Very Funny about the poverty and IQ, but since you such an intellectual, please answer me this, on average how long does a coconut take before it starts producing? Now apply that same analogy to power issues in Nigeria, everyone knows fashola did well in Lagos, and he didn't achieve it under one year. So how dare you think he is a god that will just cast some incantations and the light problems will be solve. Guy use your brain now? God gave you the sense for free, it won't cost you to use it sometimes. PS I live well above the poverty line mate.. Check my postcode!

globe16:

The same fashola made so many foolish statements under the GEJ administration, saying that it is not a serious government because it couldnt guarantee steady power supply.. Now he has been appointed to fix the power problem and you are here talking nonsense.. So if fashola cannot fix the power as minister, he should be rewarded with presidency? I dont blame you... The average IQ of a Nigerian is in the negative due to poverty

Isoni:


Firstly, I am of the opinion that we should explore other avenues of earning forex rather than blaming past governments for not saving and the fall in oil prices.

Our politicians are all greedy and self centered, Nobody will want to start a project that another person will take the glory I. E. if the project is not completed during the initiators term in office.

An example is the recently commissioned Abuja to kaduna rail line commissioned by PMB. I was reading many vituperations from the APC and PDP on this forum just because the project was started by Mr A and was commissioned by Mr B.

That is why we rarely venture into long term projects. We prefer shortcuts and quick fix. Are we not supposed to mobilize and motivate farmers now if we want bounty havest next year?


The oil and gas folks i know are already looking to other businesses. I know one that went to sign a deal with middle East developers, he wants to get into luxury real estate.

From the bolded, why didn't they stay put blaming past administrations but because they know they have an obligation to their citizens, they are looking for ways to ameliorate the suffering of the masses.

Enter Nigeria, for how long do we continue suffering when there is no policy direction or hope for the future?

Are we revitalizing the manufacturing sector, education sector or diversifying into agriculture?

I don't know if you have bought a modu of garri lately?

All that government is busy doing is short term quick fix, that is why there are policy somersault everywhere. They've increased import duties, introduced stamp duties, increased the price if PMS, increased electricity tariff, increase interest rate, will be increasing the VAT soon not to mention what Emefiele and his Co Travellers are cooking up at the CBN.

Why ban the importation of rice when the once produced locally cannot is not enough for the populace?

How do you encourage startups and diversification when you have increased interest rates?

By end of next year campaigning will be gathering momentum for 2nd tenure and they'll still recycle same people.

How will the economy improve when we have not set any foundation for tomorrow?

Now this post makes a lot of sense. This is how I'll like us to start thinking instead of taking sides with these politicians that don't care about us. I really pray this thinking spreads, these politicians APC/PDP don't care about us. I'm not even sure exactly what you wrote previously that I responded to but this particular one I agree with. However you have to agree with me that our problem didn't start last year and we can't get out of it quickly. There's no magic pill. Diversification is a long and hard. Everyone's frustration though is that it seems like the government is moving too slow without any clear vision to get us out. To a lot of us, this economic situation isn't being treated like a crisis. For the rice, they have said we'll stop rice importation by 2018 or so, how do we know if this is true or not until that 2018. It'll be nice to talk to rice farmers and know exactly what's going on in that industry. My point with the oil and gas guy I'm talking about is he's not sitting down waiting for things to get better. I'm not sure how those guys are going to survive doing any other business because of how easily they made money but i admire the fact this particular guy is making an effort. In difficult times like these we can't sit down and wait for government to announce things are ok. We need to get creative, think outside the box before we can move forward.

There is nothing you ingrates can do but whine after you were warned that the mor0nic dullard you were campaigning for had no vision. The signs were there but you still took the dive.

Buhari will rig himself into power in 2019 so he can continue making life miserable for you, that's why his family members are in charge of INEC and the military. How can you put meat in the jaws of and expect to take it back. If you prostest the rigging of 2019 election you will be shot to pieces. He has already started testing the waters.

i am starting to like the political section where intellectual points and counter argument reign not ethnic, tribal and bigot shading. i think for once that this change chain is resetting our brains and i would like buhari to continue like this till 2019. by then we will be thinking properly and have one think in common, the will to survive.

BeClever:


The horrors of this govt is real..

Buhari and his family, don't look like they cared..
These guys are criminals without any pre-election plans to change a thing..

All their interest was power and looting. .
And yes they got it and this is where we are..

For the first time people are dying in this country from Kwashiorkor..

Ask yourself, why didnt IDP die of Kwashiorkor during Gej wasteful yrs.. ?

The IDPs die of kwashiorkor because GEJ and his men are diverting the food meant for them.

I have really enjoyed hearing points from both sides. And most people here are not partisan I think, they just want the best for the country. I have read some interesting ideas here on how to make the economy better but I know everything works perfectly in theory even communism. If you have great ideas on how to run to economy better, if you can suggest ideas, we can collate the best ideas get some signatures to send it to the economic team or maybe a newspaper could print it for us or maybe someone can tweet it to this guys on twitter, because in power sometimes people can't see things objectively, some of them are busy chasing money or believe me some of you guys are smarter than them. I will just like to say a point. We need an inclusive government where everyone feels part of Nigeria. I feel bad that some people feel alienated because our greatest strength is in our diversity. Together Everyone Achieves More. (TEAM) I am not that smart. Just here to learn from you guys. Thanks to everyone who is contributing to a better Nigeria. We welcome more ideas on how to run the economy better, criticism are good but constructive criticism are better.

Long Live Nigeria
Long Live her good citizens.

mrmetoo1:


Now this post makes a lot of sense. This is how I'll like us to start thinking instead of taking sides with these politicians that don't care about us. I really pray this thinking spreads, these politicians APC/PDP don't care about us. I'm not even sure exactly what you wrote previously that I responded to but this particular one I agree with. However you have to agree with me that our problem didn't start last year and we can't get out of it quickly. There's no magic pill. Diversification is a long and hard. Everyone's frustration though is that it seems like the government is moving too slow without any clear vision to get us out. To a lot of us, this economic situation isn't being treated like a crisis. For the rice, they have said we'll stop rice importation by 2018 or so, how do we know if this is true or not until that 2018. It'll be nice to talk to rice farmers and know exactly what's going on in that industry. My point with the oil and gas guy I'm talking about is he's not sitting down waiting for things to get better. I'm not sure how those guys are going to survive doing any other business because of how easily they made money but i admire the fact this particular guy is making an effort. In difficult times like these we can't sit down and wait for government to announce things are ok. We need to get creative, think outside the box before we can move forward.

I agree with you that our problems did not start last year.

I have discovered that we Nigerians are the problems and not the politicians. Religion and ethnicity has beclouded our thinking and judgement. We will stop at nothing in defending these corrupt politicians.

I wept for this country when I watched youths, politicians, pastors and imams glorifying late Abubakar Audu during his campaign for his wonderful looting achievements during his last tenure.

Just last month people were protesting all over the country because senator Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Malaye were flexing their muscle in the house. Where are all the t-shirts that was printed, money was wasted, We read all manners of publications in the television, radio and print media, I mean of what are the benefits of all those protests today. I hope they were all invited to Tinubu son's wedding in Milan and Malaye's recent vacation abroad.

Some people will sell their future for tuber of yams, a bottle of kerosene, 10 cups of rice (acclaimed as stomach infrastructure) not minding that some of these politicians borrow money to buy them those things and will have to pay back once they are elected into office.

I pity those that put their life in the line of fire for these men when their own children are living in affluence abroad. People keep dying during elections for these politicians yet some people have refused to learn. I am remembering how many people died during the Rivers state elections meanwhile, Wike, Amaechi and Peterside are all enjoying their lives with their families, but yet again some people have refused to learn.

It's amazes me that the report of the National Conference which billions of our scarce resources was spent on has been put in the trash can, I mean which right thinking country does that?


Moving forward, I think Nigeria is too complicated for one man to control. We might just need to split so our potentials can be better harnessed.

blueto:
another bogus assertion detected. I formerly averred that the repercussions of APC's premeditation escalated when they won the election, which maintains a discrepancy with your ludicrous statement above.

enough of your mendacious annotations, you assume that you are shrewd with mutating and manipulating the foremost focus our altercation, of which was incipiently on your attempted confutation on my averment that fuel scarcity prevailed in march 2015, due to APC's insidious gimmick, albeit, it wasn't as severe as one that occurred after the election.

omèka made a point indicating fuel scarcity existed before the handover, of which I repudiated by factually attributing the cause to APC(with corroborations) and also signifying that scarcity started before the elections(even teenagers with political apathy can attest to this).

The point is you were trying to accentuate that “the hard biting fuel scarcity which Nigerians experienced before handover was in May 2015, long after APC had already won the election” in order to prevaricate the altercation and make it disquisitional, by failing to acknowledge that the scarcity that prevailed in May have its primordial from months before the election of which was complotted and and executed by APC. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177824-apc-behind-fuel-scarcity-plotting-sabotage-of-power-supply-jonathans-campaign.html

Mr English speaker, go tell your baseless tales to your ilk...

According to your infinite wisdom,
1. APC engineered the fuel scarcity before election even though PDP was in power
2. Fuel scarcity after election and before handover was also engineered by APC
3. After handover, the fuel scarcities Nigerians suffered were also engineered by APC

WHen asked to substantiate your amusing allegations, you keep presenting links to a statement made by FFK, the PDP campaign manager at the time. WOnderful reasoning!... I think you should be clapping for yourself!...

In all these you did not for once even give an iota of regard to the fact that petroleum importers were being owed the bulk of their subsidies since 2014, this was the exact reason the marketers gave for suspending their imports. But NO, Mr Wise Guy SPeaking English has a better theory, according to him, FFK says it was APC. You should try and listen to yourself.

mrmetoo1:
This Op never supported Buhari. He just wants to take advantage the fact that his supporters are complaining. How anyone can say insecurity is worse under Buhari is a liar. Anyone that says or suggests that things could have been better under Jonathan is a liar. People's frustration with this government is that they feel they could be doing more. I for one thought, the difference between this administration will be like light and dark are disappointed. There's no part of me that misses Jonathan for one second, I just need this government to do better.

You talk insecurity, when last have you heard about a bomb blast in the NE. The militants that misbehaved in the SW were decisively dealt with. We're not out of the woods yet obviously but there's evidence miscreants are being dealt with. Management of funds have been better with stuff like the TSA and curbing of corruption. I just expected a lot more, stuff like CBN restricting money transfers is one of the things that keep me scratching my head, the perceived lax attitude of fixing this economic crisis is what bugs me. Comparing however to Jonathan abeg let that guy enjoy his retirement.

Do me a favour, will you? Search through my posts and see if I complained for Buhari or not. Betterstill, why not create a thread on your findings from my posts to indeed show I'm lying.

If your understanding of the word 'INSECURITY' is Boko Haram alone, then I'm sorry, you just don't really know what it means then. Yes, the President is tackiling Boko Haram and he has been effective at it, but would you say the same for Fulani Herdsmen who rape, kill, maim and destroy properties in every corner of Nigeria?

I'm waiting for revelations from you.

Nothing but emotion, hatred and bigotry. No wonder you are so horrible at politics.

Nobody cares what you do or don't do. Refuse to strike political alliances across board at your peril. You are not getting biafra either by war or peacefully, you have rendered yourselves irrelevant in governance and have now been reduced to cocksucking the Ijaws for political relevance. What's actually comical is the fact that as you're trying to thump your bony chest here, your elders are busy serving and trying their best to love up with the present government. Even your best are bending over backwards for this government just to be given a listening ear. Just ask Emeka Offor.

I repeat, nobody cares how low you sink in our national affairs, the Ijaws (who have produced the President by the way) are evidently the new member of the big 3 as you've effectively rendered yourselves to be the new minority.


Shame.

JimiOgunlola:


There are no bridges to build with you. The republican Igbos and their egalitarian cousins in the Old East won't roll on the floor because a fulani man won an election. I know them very well.

Red states in the United states did not go begging Obama a democrat wins an Election. It was Obama's job to keep cajoling them by forming an all-inclusive government. Even that was not a guarantee for them to accept him but democrat will keep trying to cajole Conservative red as long governance must continue.

We know this kind of civility is alien to illiterate crude and cruel fulanis who believe that those who refused to vote them must be marginalized killed and destroyed but unfortunately God didn't take permission from you before creating Igbos, Ijaws, Efiks, Ibibio. There well-being is not dependent on you.

They will stand where they stand until you come to your senses. The slaves you have in muslim parts of yorubaland should be enough for you.

Sanchez01:
Just last year, I joined the many Nigerians who actually thought a dogged fourth time contestants woild be the best thing to happen should Jonathan be kicked. A year after, I have lost my voice around friends and family each time a political discourse comes up, most especially about the state of the economy.

Problems bothering on insecurity, power, state of the economy and corruption have all grown worse than it was under Goodluck Jonathan. Not like Jonathan would have been able to redeem the nation a second time though, and I would have still clearly voted against him if I had caught a glimpse of the anomalies ongoing before hand, but this time, I would have just given my vote to Kowa or Hope.

Without mincing words, Nigeria is presently on autopilot; President Buhari clearly has no idea on what should be done. The BBOG Buhari used as a tool during his campaign have been forgotten, more than ever Fulani herdsmen have been armed and fortified as they impact roads and streets with cow dung and horrible flies. The budget padding saga is still an issue to watch while daily corruption charges hover around the president and his minions.

Just a handful of the many APC faithfuls who are fast realizing that the Change we have is in reverse, it is worthy of note to clearly state that I have lost faith in the Buhari-led administration.

I sincerely hope Kowa would come out stronger with young, vibrant, intelligent and dynamic candidates in 2019.

Unlike you and your kind, we love and believe in this government and we are standing by our president while he gets us out of 55 years of rot and decay and especially 16 PDP years that left us wrecked and drained.

When I gave my vote to PMB, I was not foolish or under any kind of illusion that our problems are fixable in less than 2 years and if you voted for PMB based on that fact, you shouldn't have bothered.

aresssa:



Unlike you and your kind, we love and believe in this government and we are standing by our president while he gets us out of 55 years of rot and decay and especially 16 PDP years that left us wrecked and drained.

When I gave my vote to PMB, I was not foolish or under any kind of illusion that our problems are fixable in less than 2 years and if you voted for PMB based on that fact, you shouldn't have bothered.

I wish I could say the same, but I stopped living in denial. I wouldn't have bothered waiting three or five straight years before seeing the wonders of Buhari but his current handling of the country clearly shows he has no plan for the country.

1. This is a President who used the Nation's resources on weekly junketeering.
2. Till date, we all remain clueless on the retrieved loots from corrupt public officials.
3. Fulani Herdsmen have been threatening the peace of well meaning Nigerians and the President stayed mum but was quick to 'condemn' terrorist attack on France.
4. There's no clear cut economic policies in place to measure up to the current problems of Nigerians.
5. Refineries are yet to be fixed but the President is on a quest to get oil from the North.
6. The said corruption he is fighting is staring and smelling right under his nose yet he still hasn't done a thing.
7. Unfortunately, security services and agencies have been reduced to lapdogs by the presidency.

Until these problems are tackled, Buhari is still the most terrible thing to happen to us as a democratic country and I don't regret losing faith in his government.

fulanmafia:
[s]Nothing but emotion, hatred and bigotry. No wonder you are so horrible at politics.

Nobody cares what you do or don't do. Refuse to strike political alliances across board at your peril. You are not getting biafra either by war or peacefully, you have rendered yourselves irrelevant in governance and have now been reduced to cocksucking the Ijaws for political relevance. What's actually comical is the fact that as you're trying to thump your bony chest here, your elders are busy serving and trying their best to love up with the present government. Even your best are bending over backwards for this government just to be given a listening ear. Just ask Emeka Offor.

I repeat, nobody cares how low you sink in our national affairs, the Ijaws (who have produced the President by the way) are evidently the new member of the big 3 as you've effectively rendered yourselves to be the new minority.


Shame.[/s]

Igbos are so horrible they produced Politicians and Reps in Poland, UK, US. How many fulas have achieved such feats apart from africa where the blind lead the 'one eyed'?
I guess being horrible at politics means not allowing you to put an Emirate in Igboland. Igbos knew Ijaw before the whole of the south had the misfortune of coming in contact with strange fulas from the vulture-ridden moutains of futa djallon.

Who presidency epp? If the well-being of Igbos have been dependent on towel-headed camel-fuccckers from futa djallon. Igbos would have been extinct by now. Igbos can not feel inferior because diseased cowherding creatures want them to feel so.

Trying to play Ijaw vs Igbo is dead on arrival and the failure of that divide and rule quest is the reason why you are irritated because the 'SS' have realized painfully that- 'Igbos are not the problem but fulas' that's why there will be NO MORE FREE OIL FOR your gworo-infested mouth to drink.....Your buhari is like a woman in the kitchen with 100 kids crying for food while 'kid niger delta' have either burnt all the food or taken everything for himself since he 'Kid niger delta' does all the cookings for other born-to-rule bufoons to eat for the past 50 years. The cry of other idiotic lazy kids won't stop and 'woman buhari' won't sleep well.

Ten thing I have learnt from you guys on how to generate money/run the economy better.
1) run an inclusive government to get more oil production unless he is willing to commit genocide the SE/SS will frustate attempt to increase oil production- restructure Nigeria, attend to the needs of Niger Delta- Superpanther, PaulIdo, employ competent people instead of family members

2) Reducing the electricity tariffs cos increasing tariff and removing subsidy has increased operational cost- PaulIdu, Obailala

3) Focus on increasing electricity, just a suggestion- ( I am wondering, can’t the President approach Germany or a suitable country, we want to power Nigeria via Solar, can it be done in 3 years and we will pay it back, I mean people who use the electricity will pay them back like say 30 years, it is divided into small amount like a direct debit, it will be done as loan to Nigeria and we pay back as we use it, but arranged by our government and paid for by the people [I don’t like foreigners but I think they have expertise and the finances if anyone has the expertise in Africa and the money in Africa either start doing it or approach our government, put down the money and we will pay you back- just for diversity over reliance on gas to supply electricity is just plain stupid in 21st century, I welcome alternatives on this too)- as we waste too much money alternatives such as Gen and fuel for Gen and reduces fuel consumption so that remaining fuel is for cars only- ep12, 4wrd9a

4) Reduce all salaries to 100-150k, I am thinking is this not too small? as some people need incentive to work for government, but I agree when the national minimum wage is 18,000 and some people are earning extortionate amount, a reduction from the presidency down to the senate and a debate on whether it is cost effective to have two chambers of legislature. Reduce the number of executive aides as well.

5) Lower interest rate for small business owners at 1%- especially in agriculture sector- omozu1, 4wrd 9a

6) Can't we raise money the same way we raise money to build library, invite the 1000 richest people in Nigeria to Aso Rock(televised we know how much they all gave), they have their names on project completed with their money (Road, Rail, Any infrastructure) But I could see how this could lead to more corruption but this is an idea anyway.

7) Reduce the amount of travel and jamborees around the world, nobody will care about Nigeria if we become Venezuela so stop all this gallivanting around.

Forex exchange diversify the pool from just western union, money gram and the third one.

9) If the government is involved in oil exporation as a source of generating income, why are they not involved in agriculture or are the Ipob boys attacking the tractors too, can’t federal government do farming to generate income?

10) Can we have a quarterly breakdown of how money is spent by the FG, SG, and LGA? On NTA and local news channel. We should be able to follow the money like the swiss want, a monitoring group to see how every money is spent also. A sister body to efcc. If money is stolen, gather evidence before arresting, instead of arresting before gathering evidence. Are there websites to allow us to follow how our money is being spent from LGA to FG? we need more transparency.

Thanks to everyone contributing.
Feel free to add more ideas.

Yup, you suck at politics and still continue to remain irrelevant. As I said earlier, your grandstanding is just laughable because right at this moment your elders are busy serving those you seek to antagonize . Too bad you've failed in masking the raw pain of irrelevance under the cloak of incentives. I feel your pain

Regarding oil, you obviously don't realize that no matter how many pipes are blown, it doesn't stop the oil bloc owners from smiling to the bank with their billions, neither does it stop Dangote from building the largest refinery on planet earth. We got that ish on lock mate.

Yet it's still that silly kid in your analogy that suffers the destroyed environment, drives away investors, attracts military occupation and must eat the burnt food along with the other kids. What epic foolishness .

Find an Ijaw d**k to hop on and do your thing.

JimiOgunlola:


Igbos are so horrible they produced Politicians and Reps in Poland, UK, US. How many fulas have achieved such feats apart from africa where the blind lead the 'one eyed'?
I guess being horrible at politics means not allowing you to put an Emirate in Igboland. Igbos knew Ijaw before the whole of the south had the misfortune of coming in contact with strange fulas from the vulture-ridden moutains of futa djallon.

Who presidency epp? If the well-being of Igbos have been dependent on towel-headed camel-fuccckers from futa djallon. Igbos would have been extinct by now. Igbos can not feel inferior because diseased cowherding creatures want them to feel so.

Trying to play Ijaw vs Igbo is dead on arrival and the failure of that divide and rule quest is the reason why you are irritated because the 'SS' have realized painfully that- 'Igbos are not the problem but fulas' that's why there will be NO MORE FREE OIL FOR your gworo-infested mouth to drink.....Your buhari is like a woman in the kitchen with 100 kids crying for food while 'kid niger delta' have either burnt all the food or taken everything for himself since he 'Kid niger delta' does all the cookings for other born-to-rule bufoons to eat for the past 50 years. The cry of other idiotic lazy kids won't stop and 'woman buhari' won't sleep well.

[s]

Sanchez01:

I wish I could say the same, but I stopped living in denial. I wouldn't have bothered waiting three or five straight years before seeing the wonders of Buhari but his current handling of the country clearly shows he has no plan for the country.

1. This is a President who used the Nation's resources on weekly junketeering.

Very weak and lame.

PMB is the president of Nigeria and international diplomacy and engagements needed to promote and protect our interest is one of his many primary obligations.

2. Till date, we all remain clueless on the retrieved loots from corrupt public officials.

The fact that you are clueless about current affairs doesn't mean the FG haven't made public what they recovered.

3. Fulani Herdsmen have been threatening the peace of well meaning Nigerians and the President stayed mum but was quick to 'condemn' terrorist attack on France.

Your opinion and not facts because the FG have made many pronouncements and have ordered security forces to deal with the situation...

4. There's no clear cut economic policies in place to measure up to the current problems of Nigerians.

Your opinion and not facts since we have on the table economic policies. Google is your friend or just keep up with current affairs..

5. Refineries are yet to be fixed but the President is on a quest to get oil from the North.

The fact that we are working on our old and neglected refineries doesn't mean we should not look for other sources of income..

Very lame and ill informed argument

6. The said corruption he is fighting is staring and smelling right under his nose yet he still hasn't done a thing.

Your lame and ignorant opinion unless you have facts to support your assertions with.

7. Unfortunately, security services and agencies have been reduced to lapdogs by the presidency.

Another lame and misguided opinion not even worth discussing..

Until these problems are tackled, Buhari is still the most terrible thing to happen to us as a democratic country and I don't regret losing faith in his government.

The only terrible thing I see right now are ill informed and misguided people like you spewing ignorant rubbish without facts all over the place.

The fact that we no longer have looters raiding our money all day means we are winning

The fact that we have close to 20 power plants going including the 4-000MW Mambila power plant that was abandoned and neglected for years means we are winning.


The fact that thousands of negected and abandoned projects are back on track because contractors are back on the job because they are getting paid means we are winning.

The fact that we are less than 2 years away from self sufficiency in petrol, petroleum products, gas, fertilizer and petrochemicals with many many more tons left over for export means we are winning.



Lastly, the fact that you and your unpatriotic kind see doom and gloom doesn't mean we are not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel..

fulanmafia:
[s]Yup, you suck at politics and still continue to remain irrelevant. As I said earlier, your grandstanding is just laughable because right at this moment your elders are busy serving those you seek to antagonize . Too bad you've failed in masking the raw pain of irrelevance under the cloak of incentives. I feel your pain

Regarding oil, you obviously don't realize that no matter how many pipes are blown, it doesn't stop the oil bloc owners from smiling to the bank with their billions, neither does it stop Dangote from building the largest refinery on planet earth. We got that ish on lock mate.

Yet it's still that silly kid in your analogy that suffers the destroyed environment, drives away investors, attracts military occupation and must eat the burnt food along with the other kids. What epic foolishness .

Find an Ijaw d**k to hop on and do your thing.[/s]

99% of your posts are lamentation about Igbos, how can something so irrelevant cause you so much pain and dominate your brain so badly?

The reason you cry about Igbos is because they stick a hot lead in your fulani anus by refusing to support you to loot the Niger delta 'infidel's' resouces.
Who presidency epp? Starvation is rife in the north than anywhere else.How body dey the almajiris for gwombe?

Playing Igbo vs Ijaw to keep flowing to zamfara would have worked in 1970 but today? Abooki will have to shut down the internet, ban cars and mobile phones and allow only the use of donkeys for transportation if that's gonna work. You have to agree that eyes don clear and oil unity don dey die

Sanchez01:

The truth is, no matter how hard I try, I just don't see it working.

A colleague engaged me at the office two days ago. It was an intelligent engagement, though our discourse was political. He clearly hates Buhari and his policies but he voted for him!

What changed?
Corruption is not the only problem Nigeria is confronted with. We have many issues unattended to and the President is all after corrupt public officials like that's the answer to solving our economic anomaly. Dogara, the number 3 man, and Saraki, the number 2 man, are all roped with corruption charges at the moment. Nothing so far about the girls. Militants grow with each passing day, Fulani herdsmen are kings of the bushes, forests, streets and roads, Buratai, the COAS, has corruption allegations on his neck too. How about the common man?

I might be comfortable and doing well but would most Nigerians say the same? We never bargained for this. This isn't what we asked for. The only reason I'd vote APC in 2019 is IF Fashola is allowed to run. President Buhari is clearly not the answer we seek.

Fashola?? I shake my head, what has he done as the minister of power and energy Lagos is Nigeria and expatriates helped him during his tenure. Fa ko Fa ni.

What are you arguing about? Mate you're so irrelevant that you have to hide under a Yoruba name to be listened to

You're a perfect illustration of the sh1t you're in, thank goodness you're keeping yourself busy here and not sticking drugs up your rectum to traffick to Indonesia, only to be burnt to a crisp.

You remain irrelevant and are immaterial to matters of oil, Niger Delta, governance, Presidency and everything else that is ascribed to being dominant.

How pathetic. I'm done.

JimiOgunlola:


[s]99% of your posts are lamentation about Igbos, how can a something so irrelevant cause you so much pain and dominate your brain so badly?

The reason you cry about Igbos is because they stick a hot lead in your fulani anus by refusing to support you to loot the Niger delta 'infidel's' resouces.
Who presidency epp? Starvation is rife in the north than anywhere else.How body dey the almajiris for gwombe?

Playing Igbo vs Ijaw to keep flowing to zamfara would have worked in 1970 but today? Abooki will have to shut down the internet, ban cars and mobile phones and allow only the use of donkeys for transportation. You have agree that eyes to clear and oil unity don dey die [/s]

obailala:
Fashola isn't the one blowing up gas pipelines.

But you didnt condemn gas pipeline vandalisation during the previous administration..

BRF castigated the former administration for its inability to provide stable electricity despite APC sponsored pipeline vandalism... yet he left almost 5000 megawatt...

Now you blame vandals for thesame fashola ineptitude...

Excellent....

oyetpel:

Fashola?? I shake my head, what has he done as the minister of power and energy Lagos is Nigeria and expatriates helped him during his tenure. Fa ko Fa ni.

He's done way more in less than 1 year than the ones before him many times over..

ajepako:


But you didnt condemn gas pipeline vandalisation during the previous administration..

BRF castigated the former administration for its inability to provide stable electricity despite APC sponsored pipeline vandalism... yet he left almost 5000 megawatt...

Now you blame vandals for thesame fashola ineptitude...

Excellent....

Please explain to us what Fashola should have done or what he's not doing to improve power situation in Nigeria.

aresssa:




Please explain to us what Fashola should have done or what he's not doing to improve power situation in Nigeria.

A meaningful dialogue with miltants for a start...asurance of their interest.... clean up their enviroment...give them a real sense of belonging in their wealth... stop alienating them in the policy affecting them...among others...

aresssa:




He's done way more in less than 1 year than the ones before him many times over..

with me typing with generator that has been on since 7 pm and l was told by my neighbirs that light was on for 45 minutes..long enough to use the pumping machine... and that is our ration for the day...expectedly l will be required to pay 10k at the end of the month.. right in the heart of lagos...

lyen naa nice


Bo shey daa niyen..

ajepako:


A meaningful dialogue with miltants for a start...asurance of their interest.... clean up their enviroment...give them a real sense of belonging in their wealth... stop alienating them in the policy affecting them...among others...

Lastly, Fashola's ineptitude dealing with terrorist is the reason why we don't have stable electricity?


So, what was the reason why we didn't have electricity for 16 long PDP years? Who's ineptitude was that?

aresssa:



Lastly, Fashola's ineptitude dealing with terrorist is the reason why we don't have stable electricity?


So, what was the reason why we didn't have electricity for 16 long PDP years? Who's ineptitude was that?

And Nigeria's woes started exactly 16 years ago under PDP....

Yeah...sure....

ajepako:



And Nigeria's woes started exactly 16 years ago under PDP....

Yeah...sure....

Obviously, I did not say that and even going by your argument, our woes started less than 2 years ago under PMB?

You've established the reason why we did not have stable electricity today and it's because of Fashola's ineptitude, so I just want to know why we did not have stable electricity for 16 PDP years. What was the reason.?

ajepako:



with me typing with generator that has been on since 7 pm and l was told by my neighbirs that light was on for 45 minutes..long enough to use the pumping machine... and that is our ration for the day...expectedly l will be required to pay 10k at the end of the month.. right in the heart of lagos...

lyen naa nice


Bo shey daa niyen..

You mean you did not do that for 16 PDP years even though they budgeted and looted $20 billion power funds?

Under Fashola, 12 power plants are going up

Under Fashola, 4000MW Mambilla power plant the PDP abandoned is back on track under Fashola

Ibadan express and all the FG projects PDP neglected and abandoned because they budgeted money for projects, looted the funds and refused to pay the contractors, but under Fashola, contractors are back on the job because they are getting paid.


Fashola did more in less than 2 years than 16 years if PDP..

aresssa:




Obviously, I did not say that and even going by your argument, our woes started less than 2 years ago under PMB?

You've established the reason why we did not have stable electricity today and it's because of Fashola's ineptitude, so I just want to know why we did not have stable electricity for 16 PDP years. What was the reason.?

PDP had an excuse.....corruption perpetrated by itself...vandalism..... which your oarty failed to condemn but verocious about now...

What is APC excuse....at least we hear ' the messiah' is 'fighting' corruption....hence we expect a slight improvementnot miracle....

Afterall we were made to believe it doesnt take a degree in rocket scince to fix our unstable electricity...ln six months...l need not remind you who assured us of that...

ajepako:



PDP had an excuse.....corruption perpetrated by itself...vandalism..... which your oarty failed to condemn but verocious about now...

What is APC excuse....at least we hear ' the messiah' is 'fighting' corruption....hence we expect a slight improvementnot miracle....

Afterall we were made to believe it doesnt take a degree in rocket scince to fix our unstable electricity...ln six months...l need not remind you who assured us of that...

I did not ask you for PDP's excuse, I ask you to tell us from you own personal views the reason why we did not have stable electricity.

aresssa:



You mean you did not do that for 16 PDP years even though they budgeted and looted $20 billion power funds?

Under Fashola, 12 power plants are going up

Under Fashola, 4000MW Mambilla power plant the PDP abandoned is back on track under Fashola

Ibadan express and all the FG projects PDP neglected and abandoned because they budgeted money for projects, looted the funds and refused to pay the contractors, but under Fashola, contractors are back on the job because they are getting paid.


Fashola did more in less than 2 years than 16 years if PDP..

l am not complaining ..l am used to it all thanks to PDP and its copyrighted corruption... but your messiah promised change...thats the difference.... a change l havent seen despite so much hot air and noise...

E jo maa tan ara yin...

E doko dele danimo lojo kan...

ajepako:


l am not complaining ..l am used to it all thanks to PDP and its copyrighted corruption... but your messiah promised change...thats the difference.... a change l havent seen despite so much hot air and noise...

E jo maa tan ara yin...

E doko dele danimo lojo kan...

Solar power devt: Investors commit $2.5bn into 14 projects


THE power sector received a boost, yesterday, following the signing of Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs, between Nigerian Electricity Bulk Trading Plc, NBET, and 14 solar energy firms to the tune of $2.5 billion. Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (2nd right), shortly after the signing ceremony of Solar Power purchase agreement between National Bulk Electricity Trader(NBET) and Fourteen Solar Power Developer at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), Maitama,FCT, Abuja on Thursday 21, July 2016.


The signing, which was supervised by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, is described as the largest investment in the sector ever. Fashola, in his speech, disclosed that the Federal Government would develop 20 per cent of total energy consumed in Nigeria from renewable sources by 2030.


He said: “It is the determination of the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure that the country’s power sector is no longer dependent on the vulnerability of one energy source. “It is important to mention that this signing does not mean Nigerians will see steady power supply immediately because this is the first phase and it is going to take some time to see the projects constructed and start rendering services.


The sun is free but the process to get the power from it to the people is not free because it has to involve technology. Solar power is evolving and emerging to get it to the consumers.


“Today is just the beginning of such investments and we will explore more in the future. We want the people to get the best of power supply and we want the companies to give the best of standard solar power plants.” The signing of the PPAs paved way for financial closures and eventual commencement of full commercial operations by the companies involved in the development of the 14 solar projects.

[b]The companies licensed by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, are Pan Africa Solar, which is developing a 75mw solar plant in Katsina State; Nigerian Solar Capital Partners (100mw) in Bauchi State; Afrinergia Power Limited (50mw) in Nasarawa State; and Motir Dusable Limited (100MW) in Nasarawa State. Others are Nova Solar 5 Farm Limited (100mw) in Katsina State; Kvk Power Limited (100mw) in Sokoto State; Middle Band Solar One Limited (100mw) in Kogi State; LR Aaron Power Limited (100mw) in the FCT; and Nova Scotia Power Development Limited (80mw) in Jigawa State.

Also on the list are CT Cosmos (70mw) in Plateau State; En Africa (50mw) in Kaduna State; Oriental Renewable Solutions (50mw) in Jigawa State; Quaint Abiba Power Limited (50mw) in Kaduan State; and Anjeed Innova Group (100mw) also in Kaduna State. In his earlier remarks, Acting Managing Director/CEO, NBET, Waziri Bintube, said gas shortages experienced by gas-fired power plants, due to pipeline vandalism, had made it imperative for the country to seek alternatives to gas. Bintube said the Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs, would achieve the goal the company had been chasing after over three years of commitment and doggedness between it and the 14 solar energy firms. “When these projects, that will commence in the last quarter of 2016, are completed in the next 12 to 18 months, a combined 1000 megawatts of electricity will be generated and added to the national grid for public consumption at the cost of 11.5 cents per kilowatt hour,” he stated. Speaking on behalf of the investors, Managing Director/CEO, Pan African Solar, Marcus Heale, promised that the companies would adhere to the agreement of 11.5 cent (N23.00) tariff per kilowatt hour.[/b]



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/solar-power-devt-investors-commit-2-5bn-14-projects/

While you are sitting here asking us to keep begging and paying ransom money to terrorists while they blow up our infrastructures and decay the environment, this is what Fashoola is doing and it's more than what PDP did in 16 wasted and incompetent years..


You see the red highlight, it means we don't need gas and your terrorists can not blow up the sun.


We know the ND game and we've played that destructive game for too long so they can keep blowing up their land and flood their waterways and villages with dirty crude, they'll reap what they are sowing..