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Baba, I need Ur number. We need to talk ASAP abeg.

isangjohnson:
Sorry Sir, I don't have cells for sale now.

What are the ifs?
That Natural gas is cheaper than PMS and will always be so?

Thanks so much Gazzuzz for this, your experiment on LPG conversion for generators gave me the confidence to convert my generator. When I saw ur videos on TikTok, I really wanted to know the year of the Hyundai i10 so I could do some calculations on the gains you got from converting it. I'm happy U stated the year on this post.
The 2012 i10 has an average fuel efficiency of 32.2 MPG or 13.68 KM per liter according to data from FUELLYdotcom (this data was gotten from 55 vehicles, tracked across 2,651 fuel ups and 568,897 miles).
Using this average, that 267km trip you did with N2,450 worth of CNG would have cost you: 267/13.68= 19.5 liters to complete.
That is N13,271 at N680 per liter (As sold in my area), an incredible savings of N10, 821!!!, (over 80%).
I had already made up my mind to convert my car to CNG cos I had done extensive research on it before now. The only issue was that there were no CNG stations in my State.
Luckily, last month a CNG station was commissioned in my state, the very next Local Government to where I stay (39km away).
Your videos once again on CNG conversion are timely, I can see the practicality of it all (not just theories and figures I got online), thank you so much.
I think I will begin my conversion journey while I try to get those who would partner with me to get a station operational in the town I live.


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Sir, your ignorance is not your problem but your close mindedness. I'm glad a lot of people corrected your wrong assumptions but I still need to reiterate it with my personal experience.
The transformer in our area was faulty for 3 months (power was just restored today after I championed efforts to repair the transformer as PHED was telling us stories). During those hellish 3 months, I was running 12.5kg of gas every 7 days (4 hours run time every evening in which time I would charge my grid dependent inverter system to help me in d afternoon). I was averaging 28hours for a 12.5kg cylinder.
That same generator consumes 1 liter per hour under the same load conditions (Sumec SPG3000 2.5Kw capacity).
Let's put it into perspective: 28hrs weekly would have cost me 28 X 680 = N19, 040 every week (I tried running it with fuel for 3 days before I hurriedly converted)
Meanwhile I bought LPG at 740-780 for the first month, taking the highest cost of 9,750 per 12.5kg, I saved 9,290 per week for the 1st month. THAT IS A SAVINGS OF 37K IN 4 WEEKS.
The second month, it rose to an average of 842 per kg , I was buying at 10,525 for 12.5kg. 19,040- 10,525 = 8,515.
THAT IS A SAVINGS OF 34K IN 4 WEEKS FOR MONTH 2.
I bought at this same rate for the first 2 weeks of the last 4 weeks, but the last 4 weeks saw a sharp increase to 1k per kg. Taking an average, I place my spending at 11,513 per 12.5kg. 19,040 - 11,513 = 7,527.
THAT IS A SAVINGS OF 30K IN 4 WEEKS FR THE LAST MONTH.

TOTAL SAVINGS OF 101K BY USING LPG INSTEAD OF PMS ON MY GENERATOR FOR 3 MONTHS, 4 HOURS DAILY!!!
There is something I want to point out, I only serviced the generator in the first month of use, changed a spark plug in the second month and the 3rd month, I DID NOT SERVICE OR CHANGE A SPARK PLUG!!!! My generator ran cleaner, quieter and more efficiently. I had to bring out the spark plug last week just to check, it was looking so clean. And the generator starts with a single drag.
what I just narrated are facts and I don't care if you believe me or not.
After all I don't sell LPG conversion kits.
Just be open minded about things, do research before you try to "debunk".

Eriokanmi:
Dey deceive yourself and be using lies to advertise CNG . Is it not same Akure i know? Did you pass through ilesha-Ife highway at all? If I could try it on generator and there was no significant difference, I wonder how it could work on automobile. When the cng was first being over-hyped here. I tackled the OP. Later when some Nigerians got carborateur and tried to convert their petrol gen to cng, they dropped the idea and kept silent.

Even in the USA, the country we used to copy in everything, there are barely 2,000 cng refuelling stations there. Today, petrol and diesel remain efficient means of powering automobile engines. Any Nigerian who falls for this lie the way they fell for the generator would only throw away money once again.

You should not generalize as a Risk Engineer that you said you are, you should evaluate first.
1. You should know that CNG has a higher ignition temperature than petrol which makes it less dangerous ( CNG can operate at up to 700 degrees Celsius, as compared to petrol’s 455 degrees). A petrol car will catch fire almost 2 times faster than a CNG operated car if there is an uncontrolled increase in internal temperature.
2. Also, the cylinders which carry CNG are a lot tougher than the traditional petrol tanks. Before they make their way to cars, they undergo extreme tests to eliminate the risks of leakage.
3. CNG is also safer than other fuels in the event of a spill, because natural gas is lighter than air and disperses quickly when released. In the event of an accident, IF (a very big IF) the CNG tank is punctured, the CNG will very quickly rise above the heavier air, petrol on the other hand will stay. If there is an open flame, the petrol will ignite and explode, the CNG won't.

reynold101:
Good Strategy but I tell you the process will be short lived. As a Risk Engineer of so many years in the Industry one fatal incident involving the CNG converted Vehicle all Nigerians will shy away from the process. Nigerians recklessness they are not ready yet

for starters I want to state clearly that I am not happy a president we never voted for was forced on us.
Secondly, I will still criticize the manner in which Tinubu went about the subsidy removal, it was callous and everything else he is doing to mitigate the effect is an afterthought.
Moving forward, CNG is cheaper now and will always be so because of certain factors
1. It is locally produced (Powergas has 5 CNG plants across Nigeria).
2. Nigeria as at 2022 had 208 Trillion cubic Ft of Natural gas (So CNG will ALWAYS be locally processed for a long time to come).
3. PMS is not expensive because of demand as you wrongly thought, it is expensive because
A. it is majorly imported,
B. The value of the naira is at the worst it has ever been.
To put B in perspective, if the Naira gains against the dollar to say N300 per $. PMS will crash to about N190 to N230 per Liter.
4. Even when PMS was being smuggled, the smuggling didn't affect the price in Nigeria. The smuggling was due to d fact that Naija PMS was subsidized, hence cheaper that the price in neighboring countries.
5. It takes more than demand to increase price, cost of production is a greater determinant. With the FG interest and plans I have seen, the plan is to push incentives that will encourage major players in the CNG production sector.

In summary, I am sayin that this will work if we are all interested in how it plays out. Natural gas is being flared every second across oil fields in Nigeria, we have to be vocal about that. We have to scrutinize every part of this initiative, call for adjustment in areas that will not favor us and take it upon ourselves to report and shout when anything goes wrong.
Subsidy was wrong, the way it was removed was wicked but WE CANNOT GO BACK TO IT IF WE HOPE TO SURVIVE AS A NATION.

ivandragon:
On the surface, this looks good. But does it really address the root problem(s)?

CNG is cheaper now because there is no high demand. What happens when every one switches to CNG, including the neighbouring countries that the FG said made subsidy on pms unsustainable?

What happens when those countries start smuggling the 'cheaper' alternative?

What now happens when CNG prices start rising to meet up with PMS levels?

The information you are passing across is inaccurate. The technology has been around since the 1990's, it didn't catch on due to reliability issues but now that these have been sorted out, it's gradually gaining popularity.
These inverters are called Micro or String inverters.
1. Micro inverter: allows for connection with a SINGLE SOLAR PANEL
2. STRING INVERTER: allows for connection of 2 or more solar panels connected in series.
They basically come in 2 variants, On grid and off grid systems; for naija, the best is the off grid system cos on grid needs Public supply to be available before it works.
And yes, you can buy it on Amazon, Alibab etc.

oweniwe:


It can't work like that for now because I don't think the technology is available. The current generated by solar panels is in pulses. It's not steady. If you connect a solar panel directly to a UPS, it'll come on, but maybe 3 seconds after, go off.

That's because the wave is not steady, like zig zag pattern. That's why a battery is needed to store the current from panel first

Point of correction, the Yorubas don't have their ancestral origin from Brazil. They were taken there in the 1880s as slaves. Their culture survived and is still practiced in some parts today because they were the last set of slaves to be taken to Brazil.

daveP:
you forget they have yoruba ancestral origin in Brazil? It is the exact same way we do garri here too. Almost 95% exact of the culture is replicated there.

thanks so much, it will be highly appreciated.

FEGEITOK:
I will make time to answer you.

Gotta balance stepping in to help with making a living and taking breaks from the exertion at work.

I sympathize with how you feel.

Thank you so much for this project. It is almost impossible to read through the entire thread and asking questions that have already been asked will meet with being ignored. Your project will be a great help. Please start a thread for it.

idk2023:
Hello everyone,

I am so moved by the solidarity and camaraderie on this thread. After reading through this ENTIRE thread, I identified common problems and questions. Many people either have questions on system sizing (what size solar system they need) and/ or what/ where they can find good quality, reliable equipment (whether importing directing from China or sourcing locally from Nigeria).

I have noticed that some people share their system sizing and where to find their equipment, but it can be quite intense reading through this entire thread to find an answer (it took me weeks to do so).

So, I will be starting an easy to follow guide that automatically calculates the size of solar system you need (this is called system sizing) and direct people to equipment they can purchase based on their budget and location. Later on, I will allow people who purchased the equipment to give updates/ opinions on the equipment (providing more information to other Nigerians trying to DIY their solar system).

If this is of interest to you, please PM or input your email via the link below! I would love to get people’s feedback on initial drafts or other ideas they have for this guide, so I can continue to improve upon it and it can serve as a great resource to others. It would be great to dispel the notion that building a solar system yourself is too hard or complicated.

As we all know with the right information, anyone can do it.


Input your email here: https:///uMGBbJMLTLpRSXRa8


*Edit: Given the interest, I’m getting regarding this guide, I have inserted a link where you can submit your email. That way, once I’ve completed the first draft of the guide, I can send it to you and get your thoughts.*

Guys, sorry I need to barge in; I won't be able to read up 1300 plus pages.
Here is my issue.
I have about 12-16hrs public power supply daily but PHED has refused to supply power between 7pm and 12am, forcing me to always put on my gen between those hours.
I want to set up an inverter system that I will charge with public supply to power
A TV SET 75W, A DC FAN 10W, LED BULBS 40W MAX for 5-6 hrs in the evening.
Please what will I need to set this up.
I already got a quotation for a starplus 220ah Tubular battery for 140k (is the battery good and is the price okay?)
Finally, I will build on the system to ultimately power
75W TV, 70W CEILING FAN, LED BULBS 60W, CHEST FREEZER 220W with solar panels as a primary source of power and public supply as back up.
So kindly bear this in mind when recommending an inverter.
Eagerly awaiting your assistance.
Location, Akwa Ibom state.

Both are perfect and both can allow you to do above $2000 monthly.
Here are some of the differences,
1. With Dom account, u can withdraw ur Dollars over the counter if u want to. UBA just stopped withdrawals over the counter for Dollar prepaid cards this November 2022,
2. With ur Dom account, u can receive Dollars from people but with prepaid card u can only receive Dollars if it is transferred from another prepaid card of the same bank,
3. Prepaid card is safer, if stolen they person can only access the funds u have on the card at that time (I personally load the exaqct amount I want to use for a transaction, I dont leave funds there). A Dom account card if stolen gives the peron access to all the funds on ur Dom account.

Both will work for your transactions and both will give you good limits,

Nyamuri:
For someone that wants to do international transaction e.g Aliexpress, which account will u recommend between Dom and prepaid?

Can you purchase beyond the 20$ limit on prepaid dollar account?

UBA stopped over the counter withdrawals on Dollar prepaid cards since the 1st week of November. I hope it changes oon

jadajada:
if I have funds in my prepaid dollar card, can I withdraw over the counter?

Thank you!!!

Olamak1:
Yes, you can! First chat the seller and ask him/her to split the payment to enable you pay with 2 or more debit cards.

PREPAID DOLLAR CARD IS DIFFERENT FROM DOMICILIARY ACCOUNT CARD.
Let me explain as much as I can.
Domiciliary account is an account you open in a bank for foreign currencies and you can get an ATM card for it. When you get an ATM card for it, the funds in your Dom account can be accessed through the card when u want to make payments via card.
Now to PREPAID DOLLAR CARD, this is a stand alone card that is not linked to any bank account. For you to use it, You need to pay in physical Dollars over the counter at the bank. You can also ask someone who has a Dollar prepaid card to sell you funds, he can transfer from his card to yours ; I use UBA Prepaid Dollar card and this is the method i use to fund my card 99% of the times(see the screenshot attached).

Now to make the distinction very clear, lets assume you have a UBA dollar prepaid card and you also have a UBA dom account,
1. YOU CANNOT USE YOUR DOLLAR PREPAID CARD TO ACCESSS FUNDS IN YOUR DOM ACCOUNT!!!
2. YOU CANNOT TRANSFER MONEY FROM YOUR DOMICILARY ACCOUNT TO YOUR DOLLAR PREPAID CARD!!!
The 2 are completely different and are not linked in any way.

I have UBA, Zenith bank and Access domiciliary accounts, ATM cards linked to the Dom accounts and dollar Prepaid cards for each bank.
Of all, UBA is the easiest to get.
To open a dorm account or get a dollar prepaid card with UBA all u need are:
1. Means of identification: NIN, Voters card, Drivers Lincense or Intl Passport
2. Utility bill
3. A passport photograph
That is all!!!
And you must make a deposit of atleast $5 as initial deposit (just buy from a Mallam close to you).
They dont ask for referees or any of those long process.
However, I have one issue with their Dom account, YOU CANNOT TRANSFER FROM YOUR DOM ACCOUNT TO ANOTHER DOM ACCOUNT.
Access allows me to transfer from my Dom account to another Access Dom account ( I av not tried transfering to another bank's Dom account before).

I hope this ends the confusion, Domicilary account ATM is not the same as a PREPAID DOLLAR CARD! They can both be used for international purchases but they are not the same.

Jess99:
This isn't true
I have both a dorm account and a dollar card. Account was opened at zero balance in February. Up till now, theyve never tajen money from me and i never did that checklist. Dollar card was 1k for card and 4k for maintenance

Hello. Can I use multiple cards to make payment for a single item that cost more than Naija card limits?

Olamak1:
While awaiting the collection of the said ATM card, here's what you should have done to take advantage of the 11.11 coupons and discounts : check out on the items of your choice and then press "pay" option, remember that discounts and coupons would have been added here . At this point, your old atm card won't process the payment and so the order is automatically added to the list of "unpaid items." Thereafter, you'd see below the order the time limit within which payment is to be made after which such payment is cancelled. Some payments laspse for 24 hrs while some take longer time . In my own case, out of the 7 orders on the list of unpaid items (after axhausting 3 debit cards), 4 are to be paid for in 24hr while the remaining 3 have 20 days of payment time each. So, 20 days from now, the 3 atm cards would have been ready again to effect the payments.

uchegbu89:
It is common knowledge that making ends meet as a poor Nigerian youth comes with enormous challenge. This sad reality cuts across the uneducated, educated, skilled and unskilled. It is even more difficult when one doesn't have a means to get started. It becomes even more unbearable and painful when a youth loses the meager financial resource gleaned through sweat, blood and tears in pursuit of better life.

Unfortunately, this has become the experience of most poor Nigerian youths presently. I, along with thousands of Nigerians still have this butter taste in our mouths.

As much as I would love to remain anonymous, I'm here to tell my story to alert unsuspecting youth to this danger and avoid becoming a victim.

The company is QNET. It's a networking company headquartered in Hong Kong. It's founder is Dato Vijay Eswaran. The company operates a pyramid system. They are into sale of health products, wellness, tourism, education, e.t.c
One becomes a member if he purchases a product from them. To earn commission, you are required to refer two persons to purchase products. These new persons are to have ample knowledge of the company before voluntarily signing up. As your network of people grow, you earn more commissions but non- guaranteed though.

Criminally minded Africa youths have now devised means to defraud others by luring them to other African countries with a promise of lucrative job opportunities that are non-existent. Once the victim comes over, they are deceived to sign up to be a member of the networking company. They operate in Ghana, Benin republic, Mali, Togo, Burkinafaso, Senegal, Algeria, e.t.c.

My friend, whom I trusted informed me of an opening in his company. He told me basic salary was $225 weekly. I asked why the locals are not filling the vacant positions. He said their government pay social security. Hence the lack of interest. He also promised me of free food and accommodation. According to him, all I need to pay was N550k which would cover my work and residence permit, dollar account opening and traveling documents. The sum is payable after I have come over.

After much hesitations and suspicion, I decided to go. On reaching there, I was well received and treated to a party. The next day, I was taken to an office where some friendly and good looking guy interviewed me. He introduced the company to me and promised me I will be receiving weekly salary if I sell two products for the company. My friend persuaded me to give it a try, I did. After the payment, I was now told in clear terms I needed to bring two persons. They promised me none of them had stayed more than six months. Everyone around kept telling me it was real. I ended up bringing three persons thinking I was helping them. I was paid $120 just once. Nothing else. At this point, I became angry. I confronted the uplines and I was now told I needed six persons to now qualify for weekly payment.
But I know of persons who have 6 persons and even more on their network but are receiving nothing. I made contact with people outside the state who had quit the business. I now realized these unscrupulous uplines collect double the price of the products, use the half to get rice for the members and the rest their share among them. Over time, they save enough and go back to their countries as rich guys. The victims who come, sign up and quit for the sake of conscience, harsh weather and environment will have their friends/ relatives who brought them over to blame. The scheme runs on fooling people and having them fool others. Worse still, friendships are totally destroyed in the process.
Victims it only lose money, but reputation, time and their health because of poor nutrition.
The members are brainwashed to believe they will become rich in no time. So it's not easy for them to understand that networking business takes time to build and should be built on honesty and not lies.
I and my downlines (3) lost our means of livelihood as we sold our properties and even took loans.

This epidemic swept through India, Ghana before it was rooted out. Now Burkinafaso, Mali, and others mentioned at the onset are on the spotlight.
I'm back to Nigeria having list everything and
looking to pickup the pieces of my life. My reputation is irretrievably damaged. These are not easy things to go through.
We need to escalate this information and create awareness of this trend to help save more people from falling victim.
Let everyone tell their relatives to disregard any invitation by anyone asking you to come work in any part of Africa. It's nothing but QNET.

Thank you for sharing this. A friend closed his business for more than 2 weeks now and told me he went to work for a company. He called me 10mins ago telling me about QNET and how they pay $225 weekly after undergoing their training. I told him I was interested and needed to know how I can get a job in the company. He told me I need to pay 550k to get registered and my documents prepared as I would be traveling. After his call, I Googled and discovered QNET is an mlm and they even went on dailypost newspaper on 30th June 2022 to warn people against this fake job offer. I fear Nigerians, they now have to deceive people into MLM and becos u were deceived, u will be forced to deceive others so as to recover ur losses. Everyone who comes across this post, pls know this and know peace QNET DOESN'T GIVE JOBS, THAT JOB OFFER IS FAKE. If you have the strength for MLM, go on their site and get directions on how to sign up. NO GO DASH PERSON 550K!!!

I just saw this post in 2020 & it helped me tremendously

elpochas:
PLS Have not still been paid till nw,what steps can i take to get my payment.please help me out,i wud have gone to their office bt am morning duty tru out d week.

Have u finally been paid?

The group is steadily losing membership. My issue with her was mentioning Igbos in the statement. If she issues with senseless people, she shd have addressed the senseless people and left out the tribe. Rant Hq won't be the same after this.

I was so happy to see comments from some reasonable persons on this thread. We still have hope. The Madagascar concoction has to go through clinical and human trials, they are even lucky that the controversy surrounding the "drug" will accelerate the process. 20 persons took it over a period of 3 weeks, 2 recovered; what happened to the other 18? The African union has asked them to present technical data on the "drug" but instead of doing that the president is busy claiming WHO is against the drug because it is African. So as Africans we are not good enough to take World standard medication? As it stands, this concoction might just cause more deaths. My stand, u claim it works, go through the normal process for approval then we can buy and take it.

Coolyemex, your price is on the high side

That is why i brought it to this forum to get expert opinion.
What is ur opinion Sir?

youngzoologist:
It takes a novice to see such offer and jump at it without expert analysis.
Just on feeding alone.....worth of #900,000 to feed 5000pcs amounts to #180/fish to expect 650g......failed.

About the CAFAN, walk into any ministry of Agric in ur location and ask about them, u will be informed on how to contact them.
The loan facility is ongoing in every state in Nigeria, take advantage of this and grow your profit.

vroom:
Any CAFAN in Abuja, kindly invite me, I will love to joinh.

Thanks Chilanfarms. Okay, I will go for the option of 10,000 Juveniles. 3.5 tonnes = 212 bags of feed bah.
So with FCR of 1:1 in mind, I have to go for about 433 bags of feed to get 650g in 3 months for 10,000 juveniles?
#25 per juvenile noted.
Please how much do you think we shd sell per KG.
The cost of feed is stilla concern, is N6000 per bag ok?
Thanks for all your help so far.

chilanfarms:
if 5000 juveniles eat 150bags u can't have 650g. 150bags= 2250kg of feed, divide it among 5000 juveniles of say 10g body weight. Wat u will have is. 450kg max. The price they r buying is low if u r gonna make any profit @ all. Then seed price is on the higher side too max juveniles should be #25. If u wana do melange (3months) target u need to stock higher... on 10000 juveniles book @ least 3.2toons of feed and u will have them weighing 300-350g per fish...

Thanks Ochoso, I knew the offer wasn't right even though I couldn't get d proper calculations. From my stand point, D CAFAN execs want to make the money while d farmers run at a loss.

ochosco:
This requires a straight answer. Is the price for fingerlings and feed OK? No
Is the price/Kg OK? No. Will 150bags of feed be enough to achieve the projected weight of 3250Kg? No, Not even with the best of fcr. With 150 bags of 15Kg, the most you could achieve will likely fall below 2,000Kg.

Hello guys, CAFAN in Akwa Ibom just introduced an Anchor growers scheme in the state for 1000 farmers.
It is a CBN loan that will involve a company giving farm inputs to farmers and buying all the fish during harvest
The summary of it all is this:
1. You will be given at least 5000 juveniles @ N40 per one = N200,000
2. You will be given 150 bags of a Nigerian feed at N6000 per bag =N900,000
3. cash for the farm management n salaries
Everything will sum up to about 1.3m
Note: you will not be given physical money but the inputs will be supplied to you.
At the end of 3 months, the uptaker will come and harvest your fish and pay N500 per kilo
You are meant to have atleast 3250kg of fish at harvest to qualify for another loan.

Please kindly assist to analysis
Is the pricing ok for the fingerlings and feed?
The price per kilo is it okay too since they r buying all at once.
then, will d 150 bags of feed be enough to grow them to 650g in 3 months?

Excellent response.
Thanks, it worked for me.

cashflowpc:
Very good tab! Just press power + volume up: You will see fast boot, normal boot, recovery mode etc.

Enter recovery mode, you will see the Android man lying dead somewhat. While there. Press and hold the power button and then volume up once. Don't press and hold the two of them at the same time, just press and hold only the power button and then volume up once: You will see the list where u can do factory reset there.

It took me like 6 good hours if not more to figure this out.

Goodluck.


By the way, I'm still looking for the recovery image of this device so I can back up my stock ROM in case. anybody with useful info should help. thanks