Open Letter to President Yar ‘Adua : Electrical Emergency Plan

Jul

2007

By Joseph Inyang

Open Letter to President Yar ‘Adua : Electrical Emergency Plan

By Joseph Inyang
Nigerians for Super Energy

We believe that electricity is the foundation of a modern society and therefore we need an emergency plan or Marshall plan with a special administrator like Donald Duke “the Dreamer” a man with the audacity to dream and accomplish those dreams. Based on the current estimates of 10,000mw in current or in progress, we will need 40, 000mw to complete our goal. This translates in 1,100mw per state and Abuja. Yes we know some states may not be able to generate this amount due to logistic or cost can join with other states to meet their goal. Some states like Lagos will need double or triple that amount. Using current estimates we believe that we need $29 billion for completion of the goal. If we need to pull monies from other project to complete this goal we should because all most all of these project need electricity to work efficiently. We also need to save our selves from air and noise pollution due to generators.

1. The plan would call for part of excess revenue funds to be invested in power generation and transmission.
2. The Federal government will invest $15 billion.
3. All sates, Abuja and Local governments must contribute a percentage of their net worth to the projects.
4. All banks must invest a percentage of their net worth.
5. Corporations and individual investors will be encouraged to invest in the projects.
6. Last but not least there will be a strong push for public stock participation.
7. Land for projects will be provided my state and local governments.
8. Web site to monitor all projects, Hopefully the FOI bill (Free of Information act) will be approved to ease public access to projects.
9. All all companies must provide free electricity and cooking gas to local communities.
10. At least one coal power station in Enugu with similar capacity of Tutuka, South Africa 6x609 MW. This should be part of the sale of 13 mining titles belonging to the Nigerian Mining Corporation (NMC)
11. Gas and oil pipeline should have backup points. For example we could have shipped Gas directly to the plants in Lagos. Same goes for oil go have been shipped on to pipelines stations any were along the line. Our pipe line should be like a Hydra (multi-head monster) that is hard to defeat.
12. Industries using gas will be given gas for free or token price.
God Bless Nigeria!!!!!

Why 50,000 Megawatts?
Because the goals (15,000mw, 20,000mw, 30,000mw) currently talked about in the political and business circles does not take care of latent demand. In 1999 we estimated a goal of 4,000mw and 5,600mw, we have reached those goals but still not able to survive disruptions to system.
Energy, electricity being part of it, is the Alpha and Omega of civilization. Given our population, the goals (15,000MW, 20,000MW, and 30,000MW) currently proposed in different political and business circles does not take care of latent electrical demand. In 1999 we estimated a goal of 4,000mw and 5,600mw, we have reached those goals but still not able to survive disruptions to system. South Africa with a population of 47M generates 36,000MW, Brazil population 188M generates 90,000MW and South Korea population 49M generates 43,833MW. Nigeria population 140M would need to generate 67,021MW to be at par with Brazil the lowest per capita among the three countries.

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# 1 | 12.07.2007 09:19

	We believe that electricity is the foundation of a modern society and therefore we need an emerg...Read the full article.

ikoyiesho1 ikoyiesho1 is offline

# 2 | 12.07.2007 11:02

	I am beggining to wonder if President U'MYA will be an effective one,at this very key and Important moment for nigeria, since inception he has not outlined his strategies to find solution to the Power problem instead it is getting worse, the issue of Power needs to be adressed with topmost urgency,and i reckon that our goal should be to generate more than 50,000 MW within the next 15 years, If this will be achieved, it will not only be government invesment that will make us get there, but with Private sector participation, i would strongly suggest that the government deregulate the sector and make private investors come in to bring thier ideas and investment, I personally will be willling to Invest in Wind Turbines, but still waiting to see the policies and actions of this Baba-go-Slow...... Can somebody please tell him to wake up......

oluye

# 3 | 12.07.2007 11:39

	A government cannot do much until the ministers are in place. Whatever good intentions YarAdua has cannot be translated into action until he has a team. Unless we want him to become autocratic. When we advocate for change of government every four years, we often forget the time it will take for each government to disengage and another one to come on board- it is our collective loss. Very often we are the ones that cultivate the nature we later regret in our leaders. Let him move at his own speed.

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# 4 | 12.07.2007 15:06

	=oluye;191258>A government cannot do much until the ministers are in place. Whatever good intentions YarAdua has cannot be translated into action until he has a team. Unless we want him to become autocratic. When we advocate for change of government every four years, we often forget the time it will take for each government to disengage and another one to come on board- it is our collective loss. Very often we are the ones that cultivate the nature we later regret in our leaders. Let him move at his own speed. Oluye, I'm sure you would agree with me that there are Nigerians with proven track records for delivering results in any field of endeavour. Yar’Adua has offered to form a Government of National Unity and should his evil godfather give him the free rein to do so there won't be a scarcity of credible personnel to choose from to get any job done. The only problem would hinge on leadership by example. He needs to continue his campaign of accountability, transparency, honesty and a clear message to truly revamp the business of running the country. It the Yar’Adua’s place to avoid detractors and hold his ministers accountable to the job they promise to do.

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# 5 | 12.07.2007 20:34

	Mr. Makoju we are asking for only 50,000mw half of South Africa... I am sorry but all these guys should find another line of work and let people like Donald Duke ..I know there are lots of them out there to run this emergency. You do not give a nurse work the is meant for a emergency room surgeon. Nigeria needs $90bn for electricity – Makoju By Obinna Ezeobi, Abuja and Atser Godwin Published: Friday, 13 Jul 2007 The Special Adviser to the President on Electric Power, Mr. Joseph Makoju, said on Thursday that the nation required investments in the range of $90bn to equal South Africa in terms of electricity generation. Skip to next paragraph click to expand image File Special Adviser to the President on Electric Power, Mr. Joseph Makoju His comments are coming at a time Nigeria’s biggest power plant, Egbin, is shut down due to gas limitations. Generation at the plant with a capacity of 1,320MW was down to below 200MW on Monday, before it was shut on Thursday. The General Manager (Public Affairs), PHCN, Mrs. Efure Igbo, did not pick our correspondent calls to comment on the shut down. Total national generation output of PHCN was just a little above 2,000MW, on Monday. The parlous state of power has forced many companies to rely on gas powered generators, impacting negatively on their profitability and sustenance. Many big companies as well as small and medium companies have close shop, as they are unable to cope with rising energy costs, according to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria. The Federal Government had at the beginning of the year promised to achieve 10,000 mega watts of electricity by the end of 2007 but shifted the target to June next year. Speaking at a conference in Abuja, Makoju said Nigerians were fond of comparing the nation with South Africa, particularly with regards to energy, without thinking about the conditions that must be fulfilled before a nation could reach that height. According to him, “ For a nation to achieve an equivalent of 800 watts per person just like in South Africa, Nigeria would need to generate 104, 000MW of electricity.” According to him, electricity per person in Nigeria is put at 30 watts based on the 140 million population figure. He regretted that many people compare Nigeria with South Africa in power generation not knowing the fact that the two countries were at different stages in electricity development. It will be recalled that the Power Holding Company said on Tuesday that the Federal Government had approved N396bn ($3.1bn) for it whereas it only received N264bn ($2.06bn). Conversely, South Africa is making plans to invest $22bn in a new power project. Makoju added that Nigeria would not generate more than 15,000mw of electricity even after completion of the new ongoing projects across the country.

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