By: Olugbenga Olayiwola, – Igbo-Ora, Oyo State Constituency Apart from profit making, other major reasons adduced for the privatisation of most of our public utilities such as NEPA, NITEL and others are greater productivity and tremendous improvement in service delivery as well as social and economic development of the nation. However, the below-the-expectation performance of some…
Give Us Light, Not Promises
By Dinobi Ofuonyebi – Internet Constituency The power sector in Nigeria has gone through terrible times as almost the worst sector that has denied many Nigerians dividends of democracy. It has also become the most corrupt project and the easiest pipeline through which the nation’s commonwealth is swindled. Several billions in dollars has been sunk…
Power Supply to Drop As FG Shuts Gas Stations
The power supply situation in Nigeria is expected to worsen over the next three weeks as the Federal Government, yesterday, announced plans to shut down the gas power plants in Utorogu and Ughelli East, Delta State for maintenance. Chinedu Nebo, Minister of Power, who made the announcement in Abuja, explained that the action was in…
No Quick Fix for Power
With the many challenges facing the power reform programme, it appears Nigerians have to wait a little bit longer before they get respite from low generation of power and incessant power failure On the surface, it sounded like an explanation from someone desperate to reassure his fellow countrymen not to lose hope in the power…
No Cause for Alarm
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister, sends a 102-page document to the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, showcasing the government’s achievement so far Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, minister of finance and coordinating minister for the economy, has probably never been under as much pressure as she has experienced recently. Since mid-last year, she had at one time or…