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Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by LudaChriz(m): 2:04pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
AS the economic situation drives deep welts into the flesh of Nigerians, there is a growing air of melancholy and despair as the Federal Government appears lost for options to bring succour to the people in the near future. The economy is biting hardest in the areas that impinge directly on the people’s material and social wellbeing, with steep drops in the supply of electricity and petroleum products, thus threatening the resilience and ability of Nigerians to survive. Both sectors are undergoing some of the worst and most prolonged stretches of scarcity. For instance, in March 2016, power supply dropped to unprecedented low levels between 1,580 megawatts and 2,841 megawatts just before the Easter holidays, barely hours after President Muhammadu Buhari had promised to add 2,000 more megawatts into the national grid by the end of this year while aiming to top off to 10,000 megawatts by 2019. Most parts of the country have endured lack of power supply in the past three months, and yet the Federal Government supported plans by the electricity distribution companies to jerk up prices in spite of poor services; an action that brought Labour and civil society groups to the streets in protest about two weeks ago. Usually, when power supply gets nasty, most citizens turn to their generating sets for comfort, which means sinking a large portion of their income on petroleum products, such as petrol and diesel. The situation was compounded, however, by the scarcity of petroleum products, which has also held sway on and off for over four months. The fuel scarcity is blamed chiefly on the inability of independent marketers to raise foreign exchange to import fuel due to the strict policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to protect the Naira and the nation’s foreign reserves. The careless talk of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Ibe Kachikwu, that he did not have a magic wand to restore full supply within the immediate future, sparked angry calls for his resignation. The fact that the Ministries of Petroleum Resources and Power are manned by President Buhari/Kachikwu and Babatunde Fashola, who operate at the highest level of executive function of the Federal Government makes this bout of petroleum and power scarcity seem beyond the capacity of the Federal Government to grapple with. We demand that the Buhari government does something to alleviate the plight of Nigerians. It must come up with solutions as soon as possible. This is the time to translate the “change” that the people voted for from negative to positive change. Nigerians need immediate relief, not apologies or flippant talk from those in leadership. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/power-scarcity-fuel-scarcity/ 30 Likes 4 Shares
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Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by IykeChukz(m): 2:07pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Our minister of petroleum have been on visit to Nigeria and will soon go and beg for willpower and wherewithal to strike... Relax coz you seem wailing... 22 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by LudaChriz(m): 2:11pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
How power supply suddenly became a rocket science to Fashola & Osinbajo is what baffles me the most 181 Likes 12 Shares |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by hucienda: 2:12pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Awosiyan Segun... political cartoon satirist par excellence. LudaChriz:Well, let's give him time- 6 months in his own words. But I'd be generous enough to give him more time than he proposed- to evaluate his performance at the end of his stewardship of the Power sub-ministry. DonMaxxy:guy you wan kee pesin wit laff 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by SleekAboki: 2:15pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
What is Mr Buhari doing with over $300 billion so far recovered or returned from the corruption fight? shouldn't part of that money be channeled into building more power plants? Why is 3 trillion lying fallow in TSA while the people's economic social and political wellbeing is zero? who is using the interest accrued from these funds? 44 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by obynocute(m): 2:16pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
emmmmmhhh.. sumhw true sha... |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Achuwa1(m): 2:16pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Pmb & Apc govt.has broken record negatively in their present rule since they came into power.rather than admit their failure,they go abt accusing Gej.. (1) 3month plus of fuel scarcity,they are now the govt.with the longest fuel scarcity period,(2)anoda negative records is in the appointment of ministers. when they came onboard,,the apc govt.also stayed 6 month b4 appointing ministers(3)anoda is in the disobedience to court rules,,they have the highest number of disobeying court orders just almost a yr into power & God knows how many more they will disobey b4 their regime ends(4)Apc govt. With pmb is also leading with president with the highest travelling oversea record with just months into power when the ppl he is rulling are suffering,,,(5) the list is much..,... 112 Likes 13 Shares |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by LudaChriz(m): 2:21pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Lalasticlala Vanguard has a message for the dullard 66 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by emiwanlee(m): 2:38pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Now I believe that we are in trouble 36 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Tallesty1(m): 2:39pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
APC and INEC may declare buhari's tenure inconclusive. It is only in Nigeria that people stand with a travelling or flying president. 72 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Standing5(m): 2:41pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Wailers and wailing. |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by sczeska: 3:03pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Sai Baba Give Baba a chance they said. Baba would make N1=$1 they said Baba would pay the unemployed they said Chanji!!!!! 105 Likes 11 Shares
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Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by dikeigbo2(m): 3:03pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Too bad,....I wonder when those things will be fixed,cos no magician among the cabinet members. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Nobody: 3:12pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
1.On fuel...it is obvious....subsidy has to go so that marketers would have the cash to import fuel. Sure...prices would be high...but they would fall (see the GSM experience). 2.On power.....let's be honest....it is going to take ten years to fully improve generation, and sort out the wretched transmission system that we have right now. Either way...we must increase power supply because it is key to getting us off oil permanently. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Nobody: 3:12pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
not only lost but clùeless! 19 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Topestbilly(m): 3:12pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
WTF!!! Lost!!! You said it, now almost a year u can't maintain what you met talkless of accomplishing it. #istandwithbuhari on resignation 52 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Built2last: 3:12pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Why are people expecting miracles when square pegs were put in round holes. Ngige is a medical doctor- in charge of Labour Fashola a season lawyer who has never held spanner heads power. Amaechi, a historian abi na English he read, heads transport. Fayemi, a political scientist was made in charge of solid minerals. .. Dakuku's whobis totally clueless about maritime has been put in charge of NIMASA. Some mofos will tell you he is a technocrat. .how about we put a technocratic expert there. The consequence of all the above misplacements is that they learn on the job and steal for the next 4 years. when I saw the placements where expertise was sacrificed for political compensations. I knew Nigeria has entered auto reverse again. Haven said that I think It's not good for a man to talk too much. IMO, APC talked too much during their campaigns. They got Nigerians to believe that the last administration was grossly incompetent. Nigerians were so engrossed in their promises that they thought that once APC takes over interlocking blocks will start coming out from the ground to cover the ground for smooth walk. Alas, they had no plan but talk and talk is cheap. Fashola so nicely rubbished the power sector in the last regime that he said you don't need the brain of an astronaut to make power work in months. Buhari was seated in the town hall meeting in Lagos when he made his analysis of the power sector. PMB was so convinced that he handed over the sector to him. Today we hear it's vandals behind power drops Were these vandals there when Fashola was ranting? Yes. One will think he had solutions to vandalism. If anybody I repeat, anybody still has hope with this government. ...examine your head and wake me up in 2019. PDP killed Nigeria in 16years but APC is here to bury it. 168 Likes 31 Shares |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by SweetDaara: 3:13pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
They are truly lost and bereft of ideas 12 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Bugatie(m): 3:13pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
So lost and very insensitive, You can imagine coming out to tell the masses we've to endure till May for fuel to be available 16 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by repogirl(f): 3:13pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
A Party Confused. 12 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Lanre4uonly(m): 3:13pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
It's a pitiable situation. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by idupaul: 3:13pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Waste of my vote joorl 37 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by blaquemyc: 3:13pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
abeg make i no waste time dey comment before this 15% bar wey i dey manage drain out. 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by damton(m): 3:14pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
fingers crossed |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by ShitHead(m): 3:14pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
We are all in the Animal Farm. Please, FG doesn't appear lost. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LOST. 3 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by tomakint: 3:14pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
This is the type of news that will prepare the minds of Nigerians toward 2019 on the personality and party to vote for......I wondered if by 2015 Jan, we can still boast of over 4,000 mw, what then could have reduced this mw to this ridiculous level under the "former action Governor"......madness in the land no doubt. 8 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Integrityfarms(m): 3:14pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
When a man continues to starve in the name of change, is there any hope left in him that things will be better? Apc is dealing hard with Nigerians! #onechancegovt 10 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by chumaster(m): 3:14pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
you are just realising it now smh 4 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Forzap: 3:15pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Zombie govt Zombie president Zombie party Enjoy ur changi 12 Likes |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by Adesiji77: 3:15pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Re: Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard by MadCow1: 3:15pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Wailers at Work If solving Nigerias problems were so easy, PDP would have solved all of them over 16 years ago.. #iStandWithPresidentMuhammaduBuhari.. #FuckThelWailers. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
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