₦airaland Forum

omonnakoda:
I don't accept that.
You have not given REASONS WHY it is the so called RIGHT STEP
Geography and terrain would determine whether it is reasonable. I have not checked but I doubt very much that a country as large as the USA and such like would have a connected grid. Power is lost as it travels so a connected grid over a large area would only waste power.

Other factors like terrain,climate and security would all conspire to make that unrealistic.

If you believe it is the RIGHT STEP please tell us WHY

One good reason why it is a superior choice to 4 or 6 separate grids

omonnakoda:
That is one option but there is no Divine law that says we MUST have an interconnected transmission system

StOla:
Tell me how many megawatts of electricity the GEJ regime added.

I know for a FACT that the OBJ regime celebrated 4000MW of electricity towards the end of 2006. I was surprised to see that the GEJ regime also celebrated the same 4000MW of electricity towards end of 2014.

It felt like a de javu. Who is deceiving who between the previous 4000MW and the GEJ version 2.0?

The current government has also announced that for the 1st time in the history of Nigeria, we have surpassed 5000MW installed capacity.

Let us see what they would attain in 4years even with crude oil selling below $50 per barrel.

One advice I would give to the Buhari regime is to make sure that the notorious and perennial power contractor, Sir Emeka Offor is made persona non grata as regards any future power contracts. He got loads of these contracts under OBJ, he also got same under GEJ, and we repeated 4000MW twice between 2006 and 2014, instead of moving forward.

omonnakoda:
Possibly. I don't like him myself but lawyers can make very good energy ministers

omonnakoda:
This is childish talk. What does this mean?I am not a Fashola supporter .If he fails he fails being a lawyer is irrelevant
I just gave the examples of virtually all the important economies and several of them have lawyers,The US currently do not have a lawyer but they have had. A ministerial job is a political job not a technical one. In most of Europe you cannot be a Minister if you are not elected as a legislator(MP) first . People elect people to represent them and not to do technical jobs.The Minister is there to represent the President who was elected and the Cabinet could be shuffled at any time meaning all Ministers should be capable of managing all ministries and that is how it works

omonnakoda:
And how is it the work of an Engineer? Why is a Teacher good enough in Germany, a lawyer in France,
A graduate of international relations in Japan and an economics graduate in the UK , Economics graduate in South Korea
In India he is a lawyer and also a qualified accountant

Are we to believe these countries are short of engineers

Mrjo:
ur sentiment hai.. So $2.1b>$16b

ephi123:
So it's no longer oil subsidy, it is now dollar subsidy?

Besides, point of correction government was never subsidizing for importers. The effect being felt now is simply because rates have spiraled out of control. Please enough of the defense of this rubbish government. Please. People like you are why we are where we are as a country - never demanding good governance but rather defending individuals. Continue.

otukpo:
We tell ourselves that we are strong but the truth is, some are dying of it and the others are lamenting with bitterness, except the politicians.

ephi123:
Nigerians are resilient people. That's what makes us Nigerians.
The downside of being resilient is we keep taking more and more sh.it from the politicians without doing anything.
Also, unfortunately we've gone down the route of tribalism and become even more divided lately.

orunto27:
The Military everywhere is authorised and approved by God for Righteous works. The main Trust of that righteous work is to protect "The Territorial Integrity of their Nations. So don't you ever expect a General Emeritus in charge of Nigeria to allow a stubborn fly like Biafra and a criminal setup like IPOB to stop him from making Heaven. Biafra, IPOB are like El Saksaky and his group from Iran blocking the passage of the Chief of Staff. Do you people even understand what I'm saying at all? Don't you have genuine Elders to talk truth to you?

omogin:
This APC govt is mad o. No govt has ever owed fg workers the way they are owing. Keep deceiving and fooling yourselves. No pay workers all their promotion arrears and salaries

Sheriff19:
,, TELL them, before the past administration left the Then, Minister of Finance. NGOZI said Nigeria should beef up for a toucher time (as federal govt. was not able to meet up with expenses then, ask pple in some of the Ministries then. when their 2014 Nov and Dec salary was paid.) and at that time oil was sold above $70 per barrel.
[i]Nigerians should brace for tougher economic times ahead, the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said as crude oil prices slipped to a four year low on Wednesday[/i]you can check more here (http://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/171145-brace-tougher-times-ahead-okonjo-iweala-tells-nigerians.html).

yaki84:
go back n read d article brah, n stop embarassing ur generation online.

Miles300:
as there was no money under GEJ why didn't we have it so tough as it is now ? The same oil prices started to fall in mid 2014, why didn't we see a sharp fall in all that we are experiencing now . And wetin be d bad belle ? As person dey complain alys doesn't it show he has no idea of wat to do ....

Miles300:
why was he voted in ? As money no dey make hom give another person chance to take over !! Just like ignorance is no excuse , non performance is no excuse ... Leadership is for those who are visionary , articulate etc... There is no reason not to performance if he can't let him step aside ... To be president no be by force

yaki84:
if u r good in reading n understandng wat u read, u would ve known that 2009 was wen epayment was enacted by law for every cash payment to employees of govt.


Go back n read d article n dis time slowly, call okon to help u where neccessary.

NgcoboP:
and? just tell Buhari to return our economy back to how he met it. that's all.

meanwhile he should forget about the 29 billion dollars loan.... let him use that which he helped Abacha loot

aresssa:
And people wonder why and how we arrived at recession, slow economy and measly foreign reserve with every government official day after day and year after year drawing up schemes and crooked foreign estacode payment trips just to line their pockets and drain our reserves.

jtjohn:
Words are cheap that's why people use them with considering the consequences.

jtjohn:
Words are cheap that's why people use them with considering the consequences.