“As long as Jonathan is in power, Boko Haram will be there because he is not man enough to tackle the problem. Until a president who is man enough is in charge, Boko Haram problem will continue to be there,” Fani-Kayode said, adding that he didn't support dialogue with the Islamist militants.
He said the invasion of Odi village in Bayelsa State by the military during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo led to the reduction of attacks against the military by 90 per cent.
Except FG becomes courageous and wage a purposeful war against the insurgents, they would continue to perpetrate violence, according to him.
“Chief Obasanjo is my leader whom I have a lot of respect for and I will continue to respect him but the truth is that he caused the problem we have today. The joy of it is that the same Obasanjo who anointed an incompetent leader for Nigeria is now cleaning up the mess.
“The country has five presidents and they are, First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan; Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Allison Madueke; Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah; Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala; and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. They are powerful in that order and Jonathan dares not seek to be number four or three.
“These five presidents control the nation, but the most powerful of them all is Mrs. Jonathan. She is so powerful that no one can control her and whatever she says is final,” he said.
2shotz engages in ‘School war’
By KEHINDE AJOSE
Renowned rapper two shotz has joined the likes of Ice Prince, Sound Sultan, and others who have made their Nollywood debut. 2shotz played a role in the Maccolins Chidebere film- ‘School war.’
The versatile rapper who has been off the social radar joined the likes of Mimi Orijikwe Amanda Ebiye, Rita Daniels and others In this flick produced by Chinwe Isaac and directed by Macolins Chidebere. The fans of 2shotz are already anticipating what it will be like to see their star on set.
Renowned rapper two shotz has joined the likes of Ice Prince, Sound Sultan, and others who have made their Nollywood debut. 2shotz played a role in the Maccolins Chidebere film- ‘School war.’
The versatile rapper who has been off the social radar joined the likes of Mimi Orijikwe Amanda Ebiye, Rita Daniels and others In this flick produced by Chinwe Isaac and directed by Macolins Chidebere. The fans of 2shotz are already anticipating what it will be like to see their star on set.
Nigerians protest electricity billing system, exorbitant bills
A
cross-section of Nigerians on Friday appealed to the nation’s
electricity generation and distribution companies to make energy
consumption people-friendly.
They said that their expectations after the unbundling of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been dashed following the subsisting “crazy bills and the fixed rate billing of electricity.”
They made their appeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the National Conscience Party (NCP’s) rally/protest against the management of electricity providers in Lagos.
Mr Friday Arinze, who resides at Iyana-Ipaja, decried the what he termed the exorbitant bills of the new energy providers.
According to him, poor Nigerians who are in their millions, could not afford such electricity bills.
“The bills that they are giving us now is too exorbitant; they should allow the power to be regular.
“With the way they are going, the poor will not be able to live in this country, as the standard of living is becoming unbearable for the ordinary man,” he said.
Mr Jeremiah Olaoye, a businessman, who lives in Ikeja, also bemoaned the absence electricity supply in his area since November, 2013.
Olaoye described bills for electricity consumers as outrageous, adding that the categorisation of consumers was wrong.
“We have not had light in my area since November and at my shop, they bring us bills of about three thousand, five hundred Naira?
“I am appealing to them to provide constant electricity and they also need to reduce the charges; it is unfair,” he said.
Mrs Falilat Adeyemi, a businesswoman, urged the new investors in the nation’s energy sector to overhaul their billing system.
“We want stable power supply because we burn fuel everyday, thereby wasting money unnecessarily,” she said.
Mrs Helen Ogbonnaya, another resident of Mowe-Ibafo in Ogun State, said that electricity supply had gone from bad to worse since the new investors took over.
“Sincerely, I will tell you that the electricity situation has gone from bad to worse. We have not had electricity since late last year.
“Power was a little bit stable before the new investors took over, but now, the situation has become very bad again,” she said.
Ogbonnaya also urged the new investors to end “crazy bills and fixed charges” for those who are not using prepaid meters.
“We want stable light because it is not easy to buy fuel; do you know how much my family spends on fuel?
“It is not fair to us in the middle class, if the rich can afford it, we cannot afford such. They should have a re-think,” she said.
NAN reports that the peaceful protest organised by the NCP started from the Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s house in Ikeja to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Office in Ikeja.
Dr Yunusa Tanko, NCP National Chairman, presented a protest letter itemising their grievances to the management of the NERC.
Tanko said that the bills given to consumers, the payments they are compelled to make, without light, was unfair to the masses, saying that the protest was to awaken the consciousness of the ordinary Nigerian.
“This will also serve as a wake-up call to every Nigerian because this oppression has to stop,” he said.
Mr Austin Okeke, the Assistant Secretary to the Ikeja NERC, received the letter on behalf of the management. (NAN)
They said that their expectations after the unbundling of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been dashed following the subsisting “crazy bills and the fixed rate billing of electricity.”
They made their appeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the National Conscience Party (NCP’s) rally/protest against the management of electricity providers in Lagos.
Mr Friday Arinze, who resides at Iyana-Ipaja, decried the what he termed the exorbitant bills of the new energy providers.
According to him, poor Nigerians who are in their millions, could not afford such electricity bills.
“The bills that they are giving us now is too exorbitant; they should allow the power to be regular.
“With the way they are going, the poor will not be able to live in this country, as the standard of living is becoming unbearable for the ordinary man,” he said.
Mr Jeremiah Olaoye, a businessman, who lives in Ikeja, also bemoaned the absence electricity supply in his area since November, 2013.
Olaoye described bills for electricity consumers as outrageous, adding that the categorisation of consumers was wrong.
“We have not had light in my area since November and at my shop, they bring us bills of about three thousand, five hundred Naira?
“I am appealing to them to provide constant electricity and they also need to reduce the charges; it is unfair,” he said.
Mrs Falilat Adeyemi, a businesswoman, urged the new investors in the nation’s energy sector to overhaul their billing system.
“We want stable power supply because we burn fuel everyday, thereby wasting money unnecessarily,” she said.
Mrs Helen Ogbonnaya, another resident of Mowe-Ibafo in Ogun State, said that electricity supply had gone from bad to worse since the new investors took over.
“Sincerely, I will tell you that the electricity situation has gone from bad to worse. We have not had electricity since late last year.
“Power was a little bit stable before the new investors took over, but now, the situation has become very bad again,” she said.
Ogbonnaya also urged the new investors to end “crazy bills and fixed charges” for those who are not using prepaid meters.
“We want stable light because it is not easy to buy fuel; do you know how much my family spends on fuel?
“It is not fair to us in the middle class, if the rich can afford it, we cannot afford such. They should have a re-think,” she said.
NAN reports that the peaceful protest organised by the NCP started from the Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s house in Ikeja to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Office in Ikeja.
Dr Yunusa Tanko, NCP National Chairman, presented a protest letter itemising their grievances to the management of the NERC.
Tanko said that the bills given to consumers, the payments they are compelled to make, without light, was unfair to the masses, saying that the protest was to awaken the consciousness of the ordinary Nigerian.
“This will also serve as a wake-up call to every Nigerian because this oppression has to stop,” he said.
Mr Austin Okeke, the Assistant Secretary to the Ikeja NERC, received the letter on behalf of the management. (NAN)
Nigerians protest electricity billing system, exorbitant bills
A
cross-section of Nigerians on Friday appealed to the nation’s
electricity generation and distribution companies to make energy
consumption people-friendly.
They said that their expectations after the unbundling of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been dashed following the subsisting “crazy bills and the fixed rate billing of electricity.”
They made their appeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the National Conscience Party (NCP’s) rally/protest against the management of electricity providers in Lagos.
Mr Friday Arinze, who resides at Iyana-Ipaja, decried the what he termed the exorbitant bills of the new energy providers.
According to him, poor Nigerians who are in their millions, could not afford such electricity bills.
“The bills that they are giving us now is too exorbitant; they should allow the power to be regular.
“With the way they are going, the poor will not be able to live in this country, as the standard of living is becoming unbearable for the ordinary man,” he said.
Mr Jeremiah Olaoye, a businessman, who lives in Ikeja, also bemoaned the absence electricity supply in his area since November, 2013.
Olaoye described bills for electricity consumers as outrageous, adding that the categorisation of consumers was wrong.
“We have not had light in my area since November and at my shop, they bring us bills of about three thousand, five hundred Naira?
“I am appealing to them to provide constant electricity and they also need to reduce the charges; it is unfair,” he said.
Mrs Falilat Adeyemi, a businesswoman, urged the new investors in the nation’s energy sector to overhaul their billing system.
“We want stable power supply because we burn fuel everyday, thereby wasting money unnecessarily,” she said.
Mrs Helen Ogbonnaya, another resident of Mowe-Ibafo in Ogun State, said that electricity supply had gone from bad to worse since the new investors took over.
“Sincerely, I will tell you that the electricity situation has gone from bad to worse. We have not had electricity since late last year.
“Power was a little bit stable before the new investors took over, but now, the situation has become very bad again,” she said.
Ogbonnaya also urged the new investors to end “crazy bills and fixed charges” for those who are not using prepaid meters.
“We want stable light because it is not easy to buy fuel; do you know how much my family spends on fuel?
“It is not fair to us in the middle class, if the rich can afford it, we cannot afford such. They should have a re-think,” she said.
NAN reports that the peaceful protest organised by the NCP started from the Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s house in Ikeja to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Office in Ikeja.
Dr Yunusa Tanko, NCP National Chairman, presented a protest letter itemising their grievances to the management of the NERC.
Tanko said that the bills given to consumers, the payments they are compelled to make, without light, was unfair to the masses, saying that the protest was to awaken the consciousness of the ordinary Nigerian.
“This will also serve as a wake-up call to every Nigerian because this oppression has to stop,” he said.
Mr Austin Okeke, the Assistant Secretary to the Ikeja NERC, received the letter on behalf of the management. (NAN)
They said that their expectations after the unbundling of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been dashed following the subsisting “crazy bills and the fixed rate billing of electricity.”
They made their appeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the National Conscience Party (NCP’s) rally/protest against the management of electricity providers in Lagos.
Mr Friday Arinze, who resides at Iyana-Ipaja, decried the what he termed the exorbitant bills of the new energy providers.
According to him, poor Nigerians who are in their millions, could not afford such electricity bills.
“The bills that they are giving us now is too exorbitant; they should allow the power to be regular.
“With the way they are going, the poor will not be able to live in this country, as the standard of living is becoming unbearable for the ordinary man,” he said.
Mr Jeremiah Olaoye, a businessman, who lives in Ikeja, also bemoaned the absence electricity supply in his area since November, 2013.
Olaoye described bills for electricity consumers as outrageous, adding that the categorisation of consumers was wrong.
“We have not had light in my area since November and at my shop, they bring us bills of about three thousand, five hundred Naira?
“I am appealing to them to provide constant electricity and they also need to reduce the charges; it is unfair,” he said.
Mrs Falilat Adeyemi, a businesswoman, urged the new investors in the nation’s energy sector to overhaul their billing system.
“We want stable power supply because we burn fuel everyday, thereby wasting money unnecessarily,” she said.
Mrs Helen Ogbonnaya, another resident of Mowe-Ibafo in Ogun State, said that electricity supply had gone from bad to worse since the new investors took over.
“Sincerely, I will tell you that the electricity situation has gone from bad to worse. We have not had electricity since late last year.
“Power was a little bit stable before the new investors took over, but now, the situation has become very bad again,” she said.
Ogbonnaya also urged the new investors to end “crazy bills and fixed charges” for those who are not using prepaid meters.
“We want stable light because it is not easy to buy fuel; do you know how much my family spends on fuel?
“It is not fair to us in the middle class, if the rich can afford it, we cannot afford such. They should have a re-think,” she said.
NAN reports that the peaceful protest organised by the NCP started from the Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s house in Ikeja to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Office in Ikeja.
Dr Yunusa Tanko, NCP National Chairman, presented a protest letter itemising their grievances to the management of the NERC.
Tanko said that the bills given to consumers, the payments they are compelled to make, without light, was unfair to the masses, saying that the protest was to awaken the consciousness of the ordinary Nigerian.
“This will also serve as a wake-up call to every Nigerian because this oppression has to stop,” he said.
Mr Austin Okeke, the Assistant Secretary to the Ikeja NERC, received the letter on behalf of the management. (NAN)
Nigerians protest electricity billing system, exorbitant bills
A
cross-section of Nigerians on Friday appealed to the nation’s
electricity generation and distribution companies to make energy
consumption people-friendly.
They said that their expectations after the unbundling of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been dashed following the subsisting “crazy bills and the fixed rate billing of electricity.”
They made their appeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the National Conscience Party (NCP’s) rally/protest against the management of electricity providers in Lagos.
Mr Friday Arinze, who resides at Iyana-Ipaja, decried the what he termed the exorbitant bills of the new energy providers.
According to him, poor Nigerians who are in their millions, could not afford such electricity bills.
“The bills that they are giving us now is too exorbitant; they should allow the power to be regular.
“With the way they are going, the poor will not be able to live in this country, as the standard of living is becoming unbearable for the ordinary man,” he said.
Mr Jeremiah Olaoye, a businessman, who lives in Ikeja, also bemoaned the absence electricity supply in his area since November, 2013.
Olaoye described bills for electricity consumers as outrageous, adding that the categorisation of consumers was wrong.
“We have not had light in my area since November and at my shop, they bring us bills of about three thousand, five hundred Naira?
“I am appealing to them to provide constant electricity and they also need to reduce the charges; it is unfair,” he said.
Mrs Falilat Adeyemi, a businesswoman, urged the new investors in the nation’s energy sector to overhaul their billing system.
“We want stable power supply because we burn fuel everyday, thereby wasting money unnecessarily,” she said.
Mrs Helen Ogbonnaya, another resident of Mowe-Ibafo in Ogun State, said that electricity supply had gone from bad to worse since the new investors took over.
“Sincerely, I will tell you that the electricity situation has gone from bad to worse. We have not had electricity since late last year.
“Power was a little bit stable before the new investors took over, but now, the situation has become very bad again,” she said.
Ogbonnaya also urged the new investors to end “crazy bills and fixed charges” for those who are not using prepaid meters.
“We want stable light because it is not easy to buy fuel; do you know how much my family spends on fuel?
“It is not fair to us in the middle class, if the rich can afford it, we cannot afford such. They should have a re-think,” she said.
NAN reports that the peaceful protest organised by the NCP started from the Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s house in Ikeja to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Office in Ikeja.
Dr Yunusa Tanko, NCP National Chairman, presented a protest letter itemising their grievances to the management of the NERC.
Tanko said that the bills given to consumers, the payments they are compelled to make, without light, was unfair to the masses, saying that the protest was to awaken the consciousness of the ordinary Nigerian.
“This will also serve as a wake-up call to every Nigerian because this oppression has to stop,” he said.
Mr Austin Okeke, the Assistant Secretary to the Ikeja NERC, received the letter on behalf of the management. (NAN)
They said that their expectations after the unbundling of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have been dashed following the subsisting “crazy bills and the fixed rate billing of electricity.”
They made their appeals in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the National Conscience Party (NCP’s) rally/protest against the management of electricity providers in Lagos.
Mr Friday Arinze, who resides at Iyana-Ipaja, decried the what he termed the exorbitant bills of the new energy providers.
According to him, poor Nigerians who are in their millions, could not afford such electricity bills.
“The bills that they are giving us now is too exorbitant; they should allow the power to be regular.
“With the way they are going, the poor will not be able to live in this country, as the standard of living is becoming unbearable for the ordinary man,” he said.
Mr Jeremiah Olaoye, a businessman, who lives in Ikeja, also bemoaned the absence electricity supply in his area since November, 2013.
Olaoye described bills for electricity consumers as outrageous, adding that the categorisation of consumers was wrong.
“We have not had light in my area since November and at my shop, they bring us bills of about three thousand, five hundred Naira?
“I am appealing to them to provide constant electricity and they also need to reduce the charges; it is unfair,” he said.
Mrs Falilat Adeyemi, a businesswoman, urged the new investors in the nation’s energy sector to overhaul their billing system.
“We want stable power supply because we burn fuel everyday, thereby wasting money unnecessarily,” she said.
Mrs Helen Ogbonnaya, another resident of Mowe-Ibafo in Ogun State, said that electricity supply had gone from bad to worse since the new investors took over.
“Sincerely, I will tell you that the electricity situation has gone from bad to worse. We have not had electricity since late last year.
“Power was a little bit stable before the new investors took over, but now, the situation has become very bad again,” she said.
Ogbonnaya also urged the new investors to end “crazy bills and fixed charges” for those who are not using prepaid meters.
“We want stable light because it is not easy to buy fuel; do you know how much my family spends on fuel?
“It is not fair to us in the middle class, if the rich can afford it, we cannot afford such. They should have a re-think,” she said.
NAN reports that the peaceful protest organised by the NCP started from the Late Chief Gani Fawehinmi’s house in Ikeja to the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Office in Ikeja.
Dr Yunusa Tanko, NCP National Chairman, presented a protest letter itemising their grievances to the management of the NERC.
Tanko said that the bills given to consumers, the payments they are compelled to make, without light, was unfair to the masses, saying that the protest was to awaken the consciousness of the ordinary Nigerian.
“This will also serve as a wake-up call to every Nigerian because this oppression has to stop,” he said.
Mr Austin Okeke, the Assistant Secretary to the Ikeja NERC, received the letter on behalf of the management. (NAN)
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