I came across this update on one of the online dailies and it baffles me a lot. I remembered that Nigeria supplies Ghana electricity and I could remember vividly clear that there was a period Ghana celebrated one week constant electricity power supply without interruption while depending on Nigeria as her supplier but the reverse is the case here in Nigeria. Ghana as a nation are developing their power sector rapidly while still depending on Nigeria and up to the point of possibly becoming a supplier to Nigeria as soon as they are done with the final stage of development of their power sector.
Na big shame to our country o, say this kind news dey come up in the first place. Why we never fit fix our light problem since how many years, na because say corruption carry leg enter that way too, and because say e get some kind line wey dem dey get light steady for this our country and na mostly men wey get money well well like politicians dey stay these kind areas wey that kind light dey dey, so dem nor fit understand or relate to how bad the light doings dey. Ghana wan make money form us because dem nor go supply the light for free, and that one go oncrese the money wey the country dey spend already. E nor make sense, that money wey dem wan use dey settle Ghana for the light, make dem use am for our side to boost our supply. We get everything to make am sup easily. 
Topic: Ghana preparing to supply Nigeria electricity. - page 2. (Read 305 times)
Finance I think is not the cause of our power shortage here in Nigeria as our government allocates huge fund to the power sector
I will point to production, not transmission. I will use four other countries for comparison. Production will also be proportional to transmission.
Nigeria population according to 2021 estimate: 213.4 million
Ghana population according to 2021 estimate: 32.83 million
South Africa population according to 2021 estimate: 59.39 million
Morocco population according to 2021 estimate: 37.08 million
Côte d'Ivoire population according to 2018 estimate: 27.48 million
Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa and the sixth in the world. Which means we need more electricity. You will be surprised by this:
Electricity production in Nigeria as of March 2023, 8,607 GWh
Electricity production in Ghana as of December 2021, 22,051 GWh
Electricity production in South Africa as of July 2023, 19,844 GWh
Electricity production in Morocco as of December 2021, 40,512 GWh
Electricity production in Côte d'Ivoire as of March 2023, 8,607 GWh
If you want to do more comparing to the electricity suffering in Nigeria, this is the link: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/nigeria/electricity-production#:~:text=Key%20information%20about%20Nigeria%20Electricity,Mar%202005%20to%20Mar%202023.
Our governments are not trying at all. Or maybe it is mismanagement or the government is not funding power sector appropriately, it is left to them.
When I saw this update I just had a bitter sweet feeling about it, the sweet feeling is that our Ghanian brother are doing well, the bad feeling is naija my country our government don't even care to rectify our own problem, the refinery issue, as big as this country is there is no refinery, even though dy wanted to remove subsidy as already being done, provision should have been made before the removal of it, now look at how inflation has taken over every thing in the country, and the government are not even learning from there neighbours.
I came across this update on one of the online dailies and it baffles me a lot. I remembered that Nigeria supplies Ghana electricity and I could remember vividly clear that there was a period Ghana celebrated one week constant electricity power supply without interruption while depending on Nigeria as her supplier but the reverse is the case here in Nigeria. Ghana as a nation are developing their power sector rapidly while still depending on Nigeria and up to the point of possibly becoming a supplier to Nigeria as soon as they are done with the final stage of development of their power sector.
This information was disclosed while they were having a Summit at Lagos on Nigeria Energy Leadership Summit as graced by Mr. Hanson Monney, the Head of the Generation and Transmission Unit at the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy.
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“So, we are working on all these things to make sure that the power system of Ghana continues to be as good as it is or even better, and then, maybe, we can be exporting more to our big brothers in Nigeria when the grid is finally settled,”
This has made me to have a thought over this and I was wondering what is really the cause of our electricity gridlock and epileptic power supply here in Nigeria. Finance I think is not the cause of our power shortage here in Nigeria as our government allocates huge fund to the power sector, Policies are made to help sustain power supply and also payment of electricity tariff which is not favorable to consumers as they complain lack of power supply and hence some do not bother complying with payment and if they do pay, they make part payment.
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Monney stressed the significance of lowering electricity prices, particularly for enterprises, since high electricity bills are a major issue in Ghana. “We saw that in Ghana historically. These industries have been subsidizing the residential sector, and it should be the other way around. Industries should remain viable so that businesses can thrive,”
Would Nigeria be able to Implement such policies as Ghana did to sustain and encourage her citizens to pay their electricity tariff. What do you really think is the major cause of power failure here in Nigeria despite the huge funds going into the power sector coupled with the fact that Nigeria is rich in mineral deposit which could have helped well enough to cushion the lapses in our power sector.
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