If current prevailing variables remain constant.

Do you know that Petrol-dollar (oil based tradings) only contribute to about 20% of SWIFT transactions?

Other non-oil related transactions such as electronics, AI & tech, construction, food, clothing etc constitute about 80%. Even if Iraq and some other middle eastern countries reject USD now, yes it will affect US, but they will still be fine ultimately.

The system globally has been entrenched for favor dollar receipts, and will take a while to get it changed.

CPC (China) will have to earn global trust and transparency that it does not manipulate it's currency value and it's reserve status unduly. Which currently they are not doing.

China still have long way to go thou. Currently USD have 58% of global foreign reserve while Yuan have just 2%.

That is the key, transparency.
Until they can match the transparency of the west and allow their currency to be subject to world market forces it will remain inferior.

And this will take a total reform in the nature of the Chinese government. People underestimate the power of liberty. No one wants to live in an atmosphere of control no matter how profitable it maybe in the short term. The fear of losing it all, i.e risk will always remain and China has to become more democratic for that to happen.

If a Zimbabwean, a Pole, an Australian is confident that he can throw his life's worth into that safe and it will emerge unscathed no matter his disposition or circumstance he will do so. Until that is done China is a place just to make money and leave.

It is the gradual erosion of liberties in the US under the Trump administration that is increasing risk and calling into question the stand of the dollar. China today is much further down the line.

matify83:
This is so scary!

I wonder what affinity snakes have with toilets?

Is it that they find their way into most homes through compromised chambers or soakaway pits?

Yeah, just looking around evidence of poor quality construction are there. Cracks on the compound flooring, low sitting building...you can imagine how poorly the sewage system will be built which ordinarily should be sealed and vents gauzed over.

We love building things to symbolize governance on action, which is good. But what will make it very good like the creation of man by God is the 'breath of life's to make such facilities 'live', function and work enduringly. So that another government doesn't have to build them again in a while to come as it common in this part of the world.

While the rest of the world grows and develops by 'adding'. We always find ourselves restarting again and again.

So the good work is not complete until systems are put in place to make those centres work sustainable to deliver healthcare long into the future.

Mr. Obi.
I have said it many times.
It is not enough to raise alarm.
Act, act, act like a government in waiting and spell out the solutions you have found. That is what will benefit this country and her people. Alternative ideas understood and superior ways to tackle problems will get you THE JOB.
Make this period like a job interview with the citizens the assessors.

I am not into politics or leadership but I have constantly and unrelentingly put my ideas forth on solutions to this issue as a concerned citizen using information and ideas from where I stand. Do same with the resources you have around you and in your hands. Engage security professionals. Let them work on a blueprint you can sell. Use your campaign contributions for that instead of printing t-shirts and doling out care packs.

We know where we are and need no reminders. This President did his own wailing during previous regimes on the state of the nation and people were swindled, thinking he had a better way. But until you can prove it by 'showing workings', practical, step by step workings, there is no evidence you will be better.

Our democracy has got to go beyond rhetorics. We need intelligent leadership. Ideas based conversations and campaigns of solutions not just empty promises, please.

Mr. Obi. BE DIFFERENT.