Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Governor Samuel Ortom with the District of Mbatsen, Chief Nder Kuhwa.
Monday, September 5, 2016
ATTENTION: ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), the body empowered to meet the yearnings of Nigerians for stable, adequate and safe electricity supply, has taken the bull by the horn by releasing to the public, the rights of every electricity consumer.
Read the rights below:
1. All new electricity connections must be done strictly on the basis of metering before connection. That is, no new customer should be connected without meter first being installed.
2. A customer who elects to procure meter under the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation (CAPMI) Scheme must be metered within 60 days, after which the customer will neither be billed nor disconnected by the electricity distribution company.
3. It is the customer’s right to transparent electricity billing. Unmetered customers should be issued with electricity bills strictly based on NERC’s estimated billing methodology.
4. It is the customer’s right to be notified in writing ahead of disconnection of electricity service by the electricity distribution company serving the customer in line with NERC’s guidleines.
5. It is the customer’s right to prompt investigation of complaints arising from the customer’s electricity service disruption
6. It is not the responsibility of electricity customer or community to buy, replace or repair electricity transformers, poles and related equipment used in supply of electricity.
7. It is the customer’s right to contest any electricity bill. Any unmetered customer who is disputing his or her estimated bill has the right not to pay the disputed bill, but pay only the last undisputed bill as the contested bill go through the dispute resolution process of NERC.
8. All complaints on your electricity supply and other billing issues are to be sent to your nearest business unit of the electricity company serving your premises. If your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, you can forward your complaint to the NERC Forum Office within the coverage area of your electricity distribution company. Customers also have the right to appeal the decision of the forum at the NERC headquarters in Abuja.
Log into: www.nercng.org for more details or contact:
NERC ZONAL OFFICE CONTACTS:
08164201445 Joseph John southwest; 08130363581 Tony Ray Ene South South; 08062219714 Ekeh Samuel Chukwuemeka Southeast;
07061117416 Hassan GWANDU north west;
07061097132 Mohammed Umar fufore North East;
07036948408 Friday Sule North Central.
Please share this information and help us protect your rights. However, note that you have an obligation to pay your valid electric bills, avoid meter by-pass or stealing of electricity and protect power infrastructure from being vandalized.
Together,by doing our part, we can get theh power sector we all desired.
Dr.Anthony Akah,mni
Ag. CEO/Chairman,NERC
Read the rights below:
1. All new electricity connections must be done strictly on the basis of metering before connection. That is, no new customer should be connected without meter first being installed.
2. A customer who elects to procure meter under the Credited Advance Payment for Metering Implementation (CAPMI) Scheme must be metered within 60 days, after which the customer will neither be billed nor disconnected by the electricity distribution company.
3. It is the customer’s right to transparent electricity billing. Unmetered customers should be issued with electricity bills strictly based on NERC’s estimated billing methodology.
4. It is the customer’s right to be notified in writing ahead of disconnection of electricity service by the electricity distribution company serving the customer in line with NERC’s guidleines.
5. It is the customer’s right to prompt investigation of complaints arising from the customer’s electricity service disruption
6. It is not the responsibility of electricity customer or community to buy, replace or repair electricity transformers, poles and related equipment used in supply of electricity.
7. It is the customer’s right to contest any electricity bill. Any unmetered customer who is disputing his or her estimated bill has the right not to pay the disputed bill, but pay only the last undisputed bill as the contested bill go through the dispute resolution process of NERC.
8. All complaints on your electricity supply and other billing issues are to be sent to your nearest business unit of the electricity company serving your premises. If your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, you can forward your complaint to the NERC Forum Office within the coverage area of your electricity distribution company. Customers also have the right to appeal the decision of the forum at the NERC headquarters in Abuja.
Log into: www.nercng.org for more details or contact:
NERC ZONAL OFFICE CONTACTS:
08164201445 Joseph John southwest; 08130363581 Tony Ray Ene South South; 08062219714 Ekeh Samuel Chukwuemeka Southeast;
07061117416 Hassan GWANDU north west;
07061097132 Mohammed Umar fufore North East;
07036948408 Friday Sule North Central.
Please share this information and help us protect your rights. However, note that you have an obligation to pay your valid electric bills, avoid meter by-pass or stealing of electricity and protect power infrastructure from being vandalized.
Together,by doing our part, we can get theh power sector we all desired.
Dr.Anthony Akah,mni
Ag. CEO/Chairman,NERC
Facebook Founder, Mark Zukerberg visited President Buhari.
MAN WHO NAMED HIS DOG BUHARI ,NAMED HIS BABY,AISHA.
The man, Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari, has sparked another social media ‘discourse’ as he named his newborn baby girl, Aisha. The 30-year-old trader named his child Aisha, purportedly after the wife of the president on Sunday. It would be recalled that for naming his dog Buhari, Chinakwe was arrested and charged to the Ota Magistrate Court 2, Ogun State by the police with conduct likely to cause breach of public peace, in a case with suit number MOT/617c/2016. He was, however, freed from detention after he fulfilled his N50, 000 bail condition. A Lagos based lawyer and human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, made this disclosure on his Twitter handle. While some persons are of the opinion that Chinakwe was just after cheap publicity, others say he is a controversial man who would stop at nothing to ‘look for trouble.’ The lawyer tweeted @InibeheEffiong: “Joachim Iroko Chinakwe, the man who named his dog ‘Buhari’ has done it again. He has just called to inform me that he has named his newly born baby/daughter after the wife of @NGRPresident. “He has given his 3-day-old baby two names; Mise and Aisha. “According to him, Mise is a native Delta name which means ‘I am doing it.’ He said that he also named his daughter Aisha, after the wife of @NGRPresident and that she will bear the two names concurrently. “Sincerely, I am short of words. I never for once contemplated this. As a matter of fact, I deliberately refused to ask Iroko what name he intended to give his daughter when he called last Friday, September 2 to intimate me that his wife had given birth. “I do not know what Nigerians will say about this. It is my prayer that this will not also end him in jail since some names seem to have special protection of the @PoliceNG. “Let us hope that this is not another conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace,” he tweeted.
NIGERIA IS DIVIDED- UN.
Nigeria deeply divided, says UN Report
...
...
A REPORT just released by the
United Nations, UN, on Nigeria’s Common
Country Analysis, CCA, has revealed a
deeply divided society on the basis of the
plurality of ethnic, religious and regional
identities that had tended to define the
country’s political existence.
The report also painted a gloomy picture,
with most of the development and social
indices in the country registering at levels
unacceptable.
The report, which was read during a
consultative meeting on the formulation of
the UN Development Assistance Framework
IV (UNDAF IV) for the South East geo-
political zone in Awka observed that for
decades, different segments of Nigeria’s
population had, at different times, expressed
feelings of marginalization, of being short –
changed, dominated, oppressed, threatened,
or even targeted for elimination.
The report read in part: “Nigeria, with a
population of over 75 million, is the most
populous nation in Africa and the seventh
most populous in the world. Her population
will be approximately 200 million by 2019
and over 400 million by 2050, becoming one
of the top five populous countries in the
world.
“Nigeria is one of the poorest and most
unequal countries in the world, with over 80
million or 64% of her population living below
poverty line. The situation has not changed
over the decades, but is increasing. Poverty
and hunger have remained high in rural
areas, remote communities and among
female –headed households and these cut
across the six geo-political zones, with
prevalence ranging from approximately 46.9
percent in the South West to 74.3 percent in
North West and North East.
“In Nigeria, 37% of children under five years
old were stunted, 18 percent wasted, 29%
underweight and overall, only 10% of
children aged 6-23 months are fed
appropriately based on recommended infant
and young children feeding practices.
“Youth unemployment which is 42% in 2016
is very high, creating poverty, helplessness,
despair and easy target for crime and
terrorism. Over 10 million children of
school age are out of schools with no
knowledge and skills.
“Nigeria’s economy is currently in a
recession and it is estimated that
government revenues have fallen by as
much as 33 percent, which has further
resulted in the contraction of the Gross
Domestic Product, GDP, by 0.36 percent in
the first three months of 2016.
“The vulnerable macroeconomic
environment in Nigeria is affecting investors’
confidence in the domestic economy.”
When contacted last night to react to the
report, federal government officials said they
where not aware of it and couldn’t,
therefore, react.
“Despite the fact that Nigeria is a signatory
to a number of protocols on sustainable and
renewable environment, the country had,
over the decades, failed to protect the
environment, ecosystem and natural
resources. Over-exploitation of natural
resources and pollution of the environment,
desertification are exposing the population
to vulnerability and risks caused by climate
change, among others.
“Nigeria is well-endowed with forest
resources, accounting for 2.5% of GDP. But
Nigeria has one of the highest rates of
forest loss in the world. Between 1990 and
2000, Nigeria lost an average of 409,700
hectares of forest per year on average
deforestation rate of 3.5% per annum.
“Increase in population, human activities like
farming, construction and cutting of trees,
use of wood and effect of climate change
lead to environmental destruction across
Nigeria.”
This in turn leads to unpredictable weather,
drought and floods. The implication of
destruction of the environment includes
reduced agricultural productivity, destruction
of property and loss of lives.
“Nigeria faces humanitarian and emergency
crises of considerable proportions fueled by
a combination of factors including climate
change, inter-communal conflicts and
violence, insurgency, recurring floods, heavy
handed tactics of security forces in
combating crime and insurgency. The
overall consequence is the situation of
systematic and chronic internal
displacement that has given rise to different
humanitarian crises that include the most
egregious and dehumanizing human rights
abuses.
“Over 80 million Nigerians live in poverty and
are affected in one way or the other by the
current humanitarian crisis. Available reports
indicate that there are over 3.3 million
Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, which is
Africa’s largest, ranking behind Syria and
Columbia on a global scale.
“The major challenges Nigeria is currently
facing that constrain her economic growth
and social development are lack of good
governance, general increased insecurity
across geo-political zones in North East,
Niger Delta and Lake Chad region in
particular. The situation is exacerbated by
the existence of systematic accountability
challenges, limited capacities of
independent institutions/ commissions and
limited accountability at the federal, states
and local government levels.
“Nigeria is a deeply divided society
considering the plurality of ethnic, religious
and regional identities that define her
political existence. Since independence in
1960, Nigeria has struggled to build and
sustain national integration. For decades,
different segments of Nigeria’s population
had, at different times, expressed feelings
of marginalization, of being short-changed,
dominated, oppressed, threatened, or even
targeted for elimination.”
The report recommended that transforming
and diversifying Nigeria’s development paths
needed a radical and new approach,
especially by investing in people and in a
strong more dynamic and inclusive
productive informal sector.
It also called for a design and support of
joint programmes to address good
governance, peace and security.
...
...
A REPORT just released by the
United Nations, UN, on Nigeria’s Common
Country Analysis, CCA, has revealed a
deeply divided society on the basis of the
plurality of ethnic, religious and regional
identities that had tended to define the
country’s political existence.
The report also painted a gloomy picture,
with most of the development and social
indices in the country registering at levels
unacceptable.
The report, which was read during a
consultative meeting on the formulation of
the UN Development Assistance Framework
IV (UNDAF IV) for the South East geo-
political zone in Awka observed that for
decades, different segments of Nigeria’s
population had, at different times, expressed
feelings of marginalization, of being short –
changed, dominated, oppressed, threatened,
or even targeted for elimination.
The report read in part: “Nigeria, with a
population of over 75 million, is the most
populous nation in Africa and the seventh
most populous in the world. Her population
will be approximately 200 million by 2019
and over 400 million by 2050, becoming one
of the top five populous countries in the
world.
“Nigeria is one of the poorest and most
unequal countries in the world, with over 80
million or 64% of her population living below
poverty line. The situation has not changed
over the decades, but is increasing. Poverty
and hunger have remained high in rural
areas, remote communities and among
female –headed households and these cut
across the six geo-political zones, with
prevalence ranging from approximately 46.9
percent in the South West to 74.3 percent in
North West and North East.
“In Nigeria, 37% of children under five years
old were stunted, 18 percent wasted, 29%
underweight and overall, only 10% of
children aged 6-23 months are fed
appropriately based on recommended infant
and young children feeding practices.
“Youth unemployment which is 42% in 2016
is very high, creating poverty, helplessness,
despair and easy target for crime and
terrorism. Over 10 million children of
school age are out of schools with no
knowledge and skills.
“Nigeria’s economy is currently in a
recession and it is estimated that
government revenues have fallen by as
much as 33 percent, which has further
resulted in the contraction of the Gross
Domestic Product, GDP, by 0.36 percent in
the first three months of 2016.
“The vulnerable macroeconomic
environment in Nigeria is affecting investors’
confidence in the domestic economy.”
When contacted last night to react to the
report, federal government officials said they
where not aware of it and couldn’t,
therefore, react.
“Despite the fact that Nigeria is a signatory
to a number of protocols on sustainable and
renewable environment, the country had,
over the decades, failed to protect the
environment, ecosystem and natural
resources. Over-exploitation of natural
resources and pollution of the environment,
desertification are exposing the population
to vulnerability and risks caused by climate
change, among others.
“Nigeria is well-endowed with forest
resources, accounting for 2.5% of GDP. But
Nigeria has one of the highest rates of
forest loss in the world. Between 1990 and
2000, Nigeria lost an average of 409,700
hectares of forest per year on average
deforestation rate of 3.5% per annum.
“Increase in population, human activities like
farming, construction and cutting of trees,
use of wood and effect of climate change
lead to environmental destruction across
Nigeria.”
This in turn leads to unpredictable weather,
drought and floods. The implication of
destruction of the environment includes
reduced agricultural productivity, destruction
of property and loss of lives.
“Nigeria faces humanitarian and emergency
crises of considerable proportions fueled by
a combination of factors including climate
change, inter-communal conflicts and
violence, insurgency, recurring floods, heavy
handed tactics of security forces in
combating crime and insurgency. The
overall consequence is the situation of
systematic and chronic internal
displacement that has given rise to different
humanitarian crises that include the most
egregious and dehumanizing human rights
abuses.
“Over 80 million Nigerians live in poverty and
are affected in one way or the other by the
current humanitarian crisis. Available reports
indicate that there are over 3.3 million
Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, which is
Africa’s largest, ranking behind Syria and
Columbia on a global scale.
“The major challenges Nigeria is currently
facing that constrain her economic growth
and social development are lack of good
governance, general increased insecurity
across geo-political zones in North East,
Niger Delta and Lake Chad region in
particular. The situation is exacerbated by
the existence of systematic accountability
challenges, limited capacities of
independent institutions/ commissions and
limited accountability at the federal, states
and local government levels.
“Nigeria is a deeply divided society
considering the plurality of ethnic, religious
and regional identities that define her
political existence. Since independence in
1960, Nigeria has struggled to build and
sustain national integration. For decades,
different segments of Nigeria’s population
had, at different times, expressed feelings
of marginalization, of being short-changed,
dominated, oppressed, threatened, or even
targeted for elimination.”
The report recommended that transforming
and diversifying Nigeria’s development paths
needed a radical and new approach,
especially by investing in people and in a
strong more dynamic and inclusive
productive informal sector.
It also called for a design and support of
joint programmes to address good
governance, peace and security.
APC GOVERNORS BETTER.
WORST APC GOVERNMENT BETTER THAN BEST PDP GOVERNMENT-Sen Danjuma Goje
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...
The former Gombe State governor, Senator
Danjuma Goje has stated that having a bad
APC government in Gombe is better than to
allow a PDP government reign in the state.
The former governor who is also the chairman,
Senate Committee on Appropriation, said this
while reacting to the raging crisis bedeviling
the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe,
adding that the feud among the party faithful is
in part, responsible for the perceived neglect in
the political appointments by the administration
at the centre.
Goje said this shortly after the inauguration of
the Gombe State APC Caretaker Committee at
the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja,
even as he harped on the importance of having
a strong and united party in the state.
He said: “the leadership of the party in Nigeria
has decided to do a good job by bringing people
from our neighboring state, and I want to ask
the leadership in your presence to be neutral,
to be objective, to be committed in trying to
unite this party, because I am sure whether you
belong to any other group, it is better that we
have a bad APC Governor than not to have any
governor at all, no matter how bad that
governor is.
“if it is APC (member), it is better, because if it
is PDP now..none of our members, no APC
man has been given appointment even as a
counselor. So you see, it is very important that
we unite, and put our differences behind us
and move forward to ensure that we form the
next government in Gombe State.”
Goje also assured the caretaker officers that
members of the APC in the state, regardless of
their political differences, will give maximum
support and loyalty to them in the state even
as he thanked the national leadership of the
party for the prompt intervention..
...
...
The former Gombe State governor, Senator
Danjuma Goje has stated that having a bad
APC government in Gombe is better than to
allow a PDP government reign in the state.
The former governor who is also the chairman,
Senate Committee on Appropriation, said this
while reacting to the raging crisis bedeviling
the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe,
adding that the feud among the party faithful is
in part, responsible for the perceived neglect in
the political appointments by the administration
at the centre.
Goje said this shortly after the inauguration of
the Gombe State APC Caretaker Committee at
the national secretariat of the APC in Abuja,
even as he harped on the importance of having
a strong and united party in the state.
He said: “the leadership of the party in Nigeria
has decided to do a good job by bringing people
from our neighboring state, and I want to ask
the leadership in your presence to be neutral,
to be objective, to be committed in trying to
unite this party, because I am sure whether you
belong to any other group, it is better that we
have a bad APC Governor than not to have any
governor at all, no matter how bad that
governor is.
“if it is APC (member), it is better, because if it
is PDP now..none of our members, no APC
man has been given appointment even as a
counselor. So you see, it is very important that
we unite, and put our differences behind us
and move forward to ensure that we form the
next government in Gombe State.”
Goje also assured the caretaker officers that
members of the APC in the state, regardless of
their political differences, will give maximum
support and loyalty to them in the state even
as he thanked the national leadership of the
party for the prompt intervention..
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