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Now I know many Nigeria are as useless at the current government. What kind of useless argument is this. Instead of us to talk about the integrity of the candidates and what they can offer if given the opportunity, we are here talking about how candidates were interview by sunrise tv. . Nigeria really have a bigger problem ahead

9jaRealist:
You mean the privatization process supervised by the World Bank?!
Which great electricity companies or investors bid for these companies and were rejected?!

The privatization under the Jonathan administration is not the primary problem with electricity in Nigeria, as they keep regurgitating like ideological zombies. The owners of DISCOs and GENCOs is not the primary problem with electricity in Nigeria - and btw, the federal government presided over by Buhari still owns 40% of the equity of DISCOs and seat on the board of directors of all of the DISCOs, while the private owners (the so-called “PDP cronies”) only own 60% of each DISCO. Virtually ANYONE can own equity in electricity utility companies or any other technical companies, regardless of such owners’ technical qualifications or knowledge (or lack thereof). In the US and several advanced economies, equity of most of these companies are controlled by PE funds, VCs, pension funds, etc., not by engineers or other technical folks. Even Dangote owns the most successful cement company operating across several African nations without being an engineer. Equity owners primarily provide capital, not (necessarily) operational expertise.

Meanwhile, the GENCOs generate MORE electricity than the TCN (Transmission Company of Nigeria), owned 100% and solely operated by the federal government presided over by Buhari, has the ability to transmit, leaving an average of about 2000MW of generated electricity “stranded” everyday. The primary issue with electricity in Nigeria is principally at the distribution level, where the federal government owns 40% of the DISCOs, controls regulation through NERC and has refused to allow the cost-reflective tariffs promise pre-privatization and was a VITAL premise of the BUSINESS CASE for the privatization. The result is that DISCOs continue to be FORCED to sell electric power at BELOW production costs (an average of N38kw/h tariffs for electric power produced at an average cost of N58kw/h), which even your roadside Buka or Akara seller understands is not a sustainable business model. The outcome is that DISCOs are unable to fully pay GENCOs, who are unable to fully pay gas producers/suppliers and who in turn are dis-incentivize to invest in more gas production and stop flaring.

It is clear that neither Buhari nor his Apologists fully understand the BASICS of the electricity debacle (nor, tbh, of most other things). Rather, they continue to cling onto his FEUDAL AND CENTRIST impulses and sensibilities. Accordingly, they want to dismantle private enterprise and continue to expand BIG GOVERNMENT- because perhaps the one thing General Buhari really seems to enjoy the most about being president has been appointing HIS PEOPLE into positions of authority.
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Many people here knows nothing. They will not even understand this one here you wrote. Nigeria is a very pathetic country.

This Sawore man now very useless person. I guess he is gradually shifting ground to support Tinubu and bihari government. As a journalist he would have know that the last administration of Goodluck Jonathan was building a new national gride which was near completion but abandoned by this useless and aimless government.
If there is anyone we will hold for the hardship Nigeria is passing through , he surely will be one of them . Through lies and propaganda, he help this government to come to power

Pacesetterz:
The eastern region makes governance seems very hard. I have never seen a state water running in homes. Everybody is digging boreholes for themselves. Even with the river Niger,water is still hard. Don’t really know about southwest.

Lagos state water board still dey exist?

I know of Enugu state. The water board system is still working.Though not often. The worst is Delta State where I hail from. The water board system has stop working long time ago. Upon the huge allocation that comes to the state every month, Notting much you see what they use the money for. Our leaders are the worst criminals you can think of. Apart from Abia which remain underdeveloped due to bad leadership also, every other states is far developed than delta State

Moh247:




It's easier to succeed in life with the right families and friends

The Adeleke family have been pulling each other up like a true family regardless of their differences

As an unapologetic commited APC and stuanch Tinubu fan,. I must say the Adeleke win in Osun is truly well deserved and inspirational unlike Oyetola , Aregbesola and Omisore that went into battle with disunity

Isiaka Adeleke sherubawon was one of the few people that fought for Osun State creation and he was the first civilian Governor, again he was among the hero's of June 12, when he died his people rewarded his brother with the Senatorial seat

Ademola Adeleke lost 2018 Election by less than mere 500 votes based on INEC laws technicalities, Lack of Basic Educational Certificate and inexperience...

Adeleke took his loss with resilience and went back to school to get an associate degree in US,he gave many poor Osun indegenes scholarship in AU, he came back to contest a better man and won with over 35,000 votes over an incumbent



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Nice one. Well analyst. Politics without bitterness

eteebanky1:
This local governments wan spoil things o

Nothing spoil. The results coming out from owo is a good results for pdp. The foolish traditional ruler actually boasted that he will deliver 90 percent of voters to apc. But pdp is doing far better there

JAWBONE:
WTF are you saying. Oga Okowa will win the 8 LGs of Delta North with at least 85% of votes. Not that I'm impressed with him but he has the entire Delta North in his bag. The only place Okowa might have problems is in Delta Central because of his power struggle with Ibori.

Then again, Ibori is fully aligned with Atiku. So very difficult for any other party to take Delta

Which part of Delta State are you residing. Like the warri I stay, nobody dey reason Okowa at all. That man now complete failure. Peter Obi everywhere

Foodforthought:
God bless you. I'm from Agbor. You can't convince an Agbor, Abavo, Umunede man who has lived in Delta for the past 7 years to vote Okowa again. It's not possible.

For sure Peter Obi will win Delta State. Am from isoko North , I leave in warri. Both old and young are for Peter Obi

This one serious ooh

JEWELofHELL:
OSUN DEPUTY GOV WINS POLLING UNIT

Benedict Alabi, Osun deputy governor, has won his polling unit.

Ward 6, PU07, Baptist Day School, Ikire, Irewole LGA.

APC: 206

PDP: 184

#OsunDecides #OsunElection #OsunDecides2022

This is serious. Even in the backyard of apc , pdp got a whole 184 votes. Pdp has already won the election

Astrid4:
Apc cant get 200 in that particular local government even with massive rigging that two government belongs to pdp and they're reputed for bulk vote, am in the state currently, RIP to APC

What happening. What is the people mood like. Hope our man , our able respected Adeleke is cruising to victory. Never again shall apc rule us in any aspects. That party is evils. They brought unimaginable hardship to our land.

Damaged control. What a nonsense write up. Kabiru Planned to kidnapped Shettima children in government lodge, and there about he relocated them to Abuja . This is just too laughable. Now I know this man truly have hand in this bokoharam formation. How can the governor lodge in Abuja be safer than the lodge in Bornu where the governor have all the securities authority to his disposal. Who is fooling who Mr Shittima. You can't eat your cake and have it back. Judgement day is coming.

This one now real agbero. Look at the kind of people acting as leaders. Even countries that are self independent in productions of good and services can't even boast of this nonsense this agbero is talking about.

Peacecore:
But he can't represent even herself in d court. Probably she sort her self out of the Uni n fail severally in law school

By your comment, Buhari is far brighter than you .

naija4life247:
Two idiots, one poster

If you call Funke idiot, what would you call your self. Is Funke not an achiever . If you are doing well in your life, don't you think Funke had done better among her generations. I have not heard of you in any part of the world. But Funke is a house name. Calling her idiot when you are nobody is simply foolishness of the highest order

inheritance ke. If you show me any of your child that is not having over a billion in the account, I will tell you the devil is a saint. Of what use is your inheritance to them when you have already enrich them with citizens wealth. Buhari who are you fooling.

gozmok1:
Who am I?

I ran away from my village to claim Lagos as my homeland
I lied about my actual age and educational qualifications
I have monopoly over all IGR in Lagos
I have my urchins that rob and harass people in Lagos traffic
I sent soldiers to shoot civilians who were protesting for their human rights only to flee from the country hours after committing the act

Tinubu

CommonSense1967:
This kind of petition only confirms what I have been saying all along.
These meth cannibals don't care about good governance, democracy or all that noise that are known for.
The only reason why they complain so much is simply because they are not the ones controlling the govt.
These people supported Jonathan when he used the DSS to invade the APC office when Jona was in power. They supported him when Jonathan stopped El Rufai from traveling out of the country for no just reason.
If Obi should win ( which I know is impossible), this people will support and make all sorts of excuses for all his mistakes and excesses.
Just imagine trying to ban someone simply because he has a different point of view, and these are the same fools that will be calling Buhari a dictator even though they are allowed to post and say whatever they want.
These delusional fools will support Peter Obi-tuary to clampdown on anyone with opposite view contrary to theirs.
Bunch of delusional brainwashed retar@ded HYPOCRITES.

You are useless as your comments by bringing our beloved Jonathan into it.

FreeStuffsNG:
hmmm. This article is a reminder again. Do not outsource your role as a father.


EKWEREMADU: Between Fatherhood and Ambition


I recall having this conversation with my wife during the week when the case of Sen. Ike Ekweremadu came up and I was completely in an incandescent shock that this man actually has a sick daughter yet has been all over the place attending political meetings for his political ambition instead of taking time out from the highly demanding world of politics to sort out his daughter's pressing health needs.


He was all over the place during the PDP  primaries, he lost the PDP gubernatorial primaries for Enugu state then started planning to decamp to APGA, then APC , reportedly taken to APC national Chairman by HE Uzodinma, Imo state Governor, when APC stalwarts in Enugu APC, led by their state APC Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, outrightly rejected him. 

He eventually lost and , unlike previous election cycles, Senator Ekweremadu is not returning to the Nigerian Senate.He lost on all the political fronts.


Sen. Ike Ekweremadu was all over the place so much that it appeared like he did not follow through on the health and lifestyle choices of his children.


He did not follow through on what I believe is more important than his political ambition; the life of his daughter and a family at the low ebb of the apprehension of losing a child  to kidney failure.


Ike Ekeremadu was so consumed by his political ambition that he had no time and seriousness to do due diligence and background check on the character they got him as a donor for his daughter , I doubt if with his PhD, he even had the time to follow through and read up to ask the right questions from the professionals,  understand the risks and benefits of why it could be better for one member of his family of six to donate to the daughter instead of a stranger and seek help to find out if there are some of the tests which can be done on the stranger here in Nigeria before bundling a total stranger overseas. 


He was so consumed by politics that when the 22-year old donor went rogue and was allegedly scheming behind him to deny his age and report Ike and family to UK police, it probably escaped his detection and intervention soon enough so he can be the first to report to UK police and then return the donor to Nigeria for him to immediately restart the process of getting alternative donor(s) for his ailing daughter whose life was more important to him.


He forgot that he was first a father and husband before becoming a Senator,Deputy Senate President and SSG. 

He forgot that he will finish as a father and husband.


I compared Senator Ekweremadu to Joe Biden and I believe that he could have followed the Biden example. Then in 2015 , US Vice President Biden had a dying son and had the opportunity to contest in his party's primaries to emerge against Trump for the US Presidency but Biden stepped down from that race in order to support his dying son.


At a point, Biden was to sell his family house before Barack Obama intervened and offered to pay for the treatment. Biden's boy made his Dad promise him that no matter what happens, Biden must not give up his life long ambition to be US President, Biden's boy, Beau Biden later died. Biden grieved without the guilt of abandoning his son for his political ambition.


 In 2021, years after his son had passed on , Biden contested and won. There are many Nigerian politicians (and professionals) who will do like Biden but not like Ike.   


Family is so important that we even need the approval of a sick dying one before we place anything above their life


That is the lesson Ike missed and was almost about to lose from both ends as his wife who takes care of the daughter remains in prison until July 7.      


Last two Sundays ago was Father's Day , I really truly hope that fathers used that day to reflect and understand the real responsibility of fatherhood. It is the hardest job for a man but it gives the greatest reward if you do your best at it.


As a father , I have realized that it is not possible to outsource that role of a father and not pay heavy fines.  


May God heal that Ike Ekweremadu's daughter and may God help the Ike Ekweremadu family in this their difficult time. I know it is a difficult place for them. 

May God help all fathers to realise that "your child is your responsibility". 


That you pay all the bills and have a devoted and responsible wife/mother of your child won't still make up for your negligence. 


Your child is your responsibility and not even your ambition can replace what you will miss if you neglect your role in the life of your child. 


This a lesson to all fathers: Do not behave like Senator Ike Ekweremadu who was literally chasing rats around the house when his house was on fire.


May God help us all to succeed and may our children not develop kidney failure. May our labour of love and sacrifice be rewarded in our life time and when we are long gone, Amen.
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This make no sense. He is not the Doctor. He can only provide the resources. Beside the mother is available to do the needful. Sometimes we should think before we write

What a laughing country.

See who is talking. Was he not the one that promise to do magic in the power sector. I remember he said , any serious government should be able to produce light to his season within three months. Where are we today mr light. Almost 8years , power generation and distribution is at the worst level. God will judge you all.

Tinubu only have the southwest votes. Rivers is either way. If wike fail to work for pdp, Peter Obi will take much of the voted. Rivers is ibo dominated state. Beside I don't see anyway Amechi and wike can work together. This should not be excitement to Tinubu fans . The news is irrelevant

VeryWickedGoat:
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Every successful black man is eventually put down after making enough money for his corporate White slavemasters.

Know this and know peace.

Well said

Macphenson:
Did gas price increase in Russia even as they are fighting war? No because they are producers like Nigeria.

There are a lot of educated illiterates on this forum.

He even called the messenger educated illiterate. Whereas he is the most foolish illiterate

FreeStuffsNG:
You are being alarmist and not putting your education to good use with this lamentation.

In the first place, gas cost has risen astronomically globally since Russia-Ukraine war started. Read up why it is so.
On your unnecessary dramatics about food, parents still feed their children as no sensible responsible parent will let his or her children go without food because of high gas prices.

For as long as this war continues, gas price will remain high and that is why even Europe has started telling their citizens to cut down on gas usage and switch to alternatives, even EU itself has switched to other energy sources like coal.

If wealthy EU countries can switch to alternatives, that should teach you how to be sensible with your finances too when prices of any commodity is going sky high because of artificial reasons. That is called demand destruction to force price down. In Nigeria, we can switch to kerosene, coal etc to reduce demand for gas so that those who want to further profiteer from the scarcity can reduce their price.

Sensible parents have since bought stoves and coal pots for now like Europeans in order to wait out this war period and will get back to gas when the price falls.
This is the way out not just lamenting and forming a lamentation group.
Gas itself will one day be phased once we perfect the renewables.

You called the guy being alarmist because he complained about the high price of gas. You referred the high price to the Ukraine war. The Ukraine war that just started yesterday is where you are putting your excuses of gas high price. Let me ask you , is Nigeria importing gas too. Are we buying from Russia like other European Nations. Please stop this nonsense trying to defend the undefendable. Nigeria is bless beyond measure when it come to LPG. there is no reason for gas price to be hike in Nigeria because we have it abundantly. This government is just too wicked and lazy. If you go to oil flow station site. this gas is been waste away by flaring. By now a reason government would have think a better way to put the flaring gas into a proper domestic use. Buhari government is the worse in the history of this country

Lagos election and presidential election is a different ball game. Beside among the 1999 power holders, is only few of them that have lost election. Those who were elected as governors, many of them finished their second term. Even some senators are still there till today. So nothing is special about Tinubu case

Try to understand the law. They are not sueing the government for any wrong side. They only want the government agency to furnish the UK authority with the boy true age.

1stGenAmerican:
I’ve moved on to question why the couple chose to file suit against Nigerian agencies instead of the British authorities and police for saying that the couple obtained a fake passport and gave it to the boy to use. Is it because the British authorities are stating facts?

You are fast to believe the boy part of his story to be true , but quick to condemn the senator. Even when you know the boy is a criminal by lying against his age. As African and a Nigeria for that matter, do you really believe this boy is 15 old.

Newton2024:
At the bolded, how do you know this?

The innocent teenager was lured to donate his kidneys. Only God saved him through doctor Harry. Go and read the boy's account of the story.

If this the same boy would have come out either in church or any other place to volunteer his kidney to save a life, by now everyone will be praising him. But because it happen to a politician and a rich one, we are all quick to condemn the action. Tell me what the Senator did wrong. He should fold his and hand watch her daughter die. Until many of us do away with our poor mindset , we will not see anything good in rich people

Go back and read what you type . I believe you even know more the lawyer. One of our very best in Nigeria ..maybe you have not heard of him so the Senator should seat down and relax till when things go south without preparing his evidence. You really comment well. Thank you

Ddworld:
Nigerians! Can someone held under law sue another entity without first being a free entity? They are under investigation for crying out loud. Let the UK government work and if there is any need to contact the Nigerian government, they will.

These desperation is becoming swthing else. Why will you sue the bank? Are they responsible for the forgery? If you want to sue, let it be the boy. Other agencies acted based on information given to them.

What type of daft humans do we have in this country?

Sometimes on this forum we talk too much. If the boy claim he was promised a job , then on his Visa application,what was written on it. The boy is just a wicked criminal. He will pay heavily for it. We blame our leaders, but we are worse than them in though and in support

ERockson:
But why the too much noise about the boy age. The alleged offence is very bad regardless of the boy's age. The boy claimed he was promised a job not knowing he was about to be harvested

Ekweremadu is one of the best Nigeria senator. He is love every where by his people. In his consituency, The senator can walk anywhere in the night without any kind of attacks , unless by evil minded and criminals devil like the one in UK that want to destroy this wonderful man. Am from Delta State, but I have been to the senator place many time. The kind of road projects the man constructed in his consituency is unbelievable. In human development, he gave a lots of scholarship to his people, both home and abroad. Ike is exceptional senator. If all senators can do to there consituency what this man has done, Nigeria will be a better place. No one will even remember the central government

Oshodipikin:
While we pray for your daughter's quick recovery, we also know that the funds meant for public goods was cornered to raise this "beautiful" family.

I am also very certain that none of these children would be allowed by their parent to walk freely anywhere in Ekwerenmadu constituency.