President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said he had lived up to his campaign pledge to Nigerians that he would make the power sector a priority for his administration.

Jonathan spoke during the inauguration of the Olorunsogo II Power Station in Ogun State.

The power plant is a 750MW Nigerian Integrated Power Project.

“I have lived up to my campaign pledge to make the power sector a priority,”Jonathan told the gathering that included members of the Federal Executive Council, Peoples Democratic Party chiefs from Ogun State and leading traditional rulers.

Jonathan said although it was capital intensive to make a difference in the power sector, his administration had been tackling it headlong.

He said the short interface between public ownership of power sector to private sector would soon be over.

With that session over, the President said Nigerians would begin to take power for granted in the next two years.

He said, “The interface between 100 per cent ownership of the power sector by government and 100 percent ownership by private sector will soon be over.

“In the next two years, Nigerians can take power sector for granted like it is obtainable in other countries.”

He said he was confident that Nigeria is moving in the right direction under his watch.

He described the power plant as the second largest NIPP power station in the country.

The President urged Nigerians to support the Federal Government in its desire to improve electricity.

http://www.punchng.com/news/i-have-fulfilled-my-promise-on-power-sector-jonathan/

YEPA

Oga GEJ dis I hear u well?? FULFILED kini

wonder will never cease.

Does our president mean electric power or the power chorused after shouting PDP? As we all know the President has completed the final work as the last ruling member.

stewpeed laya

by givin 9jerians more darkness. see cluelessness on display. n sum Pipul want anoda 4 yrs for dis goat. smh

Which one? Please is it the same power sector I know? And are we talking about the same Nigeria.... *just want to be on the same page with you Mr President.

Before I comment, let me check what other civilian leaders have done about the power sector in 16 years.

Lol, Jonathan seems more to me a comedian

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Tolexander:
wonder will never cease.

Does our president mean electric power or the power chorused after shouting PDP? As we all know the President has completed the final work as the last ruling member.

The one after PDP is chorused. He could not have meant otherwise, even him will not be that clueless.

Jonathan,your lies this days has no limit!You want to use madness to port it,it will not work.

Liessssssssssss

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rotimi fashakin
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We have read/heard this before. A stronger leader called OBJ(after squandering over $16Billion)literally raised his hands up that the big deliverable of uninterruptible power supply to Nigerians is beyond him and his party, PDP.
How then do you think a cub, yet to be weaned in the devious intrigues within the behemoth called PDP, can deliver on such progressive project? Such things are reserved for progressive people to deliver to their people. That was why the gaze turned to the Congress for Progressive Change but the admixture of hate-politics coupled with the brute force of state coercion subverted the people's will!
It was John Maxwell who wrote about the 'law of lid' in his '21 irrefutable laws of Leadership'. Therein he stated the lid placed on individuals, corporate concerns based on their leadership abilities.
With the array of human entities enveloped within the behemoth, unless there is an earth-rending miracle, it is doubtful if any PDP-led federal government can deliver uninterruptible power supply to Nigerians.

Rotimi.
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Olorunsogo power plant to start operation in November


By Elizabeth Archibong

May 6, 2011 02:11AM

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The federal government yesterday said it would deliver an additional 750 mega watts of electricity to the national grid from the multi-million dollar Olorunsogo Phase 11 National Integrated Power (NIPP) by November this year.

The construction cost of the Olorunsogo NIPP is pegged at about $600 million by the federal government.

Other onging NIPPs are Omotosho, Ondo State; Ihovbo, Edo state; Alaoje, Abia state; Egbema, Imo state; Gbaran, Bayelsa state; Calabar, Cross River state; Omoku, Rivers state; Geregu, Kogi state and Sapele, Delta state.

Fielding questions from journalists after a working tour of the project, in Olorunsogo, Ogun state, Vice President Nnamadi Sambo said the government was committed to delivering stable electricity supply to Nigerians before the end of President Goodluck Jonathan's administration.

"In another six months from now, the entire project would be completed and have 750MW added to the national grid," he told journalists.

Improving the economy

Mr Sambo said, "We have just signed a contract with Nigerians and that is why we have to ensure that we deliver power to Nigerians", adding that the government of Mr. Jonathan was in a hurry to improve the social and economic lives of the citizenry. He said "We have no time to waste to improve our social staus and change the fortunes of Nigerians," reassuring the electorate of government's commitment to delivering on their election promises.

"I want to say to Nigerians that we are not resting. And that we have done our studies and we shall deliver on our promises and not fail Nigerians," he added. The VP expressed satisfaction over the progress of the work so far and said he was pleased to note that three of the four gas turbines had already been test run.

While thanking the Ogun State governor, Gbenga Daniel, who accompanied him on a tour of the project, the VP assured him of the federal government's commitment to ensuring that the state benefits maximally from the power project.

In his welcome remarks, Mr Daniel said the people of the state "are happy for this project because the people have been told that they will get priority attention".

The governor maintained that power remained central to the economic growth of a nation and urged the federal government to do more to put smiles on the faces of the electorate. He further expressed hope that the NIPP project would be completed in order to make electricity available to "our people".

Stable power supply

Nuhu Wya, minister of state power told our correspondent, during the inspection of the project, that the contract for the execution of the project was signed in 2007 by the federal government to boost power generation in the country.

While also reassuring the Ogun State government of government's commitment to ensuring that the people of the state are the primary beneficiary of the power project was doing everything possible to deliver stable power supply to Nigerians. The Olorunsogo NIPP is a combined circle facility with four gas and two steam turbines designed for maximum power generation efficiency. He further explained that "combined circle means that the exhaust gas from the gas turbines is recovered at about 650 degrees centigrade and used through the heat recovery steam generator to fire a steam turbine to generate additional power".

The effect, he said, "is that the exhaust heat that would otherwise be lost is recovered and used to generate additional electricity without bearing more gas".

According to him, the process increases the efficiency from about 35 percent to 50 percent. Mr Wya added that three of the four gas turbines were already running, stating that the 750MW will "contribute additional 20 percent of the total power available to Nigeria. This is a significant contribution to the available 4000MW".

ummmmmmm

GEJ please stop doing this to us. Its really unfair! For the Past two weeks we no get light and you can still spew this t****.
Hian!

Lies,for the past three months, we hardly see light.we that used to have light.since they sold it to that woman,we no longer see light.and yet they give estimated bills.someone should help me beg them to give us light.

“I have lived up to my campaign pledge to make the power sector a priority,”Jonathan told the gathering that included members of the Federal Executive Council,

GEJ said before the end of his first term, we will have constant power supply

Now, he is saying in 2 years time

His minister for power Chinedu Nebo said having constant power supply is not possible in the next 6 years.

Who is fooling who

Nigerians are gullible sha

What did i just see up there
He fulfilled his promise on power sector FOR WHERE??

Let him just start packing his loads down and get ready to go and continue his comedy at otueke......

SAI BUHARI
MARCHING FOR CHANGE

Yes oooo. The problem is with the distributors and so called private sector

GEJ till 2019.

Besides, this is my 1994 th post on nairaland and the year 1994 is very significant to me so I here by dedicate this space to all my friends out there and my nairaland peeps, both the foolish and wise ones!

One love

ok n ders still no light here


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Ok

Power sector is the greatest fraud in this country. Programmed by Jonathan and his cohort to suck us dry forever.

We are still generating at half our needs every day...so not yet uhuru for the Power sector.

Oga, which levels na?

You have fulfilled what promise? The promise of giving generator importers an enabling environment to flourish in their businesses abi?


Now I'm convinced this man is clueless!

By giving us 24 hours of non interrupted power supply.

This man is truly clueless.

[/]I just av only 2% charge on my fhone which I used my generator to charge my powerbnk and from powerbank to fhone! so Mr_clueless PhD holder
























how did u fufil your promise [/b]

Mr Jonathan, it is either you are living in Mars or the people you are surrounded with have been lying to you!

Call the minister of Power and ask him what we are currently generating and then go back in time to check the promises you made us as to what we would be producing right now!!

Is this man mentally alright at all

Ok, doe no light in my area.

This guy must av taken his ogogoro again