Two generals who can’t put their egos aside went to war, and you lots blaming the west?

This is highly impressive.

What the FG can do to help stabilise food pricing aside from providing security to farmers is to provide cold all-year storage across each state.

The FG should deduct some of the money from the State and LG FAAC accounts as they did for meter procurement.

This would mean harvested crops that are in excess can be stored all year, and farmers can plan, and make more money.

Cold storage can be powered by solar and licenced to private companies that would run and operate the facilities.

Nigerians will also eat food all year round, making them have more varied and balanced diet. No need to wait for corn season before I eat corn.

What the Lagos state government should do to end this menace is to start issuing licences to all beer parlours, pubs, eateries or any store that sell food.

Part of the licensing condition is to mandate they all have a functioning toilet, that is clean and useable all the time with soap and water.

They also have installed CCTV, and food handling cert.

Lagos gov will use the renewable licences issued to generate more revenue, ensure citizens can use toilets, and also enhance food safety across the state.

The CCTV recording will also ensure the safety of customers.


So in summary, if you want to open any non-mobile food service in Lagos, you must have a working toilet, a food handling cert, CCTV around your premises, and if you will be serving alcohol in the premises, tight private security, which all come with licences.

Wholesale alcohol sales will be exempt. Only retail. Part of the conditions are; no sale to those under 18, no sale to drunk and disorderly, and security must be maintained at all times. Only licensed taxis can be called to pick drunk/vulnerable passengers home, and they must have CCTV in their taxis.

They should improve on sanitation and drainage. By now, we should have proper recycling facilities in Lagos. Waste that can't be recycled should be incinerated and used to generate power.

Also, scrap all danfos and replace them with modern electric buses. If I own Danfo, Lagos State should scrap my old Danfo for a modern electric bus. At the end of each day, 20% of my revenue is used to pay back the loan, while I keep 80%.

The charging spots where the Danfos will be charged overnight should be fun by LAMATA, using solar.

Also, only a specific number of Danfos under this new scheme should be able to operate within Lagos to reduce congestion. Buses should also be fitted with cameras and trackers for the safety of passengers.

If there are 5000 issued Danfo licenses, the 5001st applicant will be in a queue until 1 out of the 5000 licenses vacates his licence.

No bus driver in Lagos should be allowed to just wake up, buy a bus, paint it yellow and start picking up passengers just like that without proper licence, bus, and insurance.

It should also be extended to taxis and Uber. It will reduce chaos. All vehicles used for passenger pick-ups should mandatorily be fitted with trackers LAMATA can track 24/7, and with forward and backward facing cameras.

Originalsly:
How can the EFCC not go after the two ex governors? The nerve to tell Tinubu to settle the case is disrespectful,... and should force Tinubu to order an investigation. Anything Nigerian FG owns abroad is open to confiscation. Maybe they will decide to take the most valuable land in Ogun.

You are very correct. The effrontery of Amosun to tell FG to seek a diplomatic resolution when it was through his recklessness that all this mess happened is madness!!

He should be arrested and probed. All his assets that he can't legitimately account for should be seized and used to pay the debt.

Also, Ogun’s FAAC revenue should be deducted installmentally and be used to pay the outstanding debts.

Should be lesson to all state governors to tidy up their finances.

Also, at the end of every tenure of each governor, their state finances should be audited by both EFCC and an independent auditing firm, to check for any infractions.

We all can see the merits of CCTVs?

Imagine all shops, schools, houses, hospitals, universities, gov buildings, etc have CCTV, we will at least know who the criminals are in most cases, and apprehend them.

It’s also an evidence based technology, so no more rumours, falsehoods and guesswork.

I’m happy the man and his children are safe due to quick thinking!!

CodeTemplar:
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If I understand correctly, NBET hitherto, has been the one making GenCos generate irrespective of whether the DisCos distribute and optimally pay for power. Now NBET is out of the way. Gencos Can switch off if the DisCos dont pay up.

The DisCos now have to face the consumers and see that they sell profitably on time to meet their one-to-one obligations with GenCos. NBET and NERC will try to act like CBN/NIBSS to banks or like NCC to Telcos in the power sector.

Nothing Radical. Just a way of removing power subsidy without noise.

You are correct. If FG wants to remove subsidy without making noise, at least meter all the unmetered customers before exiting. Disco’s revenue will probably triple what they are earning now if metering gaps closes significantly. Metering all customers will;

A) Provide much needed liquidity to fulfil their obligations.
B) Provide timely acquisition of liquidity. No need to chase up customers for outstanding debts.
C) Bring more Gencos into the market locally and overseas.
D) Enable Discos improve their infrastructures; making it more modern, reliable with bigger capacity.


Also, FG should help TCN improve its transmission capacity to wheel more MW ( in upwards of 20,000 MW), make it more robust to eliminate grip collapse, and then privatise TCN to recoup their money.

If NBet is completely eradicated, I still foresee a situation where DIscos will either create an umbrella association that bulk buys from Gencos or private electricity bulk-buying companies entering the market.

You need electricity bulk buyers because Hydro Gencos cost less to generate eclectricity/watt than Gas-powered plant. Discos will obviously want to patronise Mainstream energy more than Egbin power.

In the short term, this policy should help Hydro powered plants more; Kainji, Dandinkowa, Shiroro, Zungeru and Jebba operators will be increasing their capacity.

We will also see new Gencos bringing solar and wind generating capacity into the market, but being that gas is still the bulk of our generating capacity, we will see less investment going into it.

What the government should do in addition to metering all customers and improving TCN’s capacity is to approve private bulk buyers, who will liaise between Gencos and Discos for better deals.

If I have a solar farm that generates 10MW in Lagos, the private buyers can negotiate between me, TCN and Ikeja Disco or Ikeja Disco and TCN deal directly with me. Any kind of market fluidity should be welcomed to create competition and lower cost.

We can also have a situation where a privatised TCN pays Gencos all the electricity they wheel, and invoice Discos at point of delivery.

Female doctors to me are the best if you want to be with an intelligent woman. They only go for intelligent men, and there aren’t many around.

I see no problem dating them. I prefer them to ordinary 9ja women.

Intelligent women shouldn’t frighten an intelligent man. You will both compliment each other to form a badass partnership.

Great intervention by the FG, and yes, FG should intervene.

Football is globally viewed, and always a nice way for countries to showcase their countries to prospective tourists and investors worldwide.

Nigeria cannot afford not to qualify for a World Cup being held in USA for a consecutive event.

The current Super Eagles team is very talented, so let’s get them a world class coach, who can bring his assistants, give him free reign, and get our boys to qualify and even win the World Cup.

Kudos to FG. Now get Super Eagles a top class coach!

The cost of hiring a good coach who can qualify us to for the World Cup, win Afcon and maybe even win the World Cup is less than the benefits in terms of image boost, investment and tourism.

Judolisco:
Toor na wetin him meet for ground na.... Jonathan started zungeru hydropower dam but na buhari finish am, that means it took almost 10 yrs to complete and I believe that's why we have and a little increase .... So if na thermal plant or coal plant dem go build, it will take time.... That's why I always say if we can get a leader that is smart than can rule for 20 yrs, naija go change... But 8yrs no fit change anything

Our installed capacity is 14,000 MW. We don’t need someone to rule for 20 years. That would be a disaster!!!

Our available generation capacity is 7,600, that’s say about half our installed capacity.

So we don’t need new plants. Some of our installed capacity can be increased with new turbines to boost capacity.

Egbin power plant has an installed capacity of 1,320 MW but only produces 400-700 MW on average daily.

sulaak:


Complete and utter rubbish

So you saying people we call our ancestors today lived there for 1000s of years?

sulaak:


The reason why Nigerians will not mind is the fundamental reason why Nigeria has so many problems.

Fulani militants from the Sahel are in Nigeria today, killing innocent people because we don't know their identity. The reason why a drug dealer (Tinubu ) with a fake name is the president of Nigeria today.

Until Nigerians respect and protect their identity.

lol. No human on this planet has a unique identity. We are a mixed bunch. Once we are rich enough to start analysing our genetic mixes, a Igbo might even have a Chadian ancestry because his great great grandfather ran away from something worth running away from, and found solace in Aba.

Afrikaans, if you want to retake SA again, please go ahead!! Do what you like, as no one cares anymore these days.



African unity is a myth. The essence of this beauty pageant is to celebrate African beauty. This woman was born in country and lived there her entire life, yet can’t be given full citizen. Why do we castigate Europeans for during something we are just as guilty as?

I met a white South African one time in Europe, he complained he left SA years ago because the country is going downhill. He said crime rate has gone up, power grid is collapsing etc. I dismissed it, thinking it’s a racist gibe against the black government in power.

Actually, thinking back, he was right. The only reason that country isn’t a complete shit hole is because of the few whites left, still making it stand. It’s few inches away from becoming another Zimbabwe.

I keep hating this country called South Africa more and more. It’s not a good country!! I hope Nigerians living there come home or go elsewhere.

It’s also a challenge to Nigerian gov to develop Nigeria and make it an envy of the world.

My hatred started when they were killing fellow Africans, which I consider abhorrent, considering what they went through during apartheid.

This issue is non-issue because she is more South African than Nigeria. She was born in Soweto and lived there her entire life.

If it were a reverse, I don’t think Nigerians would have minded, because there are Nigerians with all sorts of ancestries.

Also, see how the President of SA snubbed President Tinubu. Stupid rude society!

If President Tinubu is really serious and genuine about moving this country forward, he should sack this minister. He is incompetent and clueless.

Under President Buhari, we hit 5,800 MW in March 2021. How can you still keep a minister who is saying by December 2024, we will reach 6000MW? So 18 months under President Tinubu’s administration, we will only be adding a mere 500 MW, give or take.

We got World bank loan for mass metering, and it’s yet to start. $500 million should get approx 3.5-4 million customers free meters.

He said on TV when he got the job that it took him 6 months to know the problem, which showed lack of qualification and unpreparedness.

By December, I think we should be at 7000 MW. If you also count the under of times grid failures have happened under his tenure, you would notice he is incompetent.

Once we start investing in sports, we will start winning Olympic medals.

Firstly, every 2 years, we should have a national games competition, like Nigeria’s mini olympics, where all the talents across Nigeria get to compete.

Secondly, exceptional talents should be scouted and partnered with coaches of higher calibre in their respective fields of excellence.

Thirdly, we should start a national lottery in Nigeria.. Half of the money goes back lucky winners, 1/4 goes to fund sports, and 1/4 goes to good causes. We can also dedicate 0.5% of what FIRs generate into sport, so sports funding gets 2 streams.



In conclusion, if there is funding, training facilities and good coaching, I see no reason why we shouldn’t do well in sports

Why are governors being left out of this protest, and protesters only concentrating on Tinubu?


This rubbish protest about Tinubu this, Tinubu that is getting boring now!!

Challenge your state governors on what they are doing with the money!

Any state that can’t enforce law and order and still protesting, President should dock their state allocations for the next 3 months and use it to fund a brand new riot police with water canons, stun guns, tasers, police dogs, batons and tear gas, etc.

Blaming FG?

How much has Edo received in allowance since subsidy removal?

What did you use it to do?

Anyways, now that LGs have financial autonomy, gov should see to it that an Independent federal INEC starts conducting LG elections.

maasoap:


Nothing! That's what I'm trying to tell you. Use cement price for example, look at what happened this year. There is already competition in cement industry but the players still managed to come together and fix arbitrary price for us. They refused to compete among themselves, instead, they came together and had an understanding to keep the price high unjustifiably

Electricity is different because the electricity act of 2023 signed allows anyone to generate, transmit and distribute electricity as long as they are registered with the government. If I install a solar farm and start generating 5MW, I can sell it directly to consumers without going through the grid. Although, grid will help me save cost of getting it to you because they already have infrastructures on ground.

I will invest in solar farms only if I get my money back. Imagine more of me in the market, obviously, price will come down. Also, I’m not dependent on gas or coal, so my overheads will be lower.

I won’t want a situation where I go bank, borrow money to build solar farms, only for my customers not be able to pay, hence why gov should install meters and punish electricity theft.

maasoap:


Someone here is still being delusional. You haven't leant anything so far

Educate me, smart man. What would bring price down?

Protester should go home. Mr President has heard you loud and clear!!

If the protesters are smart, they should set targets like

A) Mr President, by December, we want more verifiable electric buses and trucks

B) We want completion of so and so road by this time

C) We want student loan be converted to grants for outstanding students or repaid when students starts start working.

D) By next year May, we want our megawatt to reach 12,000 MW.


Don’t ask for short term gains like bringing back of fuel subsidy and etc. This will only enrich pockets of the few!!

NzogbuNzogbu:
you and tinubu that have become enemies of this country would be the one to leave las las

shebi that enemy of state Buhari have ran to niger

We are not leaving. He has the people’s mandate!

If he does well and if he contest in 2027, I will vote for him again!

If you don’t want him anymore, vote for your candidate in 2027 as any other attempts will fail.

President Tinubu’s administration has borrowed over $2 billion so far on electricity and over $500 million was earmarked for mass metering.

If the government wants to stop paying this costly subsidies, they should metre all the unmetered customers ASAP. You will generate more power and spread the cost across all bands evenly.


Liquidity easily flows to DiScos, so DIScos can pay Gencos for electricity consumed at market rates, without the need for subsidy. Some of the liquidity even get to federal government because they own 40% of Discos, which means more federal budget allocations.

I like that NBET is no more, so Discos will buy what they need directly.

They should also start punishing electricity theft, NASS should pass a law that punishes customers bypassing meters.

We basically need the market to induce more Gencos to produce more power, and that can only happen if they would be profitable doing so.

Also, make TCN a 20,000 MW wheeling capacity national grid, and then privatise it.

Once the market is flooded with Gencos and more Discos, electricity prices will come down.

Electricity business should be a tax generating revenue stream for government, and not something they should be subsiding.

This sector is a low hanging fruit for the president, particularly now that fuel subsidy is gone. They should improve it, and start using it as tax revenues.

NzogbuNzogbu:
Make tinubu dey use cocaine play

North go soon enter abuja to give him Bangladesh treatment

By whom? Emigrate to Bangladesh now, since you like protesting! Now that the treatment has happened there, go live there with your family and tell us if its eldorado.

When u get there and become a billionaire, send some of that money to your village people

If he really likes Russia that much, he should join the Russian army, as they are looking for soldiers.

Stupid man!!

I really don’t know why we Africans want to get involved in European countries’ palaver. We have our issues.

0m0luabi:
This will be the fate of Tinubu if he keep ignoring protesters demand

Wait till 2027. Tinubu has the mandate of the people!

Democracy has come to stay, and shall not be trampled upon by extremist. No going back on fuel subsidy or multiple exchange rates.

He should allow imported foodstuffs of all kind up till February. Minister of Agriculture should be on ground, meeting all farmers, small, medium and large, asking what they need, and what can be done to help. All ministers should be on ground, no more sitting in offices.

Accelerate the mass metering process, so electricity gets even better. Mr Adelabu should tell us the journey to 6,000 MW he promised by December, and how he is going to achieve it.

CNG should be done alongside with electric cars/buses/trucks. If you have electric cars and places around countries to charge them, you good to go. CNG takes time!

Regarding the student loan, there should be a documentary by Tetfund, outlining the process for us to see. We should see the students who are current beneficiaries, how easy the process is, and see active participants, so that more students will take advantage.

Payment should be made upon job found, and not 2 years after NYSC.

Edo governor using market women to play politics in the upcoming election.

This strategy won’t work.

We should stop using colonial masters in our vocabulary. They are invaders!

Macphenson:
Just imagine the kind of nonsensical laws being passed under this failure of a president.

Does it mean that once the IGP is appointed and he starts to misbehave, the president doesnt have power to sack him?

He can be sacked. The amended law is to allow service chiefs who have reached retirement age while in service to complete their contracted tenure.

It is good because if you appoint a good service chief at 59, instead of losing him because of retirement, you can keep him, and utilise his experience.

Would mean hardworking and dedicated service chiefs will continue their good work without interruption.

I hope he is charged federally and gets the death penalty.

This is insane!

I really hope part of Police reform in Nigeria is officers wearing body cam.