₦airaland Forum

dunkem21:
Where he was queuing? Why 2 tins? ..See Jamb question ..Your for tell me to show pictures or adonbeliveit.
Majority of the people around understood him and for people like you that were not around then, he urged you to ask your uncles.
The truth glares in the face. Nigerians queued for long hours to buy essential commodities and we cannot go back to those old dark days ..Never!

Bobo calm down. Na person wey even dey around during Civil war be that o. Which uncle u want make him go ask eh?

judiciarypalava:
Bros you speak the language of BEDC,"you can not give what you don't have". But l can categorically tell you that in Benin, BEDC doesn't pick all what the generation has generated. This is because they don't want to pay soo much rather they like collecting soo much from the final consumers,no thanks to service charge. Verify from a BEDC staff if you are under Benin distribution and be shocked, leave paper work and hearsay. They always paint the generation bad because you and l do not have interface with the generation.

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The issue here was who's the bigger problem between Generation and Transmission.
No sector is perfect yet.
Bros abeg just leave the Distribution people aside for now. Their matter eh ...

blaksmith:
You are very wrong on the issue of electricity. Nigeria's problem for a long time has never been one of generation. It is one of transmission and distribution.

You can generate 1million megawatts and have nothing to show if your transmission infrastructure has the capacity for only 10,000 megawatts. If you overload your transmission network, it will crash. And it is only what you can transmit that you can distribute. The success of any electricity network is in the Transmission. The transmission network also converts electricity into the format that is usable in homes...it is this format that is carried by the Distribution Companies to everyone.

So no, Osinbajo didn't get it wrong. You did.

Sorry sir, I think you are wrong. Maestroferddi has a point in his assertions.

Presently the Main problem is with the Generation. Nigeria has a Transmission Wheeling Capacity of about 5000MW presently which is being upgraded. However our Generation level seems to be around 3000MW. So there's still room for abt 2000MW.
You can't give what you don't have!

Blame the generating companies who build a power station without having a regular source of fuel in place for their operations/ poor maintenance of their facilities.

Also those saying the grid system should be done away with have no idea what they are talking about (with all due respect).
The National Grid system has more advantages than disadvantages eg in terms of reliability, a loss of supply from one source doesn't mean automatic black out (Read up Spinning Reserves)


Prof Osinbajo is obviously a brilliant man and I support him but he is factually wrong in this case.

Mario100:
Where is d job?una just day call money like say na una papa get d company.if una don find job tire una no c na for primary skull una go land,lmao.

U dey mind them?

My 1st job interview (apart from NYSC PPA) was during my service year. Went to ConOil and demanded (not requested o) 150k. I no hear from them again!

In my last job interview where I discussed salary, I mentioned 80k but the Asian bros managed to talk me down to 60k (needed a job badly).
When I resumed to collect letter, Na 40k (tax deductible) dem offer me.

Amuwo Odofin LGA (specifically Festac Town) in Lagos- Comrade Ayodele Adewale. A young vibrant dude who has tried.

>He has rehabilitated quite a no of roads (322rd, 22rd, part of 4th avenue, 401rd 21road, 31 road);
>Upgraded the facilities in the LGA Secretariat;
>Sanitation too is ok in some parts, street sweepers can be seen working regularly.
>Transportation within the town has improved with provision of Tricycle and mini-bus operators now plying the inner roads.
Etc

More can still be done but he gets a pass mark in my book.

Key also is having a Robust and Knowlegeable Residents' Association that keeps in touch with the LGA chairman and communicates the needs of the pple and demands performance from him/her.

“So in the Libyan fable it is told
That once an eagle, stricken with a dart,
Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft,
‘With our own feathers, not by others’ hands,
Are we now smitten.’ ”
-Aeschylus

Fellow Nigerians, let me start by sending you
compliments of this special Season. As writers,
our readers don’t expect us to go on break. And
so the ardent followers of my column have
indicated that I must script Pendulum even as
we celebrate Christmas. As your humble servant,
I have obeyed your instructions without any
hesitation and here we go again, as I do not
ascribe my obeisance to divine calling as our
political leaders are wont to want us to believe.

I decided to start this piece with one of my
favourite quotes from that Greek Poet,
Aeschylus, a man of monumental achievement.
We read a lot of Greek Tragedies in those days
at the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife) as students of Literature-in-
English. I don’t know what is being taught these
days but I remember with nostalgia the great
works of Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles. I
also recollect a few adaptations of Greek plays
by Wole Soyinka and Ola Rotimi, who wrote The
Bacchae of Euripides and The Gods Are Not To
Blame respectively. The latter title is probably
one of the most popular plays ever written by a
Nigerian author.
My mind flashed back to Ola Rotimi’s
spectacular work as I began this weekly epistle
to you. We are only days to the beginning of a
New Year. And the year 2015 promises to be a
watershed in our dear country. The reason is
obvious. We are likely to have one of our hottest
elections ever. It is the first time that a strong
opposition party will attempt to unseat a very
entrenched political party as well as an
incumbent President who appears to have been
popularly elected in 2011.

It is not common for the people to get an
opportunity or indeed have the ability to sack a
sit-in President in Africa. It is even more difficult
in Nigeria where the President wields the power
of life and death. It would have been impossible
for the ruling PDP to remain in power these past
15 years if not for the fact that politics in Nigeria
is a game of sharing the booty or what is usually
referred to as the ‘national cake’. The bulk of
this cake, the knife needed to slice it and the
portions to be distributed are all controlled by
the President. And different interest groups
really don’t give a damn if majority of the people
live below poverty level as long as the President
is persuaded to give them a pitiable slice of the
cake.

The amount of money already budgeted and
squandered on frivolous, white elephant and
sometimes phantom projects since our return to
Democracy should have fixed most of our terrible
problems but the reverse has been the case. The
more we spent the less we achieved. And the
ruling party in its supposed wisdom assumed
that Nigerians were foolish and too docile to
think and kick against their servitude. They
studiously ignored the lessons of history as well
as the popular adage that whatever has a
beginning must have an end. Nigerians are
patient and resilient. They may also be lethargic
but they are neither foolish nor docile. At the
appropriate time, they are forced to react
decisively.

Nothing has been more frustrating than the
miraculous ascension of a man from the Niger
Delta as the President of Nigeria who seems to
have mismanaged the great opportunity. Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan achieved what the gifted Ken
Saro-Wiwas couldn’t. Many had paid the
supreme price for what he got on a platter of
gold. It is so ironic that a man who was
expected to understand the plight of the poor
soon became even more elitist in disposition. I
won’t join those who said our President has
done nothing as that would be too uncharitable
but I would like to submit that there was much
more he could have done to make the country
better. But the biggest undoing is the unbridled
profligacy attached to this government.

A country that bears our kind of heavy
challenges needed a sober and frugal leader who
was ready to downgrade his personal comfort in
order to rescue his people from want and
deprivation. Unfortunately, our President was
quickly and cleverly hijacked by those who know
how to stage bloodless coups along corridors of
power. I think the end of the beginning started
on January 1, 2012, when our President on God-
knows-whose advice removed the full subsidy on
petrol and all hell broke loose. Nigerians trooped
out in large numbers all over the country to
stage demonstrations against such a bizarrely
insensitive gift on the first day of the year. The
protests almost became our own Arab spring but
the biggest of them was forcefully crushed in
Lagos as soldiers rolled out the tanks.
The government, and its IMF/World Bank
sponsored economists were so rattled that it had
to eat humble pie and make promises it never
intended to keep when the people graciously
agreed to some increase in the price of petrol.
All manner of committees were hurriedly
packaged to assuage the feeling of the people.
For example, buses were supposed to have been
bought nationwide to convey commuters to
different destinations at next to nothing. Till this
day, I don’t know how many buses were ever
bought and who boarded them. We read about
SURE-P and its activities but I don’t know how
widespread its impact was felt simply because I
cannot see what it has done. The committees
wrote tons upon tons of reports that are
gathering dust wherever they are right now.
The price of oil has collapsed and the real
Nemesis has arrived. While government is trying
to paint a picture that all is well, it is becoming
increasingly clear that we have landed in big
trouble. It is disheartening that the dividend of
crashing international oil prices, which should
have been the lot of Nigerians through reduced
petroleum product prices, will not even be
allowed to them. As the Chief Economist to the
Government has said, Nigerians must wait until
oil prices stabilise before the benefit of these
prices can be spared to them. When government
will subjectively decide that such time has
arrived is left for the imagination given that
prices have been crashing for almost 2 months
now. Not even the normal Christmas spirit and
traditional New year’s benevolence can bend the
unrelenting spirit of our ‘dream’ Economic Team
as this Government continues to pile economic
woes on its citizenry.

The President promised to reduce his world tours
to most essential trips but it actually increased
in intensity as if with a vengeance. We became a
laughing stock as our Presidential entourage
invaded different countries on shopping sprees.
In the past year alone, our President and his
Pastors have been to Israel more than once. One
would have expected that more attention would
be devoted to nation-building than all the flights
of fancy. But we continued to live like a rich
nation when indeed our economy had taken a
nose-dive. We were continuously lied to about
the state of things. Even now that it has become
certain that we are broke, we are still pretending
that there is no problem.

The spate of terror attacks under this
government has become rather atrocious and
endless. All hope of containing it also seems to
have evaporated. The standing joke is that Boko
Haram has now carved out a different map of
Nigeria with huge chunks of Northern Nigeria
now excised from the control of our government.
The citizens don’t believe much is being done to
contain the menace especially when over 200
girls remain missing and the bombings and
killings continue unabated.

Unemployment has reached an all-time high with
Nigeria recording the largest army of angry
youths on the African continent. The government
and its cronies continue to publish fictitious
figures informing Nigerians that the level of
unemployment is falling when more school
leavers and graduates are being churned out
from our broken higher and tertiary institutions
and left to fend for themselves. It is little wonder
that our thieves, fraudsters and armed robbers
have suddenly achieved sophistication second to
none.

It is also believed that President Jonathan has
not encouraged the anti-corruption agencies to
do a good job by the manner he protects his
Ministers and other associates. These agencies
point to the fact that there have been more
prosecutions of high profile politicians under
these administration but whatever may be the
outcome of that debate is that the Presidential
pardons have severely undermined any
successes in that respect.

In the middle of these social and economic
issues, the unexpected also happened on the
political front. I had warned in several articles
that the President was being deceived and
misled into making too many political
miscalculations and mistakes. One of such
monumental mistakes was the attempt by the
President to force his candidate on the Nigeria
Governors’ Forum. It was a complete
misadventure as Governor Rotimi Amaechi
defeated Governor Jonah David Jang who was
favoured by the President’s camp by 19 to 16
votes. One would have expected the President to
accept the verdict but he went ahead to
recognise a smaller illegitimate faction of 16
Governors instead of embracing Amaechi warts
and all. That was the day I believe the PDP dug
its own grave by piling up corpses of political
liabilities.

The non-recognition of Amaechi as the Chairman
of the authentic Nigeria Governor’s Forum led
eventually to the fractionalisation of their party
into PDP1 and PDP2. Had the President acted
like the father of all, those five Governors who
eventually defected to what later
metamorphosed into APC would probably have
remained. When tomorrow comes, PDP will
regret the day APC came into existence. Despite
the initial braggadocio that APC would fall apart
as a result of clashing egos, the party seems to
have held tighter than even PDP.

In 2011, it would have been unthinkable that a
General Muhammadu Buhari would bounce back
so powerfully. Let no one deceive Mr President
that there is no cause for alarm, there is plenty
ahead. The mood of the nation does not favour
PDP or the President. Mood is always a key
factor in politics. The mood was right for Barack
Obama when he became the first Black
American President. I foresee the same
favourable mood playing out in 2015 for Buhari
and Osinbajo.

For the first time since PDP came into power,
the opposition is now so formidable that it would
be able to fight for substantial votes in every
zone. The choice of Osinbajo, as his Vice
Presidential candidate, by Buhari is a political
masterstroke which even most of us did not see
coming. It has all the hallmarks of divine
intervention and the advent of the answering of
the prayers of the multitude of Nigerians. The
amiable Professor Osinbajo provides devoutness,
erudition, compassion, simplicity and above all
integrity to the ticket. Both candidates share
fairness, simplicity and an anti-corruption stance
in common.

All manner of smart guys are warming up to eat
out of the billions of naira made available for the
Presidential campaign by friends of the President
and some of our supposedly broke State
Governments but PDP should pray for a miracle
this time. Too many costly mistakes have been
made. I don’t know how easy it would be to
correct those fatal errors in less than two
months. Writers are like prophets but no one
listens when we say the things we know. We
warned regularly about those around the
President but we were called names by those
who turned the Federal Government into their
personal property. Those who never lifted a
finger when others fought on the streets of
Abuja for Jonathan to be President suddenly
became Janitors at Aso Rock, blocking those
who may wish to tell the truth.

I hope the President knows that the die is now
cast and anything can happen in the next
election. My advice is that he should work hard
on leaving a legacy no matter what happens. Mr
President should organise a world class election
even if he won’t be the beneficiary at the end of
the day. And if he wins, at least no one would
accuse him of rigging. There is nothing more to
gain from politics. God has been too kind to him.
He should ignore all those throwing tantrums and
threatening to set Nigeria ablaze if their man is
not elected for the second term. They are
mostly pretenders. As we’ve seen in the past,
they are always the first to jump ship.

Let no one blame the gods for our personal
failings in life. We must bear our cross with
courage.

www.ekekeee.com/dele-momodu-gods-blame/

slimfit1:
Secretary of state

I would hav suggested this as well as he has experience of this position at State level but the fact that the VP candidate is also from the SW rules him out for the post.

lovelyadeola:
I'm just curious on How this PHCN people are allowed under this GEJ administration to bring us all sort of enormous bills Even MAN cries out over high tariff, fixed charges http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/11/electricity-man-cries-high-tariff-fixed-charges/
And after I saw the news 500m donated to GEJ campaign fund then I made my conclusion that this is "thank you for allowing us to milk them dry" fund...

I'm curious about this your allegation.

I was under the impression that PHCN had been unbundled so there isn't any establishment by that name anymore.

I checked online but I only saw 500mil donation from the Power Sector not from PHCN as you allude.
Kindly clarify. Thx

If indeed this is true, then it's wrong as "PHCN" officials cannot donate money in any official capacity for such an event.

Given my experiences, I'll definitely say a female boss.

They can be very hard to please initially but trust me when you prove yourself capable and competent, you'll have one of the best working relationships that even transcends the workplace at times.
Most of the time they just want to be treated with the same respect as their male counterparts.

Bottom line give her due respect and prove yourself competent. Shikena!


Note: I'm talking about a rational and mature female boss not the type wey them don do from village and also in an organised work environment.

It wouldn't hurt to do a little research sometimes.

www.railway-technology.com/projects/abuja-kaduna-rail-line/

"The construction of the Abuja-Kaduna rail line started in February 2011 and is expected to be
completed in 2014.
China Civil and Engineering Construction Company (CCECC), which is constructing the Lagos Rail Mass Transit System in Nigeria, is building the line for the
Nigerian Federal Government.

The $8.3bn contract for the Lagos-Kano standard
gauge modernisation project awarded to CCECC in
2006 marked the beginning of the initiative.
The project, however, couldn't be implemented
due to funding problems. It was later re-scoped
into different stand-alone segments and the
existing 1,124km narrow gauge Lagos-Kano line
was rehabilitated.


Abuja-Kaduna is the first segment to be implemented as part of Lagos-Kano standard gauge project.
The next segment to undergo standard-gauge upgradation is the 312km-long Lagos-Ibadan rail line, which is a double-track standard-gauge line scheduled for completion in 2016. A $1.53bn contract was awarded to CCECC in August 2012 to deliver the project within four years."

aieromon:
http://www.iqrabooks.com.ng/details.php?code=1375208578

Thanks

aieromon:
I do have a copy. You can read the interview granted by him here.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/obasanjo-was-a-blundering-general-alabi-isama/

Pls where did you purchase the book from? (Pls don't tell me I-Tunes) I've been searching for it online since it came out some months ago to no avail.
I'm looking for a bookstore in Lagos where one can find books about the The Nigerian Civil war and the First Coup.

Wait o so you mean there's a thread like this and all you Buhari supporters just kept mute?
Haba una still dey learn work?

How can such a great thread for those that genuinely seek the truth be only 3 pages (page 0 included)

I would hav expected you guys Berem, Obiagelli, Barcanista, Caseless, Chamboy, MORNDEW, etc (my apologies if I forgot any other prominent GMB advocate) to highlight this thread at every opportunity.
If possible repost sef with owner's permission. Invite the sensible TAN supporters (I believe most are below 23yrs & politically naïve and as such, need to be educated and not insulted) and ask dem to counter the argument or hold their peace.

This here is the ammo dat could possibly shut any self-respecting TAN supporter with a conscience and force him/her to do some reflection about his/her position as regards the forthcoming election as well as force the numerous neutrals to do their own investigations for the truth.


I don't know the moderator or SuperMod incharge of the HomePage (Ishilove? Mukina2?) but given the rather poor quality topics to make it there recently, this cannot possibly be any worse.

Oga Seun, methinks pple go click the story, money go enter your pocket and the truth will be told (win-win for everyone).

I urge you all to do ur little part.
Regards
And pls no insults, thx

@Wirinet u sabi book.

The snake was simply electrocuted when it bridged two phases. it could hav slithered unhurt if it had remained along a single line. I've seen a squirrel similarly electrocuted. Dats y birds can perch on lines unhurt.

U can test my hypothesis, just jump and hang on a single phase WITHOUT TOUCHING any other phase (neutral included) then tell me the result.
Note: This is done at your own risk! Don't try this at home kids.

Good analysis @Krucifax

Politics is a game of numbers and imho Fashola is the person likely to garner the most votes for APC as VP candidate.
A lot of pple are even unaware he's a muslim. He is seen as a technocrat and a performer. He practically guarantees SW votes. And he is most likely to attract the undecided votes in all the regions because of his perceived good works in Lagos. I've been to SE and SS and I hear pple commending BRF and wishing their Governors were more like him.

Oshiomole- Also in with a shout, also seen as a performer. Very likely to guarantee votes from Edo and parts of the SW. Extremely popular however with the Chairmanship of APC zoned to the SS, this might rule him out.

Amaechi- a decent performer but a lot of pple feel his 2nd term was spent fighting GEJ rather than governing his State well. Doesn't have the pull of the above 2. He faces a battle to retain control of his state sef.

Fayemi- technocrat but not very popular outside SW (to my knowledge)

Owelle Rochas- Brilliant orator, good performer. Loved in the parts of the North. Unfortunately a lot of Igbos see him as not being a true Igbo cos of his time spent in the North and distrust of APC in the SE. Will pull votes from the SE but not a clean sweep as required

Ezekwesili- not a card carrying member of APC (to my knowledge) Technocrat, her stance in BBOG has been heartwarming. Unlikely to pull in the undecided votes tho. For some strange reason, not well loved enough in the SE.

esuabassey:
hi palz......
..

Hello.

Everyone don forget this thread. Twas fun while it lasted sha.

Peace

CFCman:
Eyah. APC will ensure that power cuts would be a thing of the past within 2 years

Abeg no go promise wetin dem no go fit do.
2yrs is prob too short to expect constant electricity (I work in dat sector) but I hope there will be much improvement.

Obiagelli:
I hope my Apc peeps are planning a celebratory thread. We must enjoy this moment. Many of haven't had any sleep in days, to the extent of having nightmares/dreams about the primaries

Just don't over-do the celebrations. This is just the Semi-final stage. Time to put in a lot of work to "win the trophy".

GMB's PR team needs to work overtime in order to rid him of the Infamous and false BOKO Haram sympathizer tag which his detractors (and gullible Nigerians) have tagged him with.
Time to show Nigerians the man's laudable achievements.

I'm happy more Nigerians have seen what I saw in this man 4yrs ago.

Sai Buhari!
Nigeria go better.

donphilopus:
Voided votes now 6, trynna equate Nda-Isaiah's 8!

This is the where the real battle is! *bites nails*

[quote author=neupert]The cost for the replacement of your Hp G60 screen with a new one is 13,500.
How soon do you want to fix it.[/quote

Dat price is too much for me o.
I intend coming on Saturday. How abt reducing it to 10,000

Good morning.

Pls how much would it take to repair/change the screen of a HP G60?

Tex42: it B.Eng and not Bsc,for engineers.take note

Some schs award B.Sc in Engineering eg Unilag.

folamee: Live at encorelagos hotel ajao estate,d accomodation is on point. Swimming pool,gym ,wireless nd free food tins.tcn abeg make dis enjoyment continue by reviewing our salary

Darn! Lucky you. In our own guest house, no gym, swimming pool, wireless na only during day time, to be served food on time sef na wahala.
Abeg make we switch, na d same Ajao Estate we dey o.
God dey sha.

Emmysuccess: Reporting live from Ijora RTC, we are about 15 engineers at d venue at d moment. Nothing much is going on for now. Regards!

Haba make una calm down na. E too early jor.

Happy new year everyone; friends, colleagues and well-wishers.

Wish those still on d road a safe trip.

The wait is almost over. As we begin our careers with TCN, I pray the Good LORD be with us every step of d way.

Warm Regards.


PS- Oh btw, Ijora RTC colleagues, let's try to have a little fun (not excessive o) during d training. All work and no play...

folamee: Ijora rtc loading ..... Am very glad am On my way to lag even if today is my bday,its all good.thanks to d Almighty

Happy birthday and safe journey. Hope we'll get to celebrate it tomorrow at Ijora RTC.

@He is Alive, u failed to address my point abt wat happens if the email address u provided is hacked.

Like I said I'm not comfortable with the idea of sending appointment letters to an email addy. Information security is something I take very serious.

I understand dat the privacy of the group is important because we might be exposed to sensitive info which we cannot divulge to d public.

Also different levels (officersI-IV) may be exposed to different levels of sensitive info, which was why I asked if d group wud be open to all levels.

I also think dat a new thread could be created in the (less popular) career section of nairaland (for instance "Power Transmission Engineers' corner" as someone suggested) where we could still relate wit fellow engineers and others.
Most of us are greenhorns and will need all d help we can get from pple esp d more experienced engrs arnd here.

Finally I think u shd hav continued fine-tuning d system and deliberated it here before u concluded on the rules.

All in all, it's a good initiative. Best of luck.

Regards

@HeisAlive this is a good initiative.

Emeth raised some good points esp as regards confidentiality.
I find the scanning one's admission letter a little bit uncomfortable. Why? For security reasons. What happens if the email account is hacked and the hackers have access to our details?

Also, will the group be open to all levels ie officers I-IV?

Keep fine-tuning the idea. Good job sir.

A group on LinkedIn is ok wit me.

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Nice spirit guyz. More of this pls.

tollu: Better for who?
The afflicted or those around them?

Good question.

Low self esteem tends to be felt more by d individual while an over bloated ego is felt by others around d person.

Inspiring. Thx for sharing.