An Open Letter To The Minister For Power, Works & Housing

The Honourable Minister,

PERSISTENT DARKNESS IN ONDO SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, ONDO STATE

I write to formally bring to your notice the predicament and plight of the people of Ondo South senatorial district as a result of total disconnection of the district from National Grid over two years now for no just reason. As I write this letter children born in this district two years ago have never shouted "Up NEPA" as children from other districts do whenevern power is restored. All that they know is "Daddy go and on generator " 

Power Supply: Consumers won’t pay after 15 days of power cut – FG

Federal Government, yesterday, said with effect from today, electricity consumers that had no power supply for 15 days in a month are no longer required to pay the monthly N750 fixed charge to their respective Distribution Companies, Discos.

The Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi, who issued the directive at a briefing in Abuja, said it became necessary after the commission carried out investigations into complaints from consumers over continued payment of fixed charge even when service is not delivered.

Amadi said: “While the commission has determined that the fixed charge remains an essential component of the bill, it has, however, reviewed the continued retention of the fixed charge component in the tariff and payment of fixed charge in the light of consumer complaints, particularly with regard to continued payment of fixed charge even when the energy is not delivered to the consumer.

PDP GOVERNMENT, ITS SECURITY AGENTS AND THE THEORY OF "YES, IT IS POSSIBLE"

By Com Jasper Azuatalam

This is one sentence that is rampant in Nigeria under PDP government, "yes, it is possible". It has become the response of the, helpless, gullible and those that have fallen to deceit. It started with fair stories to weird stories and then incredible stories. Imagine, a man was eating Amala and ewedu soup and suddenly he swallowed a razor blade and died, "yes, it is possible". Then, another man died and we were told, he was eating fufu and agbono soup and suddenly, he swallowed a knife. 

"Yes, it is possible". Isn’t it, the knife may have fallen into the soup when it was being cooked. Now, the other man died and we heard he was drinking a cup of coffee and suddenly swallowed a pistol. "Yes, it is possible". The coffee may have been prepared by a soldier and his pistol fell inside the coffee while preparing it. Isn’t it possible? Surely, it is in Nigeria.

Fuel subsidy increased from #600 billion in 2010 to #2.7 trillion in 2011 an election year. "Yes, it is possible". Our population may have quadrupled that year. A handcuffed and hungry Boko harram suspect dispossessed an SSS official who came to feed him of his pistol and took over the entire SSS headquarters with the pistol causing a jail break.