NewStats: 3,265,050 , 8,185,439 topics. Date: Friday, 13 June 2025 at 09:21 AM 2i4856

clitslover:
Most gen cant be used for heavy duty equipments

Na electrician that won’t snitch on you will do the job, because if he snitch and you get caught by this disco people, na serous wahala be that oo

southniyikaye:
See, my main aim is to leave this shithole..

Nothing works in this country anymore..
Popcorn kernel went from 8k per bag to 22k per bag..
How do you sale and make money? I have to abandon the business..
Now I started gas business, gas is now sold @450 per kg due to everyday increment from wholesalers..
My outlet is close to a gas station so my customers now prefer gas station to my outlet..
Every small scale business is being frustrated due to daily increase of price and commodity..
How do we survive in a country like this?
It's not as if we gain anything from the government, no dividends of democracy at all..
We struggle to make money yet pay bogus bills..

Am tired, I swear I am really tired..

hmmmmmm the country is in big mess am just tired I pray God to grant me my heart desires to leave the shithole of a country nothing is working we work from morning till night u pay bills with all ur hard earn money

southniyikaye:
See, my main aim is to leave this shithole..

Nothing works in this country anymore..
Popcorn kernel went from 8k per bag to 22k per bag..
How do you sale and make money? I have to abandon the business..
Now I started gas business, gas is now sold @450 per kg due to everyday increment from wholesalers..
My outlet is close to a gas station so my customers now prefer gas station to my outlet..
Every small scale business is being frustrated due to daily increase of price and commodity..
How do we survive in a country like this?
It's not as if we gain anything from the government, no dividends of democracy at all..
We struggle to make money yet pay bogus bills..

Am tired, I swear I am really tired..

I feel your pains bro many people stories are more alarming than yours pls take hard n be patient everything in life has time.this is just a trying time sooner we will sing halleluyah.
nevertheless if they have not won in 2015 every body would have been thinking of them being the saviour but here we are.all eyes opened.

m140:

You dey sell gas close to gas station, my brother you will run out of business na, you go tire laslas. Wont say more

nope, not really close but people have no choice than to go to gas station when the price became unbearable

nairavsdollars:
The electricity Tariff hike by the Discos is just alarming.
N50,000 worth of token in June 2020 gave me 2183.7Kwh

Today, I went to the same place and bought the same N50,000 worth of token gave me 991.1Kwh.

Yet, the FG suspended the recent tariff and it will take effect this month end. Maybe N50,000 token will not give me more than 200Kwh.

Naija which way

Your tariff per kwh suggest that your electricity supply is above 16hrs per day? Is this the case?

https://www.ekedp.com/residential

southniyikaye:
See, my main aim is to leave this shithole..

Nothing works in this country anymore..
Popcorn kernel went from 8k per bag to 22k per bag..
How do you sale and make money? I have to abandon the business..
Now I started gas business, gas is now sold @450 per kg due to everyday increment from wholesalers..
My outlet is close to a gas station so my customers now prefer gas station to my outlet..
Every small scale business is being frustrated due to daily increase of price and commodity..
How do we survive in a country like this?
It's not as if we gain anything from the government, no dividends of democracy at all..
We struggle to make money yet pay bogus bills..

Am tired, I swear I am really tired..

Easy brother it's well....we are all in it together.

Childrentablets:


No be una yoruba people follow put that man for power?
Na everybody go kuku suffer. U no go anywhere o. U go dey this country and reap what you sow.

Yeye

oga stop all these no be una yoruba people talk.
Must I be from any tribe before I voice out my frustration?
And that am yoruba, does that mean I voted APC?

SKYHIGHfx:

Learn to earn in dollars, learn FOREX

forex no be for everybody

southniyikaye:
See, my main aim is to leave this shithole..

Nothing works in this country anymore..
Popcorn kernel went from 8k per bag to 22k per bag..
How do you sale and make money? I have to abandon the business..
Now I started gas business, gas is now sold @450 per kg due to everyday increment from wholesalers..
My outlet is close to a gas station so my customers now prefer gas station to my outlet..
Every small scale business is being frustrated due to daily increase of price and commodity..
How do we survive in a country like this?
It's not as if we gain anything from the government, no dividends of democracy at all..
We struggle to make money yet pay bogus bills..

Am tired, I swear I am really tired..

I'm only going toy had shop so that I won't be staying at home

Laboni:
Na electrician that won’t snitch on you will do the job, because if he snitch and you get caught by this disco people, na serous wahala be that oo

Which kain wahala. elaborate abeg with laws

Tonymegabush1:



I can't categorically give you response to that till I know your consumption.


What and what do you want to power?

tv, bulbs, 100w small double door fridge I can boycut this if need be, ceiling fan and gergets like phones, laptop, power bank.

overseasnbeyond:
The way forward is to go solar, The NEPA did not supply electricity for about 2 years to my house now and i don't care about that any longer because i generated light through solar.
The initial cost was high but the long run benefit is so satisfying..

Ehen, oga how much for solar, how long does it last your appliances ?

Lets be fair in our statement. Agreed you bought #50k worth of recharge in June 2020 which means average of #8k plus on monthly basis for 6 months.

And the power energy tariff increases. My question is did you enjoy regular supply of electricity during this period. Secondly, can you compare when using generator.

nairavsdollars:
The electricity Tariff hike by the Discos is just alarming.
N50,000 worth of token in June 2020 gave me 2183.7Kwh

Today, I went to the same place and bought the same N50,000 worth of token gave me 991.1Kwh.

Yet, the FG suspended the recent tariff and it will take effect this month end. Maybe N50,000 token will not give me more than 200Kwh.

Naija which way

nairavsdollars:
The electricity Tariff hike by the Discos is just alarming.
N50,000 worth of token in June 2020 gave me 2183.7Kwh

Today, I went to the same place and bought the same N50,000 worth of token gave me 991.1Kwh.

Yet, the FG suspended the recent tariff and it will take effect this month end. Maybe N50,000 token will not give me more than 200Kwh.

Naija which way

I told my neighbour in November that the increment was nearly 100% excluding vat, based on my comparison with the previous months consumptions. She came knocking angrily at my door and said she's been short-changed by the IKDC, asking if I had same experience and I just laughed. By the time I sat her down, explaining things to her, she now became calm. The most annoying part of the matter is that, they didn't even tell the general public of the percentage increment. They just applied the new tariff codedly. they said last year they'd not increase tariff after people and interest group threatened a nationwide protest. This government is he most fraudulent I've ever seen in Nigeria. The service is even getting worse instead of improving.

GamalNasser:


So 50k can run an 8 kva gen for one month? ..abi na just 4 hour a day you go dey run am

if you live in the Nigeri delta and use diesel then YES.

Homeboiy:


He has to buy a big Gen

400k own

If you run gen for one year with zero electricity, you will run.

I used to think like that before it happened. Fuel finishes anyhow, what of engine oil and repairs ? The day the gen refuses to start, you understand.

it's a pity Nigerians found them selves in this situation.

However, the very unfortunate rotten meat BBQ seller will come out from his cuckoo's nest and start uttering gibberish about his darling daddy in another thread soon.

southniyikaye:
See, my main aim is to leave this shithole..

Nothing works in this country anymore..
Popcorn kernel went from 8k per bag to 22k per bag..
How do you sale and make money? I have to abandon the business..
Now I started gas business, gas is now sold @450 per kg due to everyday increment from wholesalers..
My outlet is close to a gas station so my customers now prefer gas station to my outlet..
Every small scale business is being frustrated due to daily increase of price and commodity..
How do we survive in a country like this?
It's not as if we gain anything from the government, no dividends of democracy at all..
We struggle to make money yet pay bogus bills..

Am tired, I swear I am really tired..

erico2k2:

if you live in the Nigeri delta and use diesel then YES.

with diesel, its achievable but not 24/7. Even with 1,500 naira, I can run my petrol gen 13 hours a day with one LG AC and one fridge on. I do this everyday. If you divide the 50,000 naira by 1,500 naira, that's 33 days. In many homes in lagos, people don't enjoy electricity for up to 13 hours daily yet, the tariff is so huge. Its high time people began to think outside the box. The increased tariff isn't worth it...not commensurate with the service they're rendering. Get a good gen with sound proof and you'd be fine. This government is a fraud.

athorello:


I'm currently paying approx. N53/kWh to PHED... Yet they take 30% of any amount I'm recharging to pay for the arrears own on the by previous/existing tenants prior to distribution of prepaid meters to all tenants? I moved in and was recharging but not getting the actual value until I discovered that the meter was owing over 480k.
Looking for a new house like this cos my landlord is aloof on the matter and PHED says they can't help me. Instead, they're saying they might soon disconnect the line. I'm not Jesus Christ who is bearing the sins of the world.

That's a lot of arrears to carry. I will rather approach renewable guys and see what it will cost to power my appliances.

clitslover:
Which kain wahala. elaborate abeg with laws

You will cough out like 500k or go to prison. That’s electricity theft, serious crime but man must survive.

tot:


Where did the government come from? Are they aliens? You all want to wrong things in day to day lives but expect integrity from those same wrongdoers when they get into govt, how exactly? My comment was directed to the guy who talked about bying meter, if you are in of that, please DO NOT complain about corruption anywhere whether in govt or a company or anywhere else.

The government comes from the elite especially from this part of the world. Nigeria is one of the countries in the world with the highest inequality. Apart from that, the prohibitive cost of our elections ensures that only the richest of the richest can foot the bill for public offices.
As for the bying, I hope you're aware that by the laws guiding the Discos, the tariff increases are actually illegal. But we can't do anything about it because of the inequality I just spoke about.
MLK said once, that an unjust law is no law at all. How much more a wrongly applied law. So, if the increment is illegal, then it bears logic that bying to not pay the illegality itself is not out of the blue at all.

OhiOfIhima:
That's d real deal now oo... If you are shouting for prepaid, u are on ur own... I pay 2k monthly here for my side, though, I don't have all this you mentioned except my sound systems, fridge and electric kettle.. Vr affordable compare to what my friends in prepaid paid.

Nice one.. walaha for who they use prepaid

Eriokanmi:
with diesel, its achievable but not 24/7

if you are near Bayelsa Bush boys will give you a drum N12 to N15k

overseasnbeyond:
The way forward is to go solar, The NEPA did not supply electricity for about 2 years to my house now and i don't care about that any longer because i generated light through solar.
The initial cost was high but the long run benefit is so satisfying..

Damn are nigerans this dumb.
Find out how much it cost to generate 2183.7Kwh with solar and you will see how dumb this statement is

southniyikaye:
See, my main aim is to leave this shithole..

Nothing works in this country anymore..
Popcorn kernel went from 8k per bag to 22k per bag..
How do you sale and make money? I have to abandon the business..
Now I started gas business, gas is now sold @450 per kg due to everyday increment from wholesalers..
My outlet is close to a gas station so my customers now prefer gas station to my outlet..
Every small scale business is being frustrated due to daily increase of price and commodity..
How do we survive in a country like this?
It's not as if we gain anything from the government, no dividends of democracy at all..
We struggle to make money yet pay bogus bills..

Am tired, I swear I am really tired..

Buhari's istration might not be the best in bringing prosperity to the land. But I will tell you a secret, it is building great resilience in people whether he is aware or not. And that alone can make people (serious-minded ones) excel faster than they would ever have done, once the economy gets better under his istration or the next istration.

For those who can't wait but would rather choose to relocate to a better country, the resilience built up overtime under this istration would also work wonders for them in that country. So it's a win-win situation. Patience is a worthwhile virtue

Lashist:

Make she dey show her foolishness. The man that will stay with her has a lot to carry

Don't blame her. She might not be in the midst of what Nigerians are going through.

Agboriotejoye:


The government comes from the elite especially from this part of the world. Nigeria is one of the countries in the world with the highest inequality. Apart from that, the prohibitive cost of our elections ensures that only the richest of the richest can foot the bill for public offices.
As for the bying, I hope you're aware that by the laws guiding the Discos, the tariff increases are actually illegal. But we can't do anything about it because of the inequality I just spoke about.
MLK said once, that an unjust law is no law at all. How much more a wrongly applied law. So, if the increment is illegal, then it bears logic that bying to not pay the illegality itself is not out of the blue at all.

Those elites have ers, don't they? Are the ers elites as well? No.

Okay, so let's all remain in the illegality and continue like that. Simple. Let corruption continue. No complaining.

Simeon88:
Hmmmmm... somebody must pay for those 5k the government said the humanitarian ministry is sharing. I just pity small businesses in these country. Come to mabushi market in Abuja here, more than 60 % of the shops have packed up. It's well sha

Hahaha, I laugh at people still opening shop.

Some People are no longer interested or caring for nepa as far as solar can give them what they want.

Such a huge increase yet no power supply. Can this government re privatize this electricity sector to get competent hands to manage the nations power sector?

Incompetency is a huge problem in Nigeria .