Members of the House of Representatives are set to consider a fresh Stimulus Bill that will ensure that Nigerians get free electricity supply for two months to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gbajabiamila disclosed this during a meeting between the National Assembly leadership and the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmad, the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze, among others.Giving his opening remarks, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan noted that the meeting, the second in about 10 days, was a testimony of the commitment of both arms of government at addressing the issues holistically.
Explaining the necessity for the proposed stimulus bill for the electricity sector, the Speaker said electricity, being a commodity consumed by every household, has a greater effect on the people and that since more Nigerians are in the informal sector, the effects would be more felt by the economy. “When you are saving people their electricity and the fact that they now have stable electricity for two months, you are also saving the monies that would go into the payment of those bills at least for two months.”
“There has to be a collaboration. It cannot be a unilateral decision from the National Assembly; it can’t be a unilateral decision from the Executive; there has to be a collaboration. I’m glad that we are on that trajectory. “Now, it is incumbent on the National Assembly to follow the money. Constitutionally, any money that comes into Nigeria, there has to be oversight.
Electricity was not available for consumption when the populace were ready to pay for their usage talk less when the National Assembly is asking for free usage for the masses... Total blackout is what the National Assembly is directly advocating or authorizing.
Has there been any thing like power supply in Nigeria?
We need it pls
Since Nepa start this giveaway them never bring light 💡 for my area
Abeg we don't mind paying for the free power supply ooo...
Do mean 2 hours light every day?
The Senate are jokes, with yr money on you, the govt couldn't supply regular power, so free power supply will be more regular OKAY O O
Ko possible rara....not in nigeria
Do we have the electricity in the 1st place? How can you give a free thing that isn't available
After receiving their cars
Guys, let us hope for something good about our leaders. Although they have failed us many times but at the same time we should not give up on them. Since it cost us nothing, let them do it and let us wait and see
Great one if only it will be honored
Power that is not even available before self. Wat the point?
Now they are beginning to think.........
Are they gonna survive on electricity?
Story with our pay no light let more of free supply
I hope prepaid subscribers will be put into consideration too
We don't need free power supply because we can't get light in Nigeria again........ But please Give us free fuel to power our generators.. Thanks
See yeh yeh 🤣 🤣 🤣, Free 🤔 🤔 🤔 I swear una go later put una change over for neutral 😂 😂 😂
Lol... Will see
Please we don't want free power supply cos that will be = no power cos we don't have enough power for the one we are paying for talk less of free... Smh
Which power supply.
If I hear, Good and fine but let there be propal arrangement and provisions to that
So this only means this epileptic supply is deliberate so we can keep buying their products to generate power.
'Constant' That's my worry
If I hear
This is what I want to hear 😊💪🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
When there's no power in igwurura port Harcourt for months now
Even the months we paid ,we don't have light
They're indirectly telling power sector to cease 2momths power supply
These clowns should be postulating what they believe will heap problem on the FG while they milk their own constituencies dry, giving nothing back. Is light the exclusive preserve of FG. Its being privatised. They should go and give to their constituents first.
Forget free supply because it will never work. Just give us light,we will pay simple.
It will be nice if it can be implemented.
😂😂😂
It's been 6weeks now,that we've seen power in my area
Now they are talking... It's like the Reps have been doing better in this period of covid19pandemic than the NGRSenate oh... We keep watching
Even when we pay we don't see light, how much more when it's free
Phcn will purposely not bring the light.... Even when we paying we not seeing the light is it when they agree on free they will now bring it...... I laff😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Let dem give us steady supply , we will pay for it....🤗🤗🤗🤗😘
All of una dy mad, sheyb power supply is synonymous with food supply May Ogun kill all of una
No for that meeting e to end... no be today we know Nigeria
We will pay, but let's introduced a penalty if the power goes off for one day without a reason.
Is this one joke abi una just wan show una self? Shebi Emeka Offor gave 1bn? You should have told him to give us light in exchange for his money. Light worth the 1bn! Haba!
Wat about us using prepaid meter how can we benefit from it?
Richtig!
Nice motion moved by the Reps
Na beg I Dey beg O’ 🙌🏾
Where is the power supply🙄🙄. Rather two months free darkness
Always pursuing what's unrealistic!
Talk about house rent, free call, free data.. not power that is not available. Only comes once in a month.
We don't get the one we pay for, do you think we would get any supply free?
Now you guys are talking
Just credit our account abeg ooh
I don't think Nigerians want free power supply; what we want is constant power. What is the essence of free power that you will not see? Mandate these discos to provide power to all homes, Nigerians will pay for it willingly.
We still never get light since d lockdown began in Lagos mmtchew
Just this one time...
They should do for house rent jo PHCN that will just hold the light or will they also ensure they bring the light.
I’m seeing shit
If only it would be implemented
Good, as one of the items in the palliatives package. Another should be water. Water tankers should be used to convey water to citizens in areas that lack taps or bore holes. It's impossible to wash hands well, without potable water, which most communities lack.
The virus just dey alter things. By force Stable electricity gas dey now.
Is it the light that is not stable
Una dey mad, even the one we were paying did we see the supply? Don’t angree me please
Epileptic or constant?
Make we talk them....?
Fingers crossed, is it not naija again 🤧
When FG says no estimated billing than no hear, so how den wan hear dis one. A beg go collect your car mr senator
Even when Nigerians are paying for Electricity supply they hardly have 3 hours light, now that is free for two months Nigerians should be ready for 20 minutes light a day.
Which power supply....Anyone dey NIG?
Abi now if they can't give us relieve materials/stimulus
Its uninterrupted power supply we need Mtchwwwwww
Tah if I hear They lock us in saying we should not go to work If corona no kill us hunger will kill us they decide not to give us stay home transfer fund upon all the fun d raise by good people
Okay! Power of God
Abeg when do they sit to discuss all this set? COVID19Nigeria
Since yesterday IkejaElectric never flash us so pls no start Wetin u no fee finish
How do you do it with people using prepaid meters
Lets hope this works out because anything concerning things that would be beneficial to the people doesn't get to see the light of the day.
We dont want, we are paying self we never enjoyed the light talkess of free........
We are hungry ooooooooooooooooooooooo
When there is no power, what do you want to supply...? 😏
While at it please kindly tell them to give the light cos in my area we pay for light we don't see. It's almost 2 months and all the light I have seen can be summed up to just 48hrs and that's putting it lightly!
Its a catch.. Enjoy free light for 2 months and never see light again for 10 months.. Lol
Am here thinking how they think the discos will comply 🤣🤣 you all play too much
Now the DisCos will gladly put us all in darkness since its likely gonna be free for 2 months.
How about thebones that have been metred? How will they enjoy the free electricity bill that the Reps are proposing?
When there is no power, what will make it useful plus NEPA or whatever will know how to get the money for the free two month from customers. Terrible people
Really So much for the rep. We put into power
Don’t be fooled by dis corrupt government officials, they want to steal again, they don’t like us and they can’t do things to favor us...The two months would be worst cus they won’t on the light for hours...
That means we're on lockdown for 2months?
Who will pay the cost of generating and transmitting the electricity as there are costs attached to those? I think the HoR members need to get their priorities right.
Free power supply ... like there’s power supply
What about the DSTV,Glo, MTN and Co cutting people off the network service while stay indoors with a penny
Which power are they talking about? Where is the power
We pay we no see light, not to talk of when it is free.
Where is the light?😂
These guys are really jokers, have they forgotten that these are private businesses who is going to pay for it, House of Rep?
If this works dt means we shld be ready for two months without light. Abeg o they shld dey thia dey make we dey our dey😀😀
So after two month we will return back to darkness
Werey people... Free 2months for light I don't have. I am just 😴 😴
Den want make we no kuku get light to dey watch covid-19 development be dat. We don start for this country again
Free light for where this one na gift from the devil..how can a country that cannot boost of 24hrs light give you light for free.. anotherstory
forget our leaders and their audio promises
We don't need free power supply but regular power supply. It's like telling disco to give Nigerians free two months of darkness.
That means we won't have light. We don't have light when we pay, imagine when we don't.
We don't free power supply that we won't see at all o
We don't want power
You all are misers.
...something for the masses
For this country , rubbish. It can’t work
Can they do it?
Meaning total darkness for two months, plus another one month for even bringing up the idea .
Dis will remain d best tyn to hear from dem
Hmm issorite 🤷♂️
Where is the power🙄🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼? So-called power without food. Na power we go chop🤔? This will be like satanic gift...👉🏼 Nepa will give wit one hand & collect it double wit the other hand.
We don’t have the light 💡 talk less of free power supply
Outright outage looms. But what do I know?
We go still pay am one way or the other later
😄😄😄Power from where Now it is not free we don't see it, will it be available when it's free? Only Buharists will believe such deceit.
For free? Cos on a norm when we hv to pay for it , we hardly have 5hrs light within 24hrs talkless of free , that mean we should not expect anything then
If this really comes to pass, if it does o, then you people should think of extending beyond the 2 months.
Which power supply do they want to give for free, thunder of God will strike them to death. Let them keep their electricity we don't need it,
Who free power supply help? Electricity that is not stable when payment is fully paid,how would it stable when is free🙉🙉🙉
No by supply.. make e dey constant.
Them no dey give us the wan we pay for shay na free wan wey Una force dem, Dey go give us? 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
When we are paying they don't give us the light how much more when its made free
Clowns Can't even remember when last I had power supply 6k fuel I bought last week is exhausted Went out to buy extra 2k fuel that will last me till Monday God will not hold our RULERS guiltless. All they do is provide leadership on the pages of newspapers and TV Tufiakwa
Free today pay tomorrow abi?we sabi una jare.We don't need free light abeg all we ask for is constant light we are ready to pay.Thank you.
This will be a good consideration from them.
Ope o
Free and constant
Lets be friends on telegram
Two-months of total darkness! then....
2 month free and pay for 6 months after... We don't want
Amen😁
Joke of the day, we are used scam
Worst honourable of the century
Good news
Humblemaccca OyekanmiSherif2
We don't need free power but constant power supply that would justify our payment. But I must give a kudos to IBDEC in my area for hitch free power supply at Apata Area
We don’t even have power supply when we are paying And they want to give us free supply
Only 2 months? They are joking
With our cash, we are not sure of the POWER supply talk less of free POWER.
Good development
Please help us beg them they should help us o.
I support the motion.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so we will get the light for 30mins per day
How will those using prepaid get their share of this?
Nothing is free in Nigeria.... Not only power supply sef... We need money too... What's now the essence of BVN MBuhari jidesanwoolu
With our own money we don't even see the light
That's all that we need right now
CONSTANT!!!
A good move, but don't share those vehicles still
Good move...
Nigeria.....even if they succeed, power supply will suddenly develop Coronavirus symptoms and start malfunctioning.
You don't give what you don't have.
For about four days no light in my area...shior
Which place abeg? 🤷♀️
Hmm...I pray for that ohh
We no need am Abeg. Give use make we pay cos that free one we no go pay at all.
Better.
Since December I've got no light in my location here in Benin city... So when will this free period start for people like me?
which power
Free might mean no supply at all, cos noting in Nigeria is really free who will pay for the 2 months free supply
Who send them.. Shuuu
Louder people,you’re doing us proud mennnn
I hope it's stable... If it isn't... It's nonsense
Sounds enticing. But, e go possible for this same Nigeria?
How many days supply will we get
They are still seeking
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