₦airaland Forum

TroGunn: So this dude pays N3k (less than $20) for 3 weeks of near constant electricity and is complaining. WTF?

Wallie: There's no reason to doubt how much you pay but like you said, you live in a 4 bedroom apartment and run 4 machines a day. No where in my post did I give any indication as to the size of my house or apartment and what’s contained in it.

Also, in my post, I said “as high as an occasional $600 per month.” I would have thought adding the qualifier “occasional” before 600 means that it only gets that high sometimes but I guess not…

Wallie: I understand your feelings especially since the service is erratic but keep in mind that the rate is just a needed precursor to get investors motivated to come into the power sector. An investor can now say with confidence that it will take X number of years to recoup their investments based on the current rate. The 500 naira is probably a service charge for providing power to your house.

Kobojunkie: I live in America too and I have NEVER EVER PAID MORE THAN $60 BUCKS a month in electricity bill. I run 4 Machines all day and my current monthly bill, in a 4 bedroom apartment, is about $45 a month.

I don't live in darkness either!

ooseven: Hello Mr thoth, i don't believe we've exchanged views before. You probably mistook me for someone else, hence the harshness.

Concerning school of economics, i just expressed my opinions (which could be wrong), the best way i could. All i meant was there has been massive investment in this sector, hence the need to recoup as fast as possible. For example, do you remember how much a Nokia 3310 cost back then or the cost of an MTN SIM? That was at the initial stage when massive investments were made, but later on as people understood how per minute billing worked and managed their airtime more, and more companies came into play, we have a fairly ok Telecomms industry now.

My point was no matter how high it is now, it is still marginally better than when there was no power and everybody had their generators on 24/7.

Mind you i am not a professor or claim to know all, just another Nigerian hoping for a better life. Lets talk not fight.

ooseven: No, we must not, but if we have to pay for the power supply, then we must ensure that we conserve it. Our problem used to be 'NO LIGHT', now there is light. That is an accomplishment. The concern about the charges is also a fair one, but we have to understand that the improvement in power supply comes at a very huge cost, and its very understandable that in this pilot phase the tariff might be high, but eventually as people learn how to conserve energy and more players enter the power sector, it becomes easier to manage. i am very glad that people are stating 22hr/day and 21hr/day electricity. couple of years back my street only had 10hrs power supply in 3weeks.

Electricty.....checked (in progress)

next stop: SECURITY and EDUCATION

Wallie: Now that you’re being charged for exactly what you use, it is up to you to adjust your usage. The problem is that most Nigerians have never been in a position to learn how to conserve electricity due to lack of availability and the erratic way PHCN used to bill people.

Things to consider:
1. Do you need a 60 inches flat screen TV? All things being equal, a bigger TV will always consume more electricity.
2. How about your computer? How much electricity does it consume? All computers are not created equal.
3. Is your fridge and freezer energy efficient? Can you tell me how much energy they consume exactly? The manufacturers usually provide the number.
4. Do you really need a 100 or 80 watt light bulb?
5. How about other kitchen appliances like toasters, microwave ovens etc? How often do you use that your 1300 watts microwave oven?
6. Is your AC energy efficient? Do you run your AC on “Hi” 18 hours a day even though your windows are partially open?

The bottom line is that you need to start checking the energy consumption of any electrical appliance that you buy.

For comparison sake, I pay $0.0986 / kWh which is about NGN15.60 and my monthly bill ranges from $400 per month to as high as an occasional $600 per month. Your rates are not high at all. As a matter of fact, I see no reason why your rates should be lower than what I pay in the US because our transmission and distribution lines are more efficient than yours.

I can almost guarantee that your rates are going to be raised in a couple of years because of the heavy investments that is needed in your power sector.

africa9: somalis never were enslaved


u ugly niggggggggers should get a life

Kenyaphilia: Actually, it does not bother me that much.I'm just keen on knowing why it is the AFRICANS who find it convenient to get rid of their accents as fast possible. And why they do it SPECIFICALLY in the US and UK. I have seen Africans stay in India 10 years but they don't come back with Indian accent or in Malaysia and they don't adopt Malaysian accent....Why Africans? why specifically in these Western countries? Perhaps I can get to know the roots of this inferiority complex. It is a contributing factor to our underdevelopment. By the way, you sound so snarky. I guess you are one of those "worra" guys

warya123: can some one please give this niggggggggger some self esteem....and give him plastic surgery to get rid of that big lips and wide nose...also please erase his history of slavery and mental enslavement...


pooor niggggggger

warya123: In somalia their are niggggggger soldiers from african countries

they cant afford to send niggggger soldiers so the whites pay for it

somalis hate these ugly niggggggers and we kill them everyday but they are so useless their own govermnet dont care

GenBuhari: The events or assumed facts mentioned by various sources sieem to be consistent with the fact that Al Mustapha was first person on the scene after Abacha's death.
Al Mutapha's on evidence puts himself in the room as Abacha died.
This coupled by his actions immediately following Abacha's death which more or less amounted to facilating what appears to have effectively been a covert coup.

At least one cerdible journalist has confirmed IBB was present.
Al Mustapha himself stated that he invited IBB

As I said, as Abacha's death was not investigated, and IBB was in control afterwards (with Abdulsalami Abuabakar the figure head) it should lead us to conclude IBB was behind Abacha's death, the fact that Wiki Leak reported that IBB considered poisoning Obasanjo, is consistent with this view

oiseworld: TO HELL WITH YOUR EKUMEKU, oyibo boy.
Tell me why you're better,smarter and wiser than our fore fathers. They were colonized here on their own soil, look at urself went to france to get re-colonized. When will you discover the truth for yourself? How am i sure you won't join another band wagon for a third colonization.

As any body asked why the whites colonized us? Why didn't our fathers colonize them. Why is it this way and not the other way round? They didn't teach that in school shee? Or you never asked?

Light will always supercede darkness, thats why. Your paganism was ment to fall and it did. Tell me what the white men did after they knew your gods, they never bowed down to worship them No! Hey took your graven images to their museums as show, and mockery, and what did your gods do.

Nathin!! they followed sheepishly into showglasses for maximum entertainment. Lolzzzzzzz.

Get your act right Jesus is the way. i do not knowhow the colonization was done,maybe mild or gentle, but i've made my choice.

46arcadez: Wat does she want here? Is she comin 2 ad more fuel 2 d violence in d north so dat US wil com directly 4 our oil (apart frm exoon) in d name of peace keepin or is she comin 2 illuminate our ladies? Opz

all4naija: When will you desist from backward mentality? Jeez!

GenBuhari: [size=18pt]Buharinomics - General Buhari’s economic program marshaled out to salvage the nation in 1984 (- - - continued part3)[/size]


In one of his speeches to the people (this one in Owerri), he reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to honoring its debts, the dire economic situation notwithstanding. "The task of this administration is how to persuade Nigerians to understand that for a number of years to come, we would be paying debts, the roads may be long and thorny but we believe that on our shoulders lies the responsibility to save our fatherland from devastation that has resulted from mismanagement" (Newswatch, February 18, 1985).

Buhari could not have been any more correct in his statement above. Assuming Nigeria took no further loans, its breakdown of loan repayments was as follows: 3.9 billion naira ($4.4 billion) in 1985, 3.7 billion naira ($4.19 billion) in 1986, 2.8 billion naira ($3.2 billion) in 1987, until a decrease to 703 million in 1991 (Concord Weekly, May 6, 1985). Nigeria’s precarious financial situation made it impossible for it to finance capital projects and meet up its balance of payment obligations. With oil export pegged at 1.3 million barrels per day by OPEC, borrowing from external sources became necessary. To this effect, Nigeria proposed borrowing 1.795m naira to finance its capital project from the IMF. The patriotism with which General Buhari handled Nigeria’s dealings with the IMF was the highlight and beauty of Buharinomics.

In order to qualify for the loan, IMF gave Nigeria certain conditions which must be met. In 1984 when the naira exchanged for $1.34, the IMF demanded a minimum of 60% devaluation of it. Buhari refused, agreeing only to a "crawling peg"—a mechanism whereby government would realign the currency gradually, forestalling or minimizing economic and social dislocations because of such drastic devaluation of its currency. In addition to the devaluation of the naira, IMF demanded that government took other drastic actions: (a) The government must remove its subsidy on petroleum. (b) It must curtail its expenditure. (c) Government must rationalize its tariff structures. (d) It must put a freeze on its wages. (e) It must put a total end of non-statutory transfers to State governments, (f) Government must at least institute a 30% raise on interest rates—government resisted this because the decline in its revenue earnings and its debt obligations made it almost impossible to raise interest rates without triggering inflation (West Africa, May 14, 1984).

GenBuhari: [size=18pt]Buharinomics - General Buhari’s economic program marshaled out to salvage the nation in 1984 (- - - continued part3)[/size]


In one of his speeches to the people (this one in Owerri), he reiterated Nigeria’s commitment to honoring its debts, the dire economic situation notwithstanding. "The task of this administration is how to persuade Nigerians to understand that for a number of years to come, we would be paying debts, the roads may be long and thorny but we believe that on our shoulders lies the responsibility to save our fatherland from devastation that has resulted from mismanagement" (Newswatch, February 18, 1985).

Buhari could not have been any more correct in his statement above. Assuming Nigeria took no further loans, its breakdown of loan repayments was as follows: 3.9 billion naira ($4.4 billion) in 1985, 3.7 billion naira ($4.19 billion) in 1986, 2.8 billion naira ($3.2 billion) in 1987, until a decrease to 703 million in 1991 (Concord Weekly, May 6, 1985). Nigeria’s precarious financial situation made it impossible for it to finance capital projects and meet up its balance of payment obligations. With oil export pegged at 1.3 million barrels per day by OPEC, borrowing from external sources became necessary. To this effect, Nigeria proposed borrowing 1.795m naira to finance its capital project from the IMF. The patriotism with which General Buhari handled Nigeria’s dealings with the IMF was the highlight and beauty of Buharinomics.

In order to qualify for the loan, IMF gave Nigeria certain conditions which must be met. In 1984 when the naira exchanged for $1.34, the IMF demanded a minimum of 60% devaluation of it. Buhari refused, agreeing only to a "crawling peg"—a mechanism whereby government would realign the currency gradually, forestalling or minimizing economic and social dislocations because of such drastic devaluation of its currency. In addition to the devaluation of the naira, IMF demanded that government took other drastic actions: (a) The government must remove its subsidy on petroleum. (b) It must curtail its expenditure. (c) Government must rationalize its tariff structures. (d) It must put a freeze on its wages. (e) It must put a total end of non-statutory transfers to State governments, (f) Government must at least institute a 30% raise on interest rates—government resisted this because the decline in its revenue earnings and its debt obligations made it almost impossible to raise interest rates without triggering inflation (West Africa, May 14, 1984).

T9ksy: Abi ojare!!!

The whole blasted nation is falling apart at the seams with nigerians killing nigerians every day

but all he is most preoccupy with is- Who killed abacha? A 5 star mothaxxxxxx dictator.

Whoever killed abacha did nigerians, one almighty favour.

GenBuhari: what evidence would you like?
Motives? How can you tell anybody's motive?

Inviting IBB to Aaso Rock and allowing him to convene the meeting to choose new leader
Failing to invite Abacha closest and highest ranked colleague in govt, Gen. Useni, until after IBB and his friend Abdulsalami Abubakar

The fact that Al Mustapha effectively invited and handed control of Aso Rock to IBB
The fact that it is generally accepted IBB was probably involved in Abacha death and wiki leaks more or less implicated IBB as being capable of eliminating Nigerian Heads of State with "Fatal illness or accident"

The man is trying to get out of jail alive, this would not be a wise move now would it?

igbo2011: Right now I am in uni in America. Can you pass along any information that you have to me. I am part of the African grou at my school. I would love to help spread knowledge. I already know a lot but I would love to learn more. Do you have a facebook page for this movement? Maybe we can start one. The conscious African movement.

igbo2011: What sector are you in? Are you in education? I am very interested in school curriculum and education from nursery to secondary. I am in economics at the moment but I'm interested in education because it plays a role on the economy. Is there anyway I can help you uplift fellow Africans as well?

@cap28
Thanks for thaat article it is amazsing and uplifting. You need to spread the message around uk because there are many troubled blacks in uk. You can uplift them.thanks for all the great info keep up the good work. Also are you religious at all?

GenBuhari: There are several irrefutable reasons why I am convinced that Al Mustapha was involved in Abacha's death:

1. Al mustapha by his own admission was in the room as Abacha died. He said he called a doctor he injected Abacha in the neck and heart after which Abacha died.

2. Al Mustapha stated in court that he knew of a plan to kill Abacha and Abiola on the same day.

3. All Accounts of what happened immediately after Abacha's death consistently stated that Al Mustapha, instead of informing the highest ranking officer and one of Abacha's closest and loyal ministers in government - Jeremiah Useni, chose to invite the likes of Babangida to take over at Aso Rock.
Jeremiah Useni has also confirmed that when he arrived in Aso Rock he was surprised to see everybody there before himself.