People in the Limelight |
- Yeka onka becomes first Nigerian Idol
- Dele Momodu Engages Naeto C on Power
- New video teaser + Pictures ;Overdose - Ginjah me up
- New Music; Shank - salute
| Yeka onka becomes first Nigerian Idol Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PDT
She returned home with a recording contract, 7.5Million naira courtesy Etisalat and Royal Exchange, a brand new car courtesy Tom Tom and a Sony entertainment TV center. But just like Audu Maikori commented during the final show, Yeka is not the only winner; first runner-up Naomi won N1.5M cash prize, a Blackberry phone, Ipad, Ipod, Easy Card, standing Fridge, PS3 and other goodies. Emmanuel, the second runner up also left with N1M, Blackberry phone, Ipad, Ipod, Easy Card, standing Fridge, PS3. Other 11 finalists also went back to their base with lavish gifts from the show's sponsors. 'But I must insist, Pedro comments, 'that the real prize these young people are walking away with, is the opportunities that this platform presents; the opportunity to cultivate whatever fan base they've been able to build while here, and use all the resources available to them to build a lasting career for themselves in the entertainment industry' Meanwhile, the producers are already gearing up for the second episode of Nigerian Idol as audition forms became available on the official website www.nigerianidol.com at midnight on March 27, 2011. 
  
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| Dele Momodu Engages Naeto C on Power Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:28 AM PDT  Naeto C: According to Dele Momodu, "We can "zone" lighting so that a particular zone knows exactly when they will have electricity and people can plan." Are you kidding me? Is that what its called "zone lighting" or "demand-side management"? And please how is this suppose to happen when we can't even evacuate enough gas to supply the power station? Didn't I hear "we need to talk about supply before we talk about demand"? Dele Momodu: The National electricity grid presently consists of nine generating stations (3 hydro and 6 thermal) with a total installed generating capacity of 5906 MW. According to the National Electric Power Policy, although the installed capacity of the existing power stations is 5906MW, the maximum load ever recorded was 2,470MW. The reason for this is clear. The transmission lines are radial and are overloaded. The switchgears are obsolete while power transformers have not been maintained for a long time. So in dealing with the power issue, we must first rehabilitate existing infrastructure like critical transmission and distribution lines and their associated sub stations to provide a maximum of 5400MW generating capacity. This is the focus of my first year in office as president as well as the proper management of what we currently generate. The truth is in Nigeria today, there are locations, especially where the elites are resident where power is more regular than in the other areas. Why is that? In most Nigerian homes today, when power goes off, nobody knows exactly when it will be restored. We must be able to do a time "zoning" of electricity in our villages, towns and cities so that a particular zone knows exactly what time of the day they will have electricity and the people can plan. Of course this is not all there is is to fixing the power problem. It is a first phase response. Thereafter, in my second year as president, we will focus on alternative sources of power generation from gas, coal, wind, solar and biomass. The bitter truth some Nigerians do not want to hear is that we can't just get constant electricity overnight! The issue of power can be fixed but we have to start somewhere. We have to start with the proper management of what we currently generate. Other countries in West Africa did it successfully in the first phase of managing their power crisis. Naeto C: Tariffs have to be increased to attract foreign investment to aid in building our ailing power sector. Everybody needs to pay their electricity bills not shift blame. How much is government owing PHCN? Why didn't I hear anything about privatization to attract real money into the sector? Why would anyone want to start business in an unprofitable environment? Dele Momodu: My brother, the electricity generation in Nigeria cannot be left solely to the private sector. The private sector can play a huge role in power distribution but our biggest challenge at the moment is generation. In Brazil for instance where they generate 96,000 mega watts of power, 10 percent of the power generation is left to the private sector while the government handles the rest in a very decentralised system of power generation, distribution and marketing. The private sector handles 64 percent of power distribution. We will welcome private investment in the power sector but we must begin with the proper management of what we already have. We are not opposed in anyway to privatising the power sector but must avoid the expensive mess of NITEL. We must make the sector attractive to investors in the first instance.  | ||||||||||
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