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This post was originally posted on LinkedIn at: https://www./solution-nigerias-power-problem-people-rich-tanksley

Almost everyone in Nigeria puts their AC on the lowest possible temperature setting (usually 16 or 17 degrees). There are various reasons for this, but mainly it's because few people understand how a thermostat works or even that the number corresponds to a temperature.

If you put the AC on 16 or 17, the compressor will run non-stop, consuming the entire 1300 watts all day.

If you put the AC on 26, when the room reaches 26 (assuming your AC is sized correctly, and you don't leave your windows open) the room will reach 26 degrees and the compressor will turn off. Now only the fan will be running (not the compressor). The fan uses a maximum of 10 watts.

Let's look at the implications of having all the ACs in Nigeria on the lowest setting all day and night.

A Typical 1.5 HP AC uses 1300 watts when the compressor is running. So that is 1.3kwh for each hour. Multiply that by 12 hours a day and you get 15.6kWh per day. So each year it will consume 5,694 kWh if it runs 12 hours a day.

Now, assume you set the AC to 26 instead of 17 and the compressor only runs 75% of the time. When the fan is running (the compressor is off) it consumes no more than 10 watts. (we won't even count this because it's so little) So you cut the compressor power consumption by 25% to 4,270.5 kWh per year if you don't put the thermostat on 17.

That is a savings of 1,423 kWh a year per AC if you put it on 26 instead of 17.

Interesting. Now let's speculate on the number of ACs in Nigeria.

There are about 112 million of the estimated 180 million Nigerians living in poverty. So we can assume they don't have ACs. Maybe 1/2 of the remaining 68 million still can't afford ACs. So we are at 34 mil. And let's say only 1/2 of those want ACs. So that leaves 17 million people with ACs. We could even assume 2-4 ACs per person and throw in hundreds of thousands of ACs in offices, but we'll just round down to 10 million ACs in Nigeria.

So the quick math: If the people operating the 10 million AC units in Nigeria kept their AC units at 26 instead of 17 it would save 1,423 x 10mil or 14,230,000,000 kWh each year. Converted to megawatts, this is an energy savings of about 14 million MWh per year.

The Egbin Thermal Power Station in Ikorodu (Nigeria's largest) produces 1,320 MW so about 11.6 million MWh per year if it operates at full capacity (it doesn't). Total power production capacity in the country fluctuates between 4,000 and 2,600 MW.

So you can see that the incorrect use of that remote control to set the AC on 17 consumes more than all the power from Nigeria's largest power plant.

What is the solution. Simple: teach people how to properly set the temperature on their ACs. A huge PR campaign would do the trick. Combining this with guidelines on proper sizing and insulating would also help.

Next I am going to explore the amount of water used to wash cars in Nigeria, where 60 million people lack basic access to water.

US President Donald Trump may be the boss when it comes to calling out fake news.
But it appears Nigeria has its very own problem with fake news after Heritage Bank’s name was unfairly dragged through the mud.
An online blog, Per Second News, published a story on Monday saying three fraudsters involved in a N150 million scam were employees of Heritage Bank.
It was reported that the three fraudsters were working in cahoots with two members from telco behemoth MTN.
But it wasn’t true because the alleged suspects Oyelade Shola-Isaac, 32, Osuolale Hammid, 40, and Akeem Adesina, 33 “were never staff of Heritage Bank Plc at any time".
A quick online search of the names revealed that none of the names used in the original story had any online presence outside of the fake news story.
It was reported that the suspects gave their fellow fraudsters the bank account details of customers who were not using internet banking.
Find out why Heritage Bank prides itself on safe and secure banking here.
It was alleged that MTN staff would the disable debit notification alerts to the scam victims.
But in an attempt to save face after hours of false articles that would have reached thousands of eyeballs, Heritage Bank, led by MD Ifie Sekibo, issued a statement to correct the lie.
“We wish to make it clear that Heritage Bank disproves the antics of such blogger (Per Second News), who seems determined to discredit the institution, even to the extent of risking being seen clearly as careless and unprofessional,” the statement read.
“We consider it our duty to continue to provide our stakeholders with accurate information where it concerns us, as your confidence and support is of utmost importance to us.”
Speaking to Punch, MTN spokesman Funsho Aina said the pictured suspects were employees of a distribution partner.
"Those paraded today (Monday) at the SFU are not MTN workers. Rather, they are employees of a distribution partner, who runs a connect store,” Mr Aina said.
After Heritage Bank corrected the record blogger Per Second News removed reference to Heritage Bank in its original story and ran a correction, using the Heritage Bank press release.

This is not the first time this has happened. Sahara Reports has been running fake news about Heritage Bank for months. See this article: https://www.qed.ng/heritage-bank-threatens-action-sahara-reports-cbn-takeover-report/#.WZvvMVGGO70

Yeah, Heritage Bank is doing a lot to counter the fake news that people are publishing about them.

Read this retraction from Persecond news about the fake story they wrote. The journalist was fired. http://www.promptnewsonline.com/per-second-news-regrets-false-heritage-bank-reports-n150m-fraud/

Sahara Reports seems to be out to get them also: https://www.qed.ng/heritage-bank-threatens-action-sahara-reports-cbn-takeover-report/#.WZvvMVGGO70

You should just get a local account. Heritage Bank is my favorite bank right now: http://thecitizenng.com/heritage-bank-and-the-price-of-success/

Saraki's ownership in the bank is less than 1% now. Read this: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/12/05/heritage-bank-safe-sound-profitable-says-sekibo/

Heritage Bank and MD Ifie Sekibo is also backing funding for entrepreneurship: https://www.bellanaija.com/2016/07/heritage-bank-ceo-highlights-success-factor-for-cbn-youth-fund-beneficiaries/

I can't see the government doing anything to save the environment. It's going to be up to the private sector and banks. Look at what Heritage Bank and MD Ifie Sekibo are doing: https://dailytimes.ng/news/bank-ceo-backs-plans-save-environment/

I am looking for a new bank in Nigeria. I ran across this post: https://dailytimes.ng/business/heritage-bank-tops-list-best-rated-banks-nigeria/ and an article about the founder Ifie Sekibo here: http://www.pulse.ng/business/heritage-bank-diversification-is-the-key-to-recent-run-of-success-id6883725.html

What does everyone thing about their bank and what do you think the best bank in Nigeria is?

Thanks!

The writers at Pulse nailed it on this one:

http://pulse.ng/hotpulse/hottest-sex-moves-7-things-nigerian-women-want-you-to-do-in-bed-id4865776.html

Keep checking this article on Pulse for real-time updates, maps, etc. related to Lassa Fever.

http://pulse.ng/health/lassa-fever-get-live-updates-on-disease-outbreak-in-nigeria-id4576186.html

See this interview at Pulse with Sefiya...

http://pulse.ng/one_on_one/pulse-tv-one-on-one-one-on-one-chat-with-nigerian-afro-pop-singer-sefiya-id4466567.html

What do you think about this post on Pulse.ng. Did Jola go to far to call our elected leaders murderers or is it true that through their corruption they are causing the deaths of many people.

“In Nigeria, there is no accountability at all and that is why I think Nigeria’s corruption is worse than corruption in most parts of the world. It is the worst type of corruption, it’s stealing.”

This comment was made by Emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, during a recent interview with American news channel, PBS News Hour.

Sanusi went on to say that Nigeria lost about $1 billion every month during the Goodluck Jonathan administration...... read more below

http://pulse.ng/politics/frankly-speaking-with-jola-sotubo-corrupt-nigerian-politicians-are-murderers-id4443838.html

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Use SimplePay. Quick and easy integration with their API. https://simplepay4u.com

The SimpleGiving web site is up at https://simplepay4u.com/simplegiving.php now you can give with your mobile at church. Download the mobile app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hm.simplegiving

App is up on Google Play as of yesterday: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hm.simplegiving&hl=en

Here is a great way to make money by referring people to SimplePay. This weekend you get 125 Naira per referral. https://simplepay4u.com/newsdetail.php?nid=54

You can now donate to your church using your mobile phone with SimpleGiving by SimplePay4u https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hm.simplegiving&hl=en

https://simplepay4u.com now has a specific app for instant payments to churches called SimpleGiving. You just need to create a SimplePay account and get your church to sign up for one as well. Fast and easy. Just click one button. You can pick which fund it goes to, how much, etc. You can repeat frequent transactions with the push of a button. simplepay4u

Cash is such a pain and by Sunday I don't have any left.

SimplePay in Nigeria now allows people outside of Nigeria to open accounts. So you can send money back and forth. It is considered an international remittance but the fees are low.

SimplePay has the cheapest way to send money to Nigeria. www.simplepay4u.com You just need to open a SimplePay account from the US or UK. Then you can send it to your family and friends in Nigeria.

The rising leader is SimplePay. They just got funding from a Swiss company and are signing partnership deals left and right. www.simplepay4u.com

You can book your hotel on Jovago.com and pay using SimplePay www.simplepay4u.com The partnership was just announced so I don't think there is a link on Jovago.com yet, but if you have a SimplePay account you can pay for your hotel with the mobile app or web site. You will need to update your app to the latest version.

I heard that SimplePay just created an app specifically designed to facilitate giving via mobile in church. www.simplepay4u.com

You could use SimplePay for this. www.simplepay4u.com They should have PayPal integration shortly.