₦airaland Forum

Chukwurah003:
The same power sector the thief Atiku
privatized and sold to himself and his friends. The gods are laughing at your folly.

Atiku was not responsible for the DISCOS policy...and he even called for their takeover by the government in 2014 as a APC chieftain.

DrGoodman:
Buharri has really messed up the power sector in Nigeria

I am going to blame PDP for this mess...and not the APC.

When PDP privatised power in 2013/14, they brought in a law that made Government to be the one setting the prices that the DISCOS would be charging.

As a result, DISCOS cannot charge the prices they want for power. And they are forced by law to pay for power at a price below the cost of production. Which makes it difficult for them to make money...and by extension to fund new facilities.

Add the fact that many people don't pay for power. (ABUJA DISCO has a compliance rate in some areas as low as 48%, except in Abuja itself)...and add the fact that due to the resulting uncertainty in power....the DISCOS cannot raise enough funding...which prevents them from securing loans from banks (unlike the GSM companies which can get loans from banks because there was no law forcing them to lower their prices, plus you cannot use a phone unless you pay money...you can bypass a NEPA meter though)..and we have the mess that we have.

The way forward is for government to allow DISCOS to charge whatever they want, plus allow competition across boundaries., in addition to making sure everyone gets a prepaid meter.Otherwise, we take a hefty loan of $900bn US dollars just to fix things.

Born2Breed:
This will keep happening until pre-paid paid meters are made available to every residence.

While prepaid meters would reduce the incidence of people not paying their bills....even with that, some people bypass their meters.

Some years ago, some DISCO officals in the area where I used to live caught a guy bypassing his prepaid meter. The resulting confrontation forced the DISCO guys to call the police.

And at my new residence, the previous renter of one of the neighbouring flats bypassed his meter...and had a fine imposed...which he did not pay(and which my landlord had to sort out before the next tenants came).

I won't be surprised IF the chap in question actually has a meter...and bypassed it.

JeromeBlack:
I like how you cherry pick facts to support belief in religion. Here are some wholesome facts for you

Then you missed the ultimate point of my missive...which, while defending religion...also points out the fact that development is based on a lot of other factors.

1) The most developed countries (Norway, Switzerland, Australia, Ireland, Denmark) according to HDI all have 3 things in common
-Secularism with high number of atheists
-A continuous decline in number of christians
-A high investment and good attitude towards education
-Gay rights.

50-80 years ago, these countries were developed...and also very religious. Infact, many of these countries were religious during the industrial revolution.

Gay rights is a recent phenonenom. (Many European countries only got gay rights when they were long developed. Heck, Japan had gay rights in the 1950's...Europe has caught up in the 1990's. UK got there in 1968 ).

2) South Korea is the 5th most atheistic country in the world and 56% do not follow any religion.

Again these are recent trends. Plus...Christianity was growing too...from 5% in 1962 TO 27 percent today.

Besides, the South's development has a lot to do with lack of natural resources and defensive purposes, plus a Confucian influenced ethos regarding education.

3) The poorest countries in the world are all very very religious

And then there is the US which has a high proportion of religious people.In Africa , we have South Africa that is very developed...and has high proprtions of religousity even among the white people

And throughout the Industrial revolution, most European countries were religious. Many inventors of the stuff you use were religious (Faraday who made inventions that advanced electricity was religious. As was they guy who developed anesthesia)

But to me, a country's development is not based on religion or lack of it...it is based on whether a country is willing to work hard for it. Here in Nigeria, we are poor and underdeveloped because most people have a daily bread mentality which prevents long term thinking. Many European countries are developed because they lacked enough natural resources....and had harsh climates...which meant you had to adapt or not survive (That's why they developed the theory of evolution over there...heheheh...too much adapting!). IN Nigeria, we think that we have lotsa natural resources that we can sell for money, and use to import stuff we can enjoy life with...and that makes things harder for us.


If Nigeria wants to develop,we have to work hard for it. But in a country where people somehow expect us to magically have everything the developed countries have because...we has oil..which isn't even earning us enough cash anymore.....we have a long way to go. Atheism won't change much if we adopted it.

fk001:
You are deluded.



Religion doesn't determine the wealth of a nation. Uganda,Ethiopia,South Sudan are all christain religion country but yet they are poor. Like wise Burma,Vietnam, Nepal are Buddhist country but still poor. Niger Republic, Chad, Mali are Muslim dominated country but they are poor.

Well, duh. That is the point of my post...that the factors that determine the development of a country go way beyond 'religion'.

Anyone can be a devoted atheist, and still fail in life if he or she doesn't work hard enough. Same for the religious.

Yes, China is developed but...

1.China has a lot of poor people, and poverty is rampant. Some areas look like they are very poor.

2.China has a culture of valuing education...but that is due to a guy called Confucius. Confucius was a religious leader who among many other things taught Chinese that education was very valuable.

3.China's education system is a strict meritocracy. (Because when your school going population is in the hundreds of millions...you have no choice).

4.China has very limited natural resources. So it is either you industrialise or forget it.

5.Under the atheistic Chairman Mao, China was severely underdeveloped due to a combination of very bad economic practices, and something called the Cultural Revolution. Why they are developed now has something to do with 'capitalisim'.

6.Nigeria is not developed for the simple reasons that Nigerians have this idea of sourcing for their daily bread...which renders us incapable of long term planning.Also the fact that we have natural resources has rendered us lazy.

7. To all those atheists out there...Vietnam is an anteistic nation...yet is poor. As is North Korea...whose budget is not up to one quarter of the deeply religious and sometimes conservative South Korea.

engrelvis:
am nt an advocate of DAT lifeless buhari but I don't know y Nigerians believe atiku govtment will b better dan buhari. I don't trust DAT guy at all.if at all he eventually wins most APC members will start defecting to PDP.d whole vicious cycle will start all over again. Until something drastic happen in terms of overhauling d whole system Nigeria economy will still b at snail speed

...na so.

Minute Atiku wins...everybody will promptly move to secure their daily bread. Same thing if Buhari wins.

Offpoint:
lol, I can't wait for Atiku to come and commission it...

Atiku woulda bought a better train... what the west no longer use is what they dumped in Nigeria.

Suppose Atiku buys a better train...

In a few years , either one of the following scenairos happens..

1.The train gets spoilt because we don't have the cash to keep it well maintained...especially when we have to keep on paying exorbitant sums to bring in the manufacturer to fix it repeatedly,,,at which point you will call Atiku a bad and incompetent ruler.

2.Fares shoot up...so that we can have enough cash to keep it well maintained, and well repaired...and buy new rolling stock when we need it...at which point you would call Atiku wicked.

We are buying what we can afford. And if the Nigeria Railway Corporation is not allowed to be run as a real company....and allowed to charge sensible fares...the trains will spoil.

In the UK 40 years ago, when trains were nationalised under British Railways...the trains were a mess...but fares were cheap. London to Liverpool cost less than 10 pounds. Now...the trains are all private...and London to Liverpool costs 130 pounds...but the trains are nice.

Abjay97:
INEC has given one final week for APC campaign to continue...

No More going back to a nepotic, ignorant man who is pushed about by a cabal feeding on the riches of Nigeria
Meanwhile in Japan...

fotadmowmend:
Is this country cursed? Shipping in this old couch at dis age.... Na wa oo

I see you guys are making fun of the coaches brought for our railways.

Now, this is not a defence of Bubu. Or of PDP....
We have those coaches because that is what we can afford.

If we want to have the type of trains Japan has, we have to pay high taxes for it.

We also have to pay high power bills...not the N3000 on prepaid meter I pay Abuja disco monthly, we have to pay high prices for tickets ( A prepaid Suica card costs 2500 yen ...that's N7000 naira roughly. You Nigerians would insist on paying far less because we have oil)., and we have to pay high taxes....so that we can build proper infrastructure.


And we have to make our country open for business...not the one where people support other people to vandalise ongoing projects because not enough cash has been paid in 'compensation'.


You cannot pay $200 for something that costs $20000.

Olajah81:
U talk too much...

May God rest ur trouble souls

"Γιά το καρφί έχασε το πέταλο."

Iamzik:
I beg to differ.
Americans schools and most developed world who are leading innovation do not bombard kids with 3 or 4 homework per day. No wonder all we know is book. Innovation zero

They may not reach the level of 3-4 homework per day, but they do do homework in schools in the USA.

And then there are countries like Japan and Singapore and China...where homework and extra school work is a way of life.

Academic homework is once per week and most times the assignment is for the student to visit a park or beach with their parent and share a verbal account with colleagues during class interaction.

Well, I doubt that American students are that lazy.....


And then there is this

With my youngest child just months away from finishing high school, I’m remembering all the needless misery and missed opportunities all three of my kids suffered because of their endless assignments. When my daughters were in middle school, I would urge them into bed before midnight and then find them clandestinely studying under the covers with a flashlight. We cut back on their activities but still found ourselves stuck in a system on overdrive, returning home from hectic days at 6 p.m. only to face hours more of homework. Now, even as a senior with a moderate course load, my son, Zak, has spent many weekends studying, finding little time for the exercise and fresh air essential to his well-being. Week after week, and without any extracurriculars, Zak logs a lot more than the 40 hours adults traditionally work each week — and with no recognition from his “bosses” that it’s too much. I can’t count the number of shared evenings, weekend outings and dinners that our family has missed and will never get back.


Anectdoctal....but that is an American parent talking about her child's homeworks…(Sauce)

Mr Teacher This your assertion is from the 1970s
Education curriculum and teaching standards need to change

I am not a teacher, and I was in school (pry and secondary) in the 1980's and 1990's. I went to a private school that gave me homework 4-5 times a week. Helped me work really hard...because really I was a lazy individual...…..who needed some pushing to get things done.

Hmmm

Benefits of homework...

1.Helps student do work independently..and thus develop a vital skill valued by employers.

2.Helps student understand what was taught in class.

3.Helps student exercise brain...which is very good in preventing dementia.

4.Helps student study for examinations...because it might come out on the test.

5.Helps student learn skills like...research, writing, solving problems, etc.

6. Teaches student the value of work under all conditions.

7. Helps student bond more with parents.

8.Helps student learn co-operation....which helps in problem solving.

9.Learning, learning, and learning.

If you think that learning can only be done between 8am to 2 pm in the school....you need help.

Thank you.

Numlock:
Stop this nonsense analogy abeg.

Tou think it is every Nigerian that go late to work like you?
Go to Ojodu berger or Ojota by 4 am and see people going to work by that time.

INEC is a failure, 1 year is even enough for them to prepare but postponing election some few hours to the election is unacceptable.

1. I go very early to work most of the time.

2. Again, the problem of not doing things on time is a Nigerian problem. We better change, or we shall be lamenting again in 2023

The problem is not INEC or the government

The problem is Nigerians and their fire brigade approach to stuff.

Many Nigerians are late to work, late to programmes, don't plan early and on time for anything.

And we expect INEC that is made of Nigerians to be better.

Nigeria,more than anything...needs good habits.

Atiku, as much as it pains me to say this...and no, it would pain me too if Bubu won.


Basically two reasons


1.Middle Belt has tilted to PDP...Benue and Kogi have gone, Kwara is not certain, and Plateau is gone as well.


2.When it comes to economics, Nigerians like the economics that puts food on their table....not the economic grammar of 'long term sustainability'. Buhari...despite some good economic practices (there are a lot of bad ones, and I'll get to them shortly)...like savings, and briefly removing subsidy...is not promoting daily need economics (except for TrderMoni)).


3.Bubu has a lot of bad policies. Subsidy sustenance...is costing our economy badly. Also, power supply...made worse by the refusal to change the laws governing DISCO operations....DISCOS are selling power at a loss....so the power sector cannot get funded adequately.


4. 'Nepotisim'

Osas227:
Have you heard ….

Mr, comment on the article. Kid is showing you good habits...and you are here promoting your latest scam.

czarina:
A kid with packs? Not good. Let a child be a child even with the talent.

I agree with you 100% and even gave you a like.

But to be honest, there are many kids his age who don't have his fitness sense. They...boys and girls, eat all manner of junks, lie on sofa and watch TV and their Ipad all day long...and are not fit.

I used to be one of those kids. And am still dealing with the bad habits of those days, even though it has been years. Let a kid be a kid...but let him or her learn some good stuff too.

AtikuMeansJobs:
election can be likened to a pregnant woman going to the Labor room after Nine months . This simply put would mean that the election is coming after four years of preparedness. What remains to be seen is if there will be a natural delivery ( Winner known immediately after election), Caserian section (Court determines the winner ) and also prayers that the pregnancy doesn’t produce a dead child.If you are in bus with Buhari and Atiku and you start smelling innocent blood ,who will you suspect? please be sincere

Both of them.

You Bubu and Atiku supporters, you should support a younger man. Don't support Bubu or the Atiku who five years ago backed him.

AstralBody:
To hell with Sowore,he was one of those who fussed Buhari on Nigerians in 2015. Fucck him I say .. spits

Interestingly enough, Atiku and Saraki played a big role in Buhari taking power in 2015...

You better meet them too...

By the way, I don't like APC or PDP....a pox on both houses.!

Deicide:
I was referring to the term Linux itself and not Os based of it.

I see

iheartellah:
How many people even use Linux sef. I haven't seen any at all!!!

I once installed Ubuntu, which is a member of the Linux family, on my system.

The OS does all that Windows does, only you don't have to be paying for stuff.

Sadly, after my PC crashed, had to go back to Windows

The reason why you don't see Linux OS computers much is because most PC come pre-installed with Windows, so you have to install Linux yourself if you want it .

Deicide:
Lonux is not an Operating System! Its a Kernel�

Linux OS is based on the Linux kernel, according to. Wikipedia

Landforce1:
What's linux

It's an operating system like Microsoft Windows, only that it is free and if you.have some it knowledge you can install it.

bongolistik:
Story! And mind you Nuclear is nowhere near South Africa major sources of electricity but contributes only to about 15% to their national grid.

South Africa generates majority of its electricity via coal fired power plants. So Nigerians too are scared of coal huuh? Where are all the coal deposits in Enugu and what do we use them for?

Brazil generates over 90,000MW of electricity via their major source of electricity, which is Hydro... So Nigeria is also scared of water huuh? Please say something else

It boils down to the fact that we need more money to fund increased generation in Nigeria..

And we cannot get that money when government agenices, and ordinary Nigerians are shortchanging the DISCOS by not paying for power, and when DISCOS are forced by the laws governing the privatisation to pay for power at a rate lower than it is produced.

And fixing the lights is going to cost anywhere between $300bn to $900bn .

Either we pay higher bills via deregulation, or we keep on taking loans.

The problem is bigger than you think.

bongolistik:
The reason I just don't like these types of stories is that Nigeria power grid operates like Forex trading charts, they move up and down per seconds and per minute bases.. Just watch next month you will hear power drops to 3500MW due to shortage of gas supply or National grid breakdown.

What happens to sustainable power supply? Should we just start rejoicing because they managed to sustain only 7 days of 5000MW of electricity in a population of over 180M whereas South Africa with 45M population have been generating over 45000MW of electricity year in year out without making a single noise.

We are not yet ready in this country, when we are ready we will all know

The reason why we are not at SA's level

1.15000 MW of SA's power comes from NUCLEAR POWER. Nigerians, are scared of nuclear power.

2.In SA, if you don't pay up, you get disconnected. In Nigeria, if you don't pay up, you can pay a bribe, or chase away the local DISCO operator.

Sirheny007:
50,000,000,000??
Dear Lord in heaven!
These people keep insulting us!
So they think we are all fools in this country??

Rozaay:
50Billion naira for just a single library?? Na wa o the annoying part is the building will just end up being a regular structure with nothing spectacular

Anyway

Brand new Canon 5D mark iii for sale....check my signature

It's a big project...in fairness to the government.

CodeTemplar:
Is this for one location or spread accross 36 states? If one location, then this is why I will always commend Oyedepo. Give him N50bn and he will give you nothing less than 25 world class libraries fully stocked with 2019 books, a complimentary ICT system for management and some Air-conditioned reading areas.
Some folks who can't access the overpriced library build with their taxes they forcefully paid will still condemn private entities blindly.

HigherEd:
People that are crazy... The whole 100,000 fully air conditioned covered stadium (which is bigger than uyo stadium) oyedepo wants to build is not even up to 50Billion. I know they would use less than 1/3 of that money.

The National Library project was conceived before the age of e-libraries. Successive governments have been stuck with the project (it's a big albatross around the neck of the education ministry)..so it's either complete it...or leave it as a big uncompleted white elephant.


Last admin was aiming to complete it by 2015 by the way.

Well...finally.

LucanBeeB:
How was the invasion of the Midwest a miscalculation by Ojukwu? Maybe from a political aspect, the argument would be plausible considering the fact that the Midwest was a buffer/neutral region (presumably at least). But from a tactical perspective, the invasion was a necessity, and if it was better planned and executed(this was where Ojukwu really messed up by putting the command of the Midwest theatre in the hands of officers with questionable loyalty, competence, and ideological leanings) ... it would have been a significant turning point in the early stages of the war. The Federal troops attacked Biafra and were mounting pressure on its Northern axis in the Ogoja axis, Enugu the new republics' capital was only some distance away and was now a target for the Nigerian soldiers... so something spontaneous and contingent had to be done to avert/slow down the Federal advance, a diversionary tactic had to be implemented... and a invasion of the Midwest which in principle was a buffer zone, but actually under the control of the Federal government was the answer to that solution to the Biafran crisis.

But let me not derail the purpose of the thread, just had to make a detailed point here in the most objective and respectful way possible.

It sounded like a good idea at the time,open up a second front, and put pressure on the Nigerian Army at their weakest point (at the time of the Invasion, the Midwest was neutral....AND lightly defended....AND one of the senior federal officers was secretly a Biafra sympathizer….PLUS...the Western region was not 100% with the Federal side.)

Unfortunately, it ended up having the opposite effect....it woke up the sleepy Federal giant...and it pushed the Midwest and West firmly into the Federal camp.

Plus...after capturing Ore...the Biafran Army paused. (Bad move in war...once you gat the momentum...keep moving).

amaniro:
I wish bill Clinton could rule us

The average Nigerian won't let him do his job well at all.

Maromark:
Those our usual over aged boys, we win jare. Under 20 indeed.

I know...but nowadays FIFA is cracking down on those sort of things...so I doubt the boys are overaged this time.

The reason why Nigeria does not do well after the U21 guys grow up has a lot to do with poor footballing structures than age.