Two Schemes Later, Government Yet to Bridge Metering Gap
“In my house, the bill hovers around N11,250 per month and this is whether we have electricity or not” Samuel revealed to Dataphyte.
“In my house, the bill hovers around N11,250 per month and this is whether we have electricity or not” Samuel revealed to Dataphyte.
As of the time of writing this report, Nigerians are paying high prices for petroleum amid scarcity and long queues.
For many weeks, Nigerians have been battling with petrol scarcity.
A Dataphyte review of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, (NEITI) Oil and Gas industry report has revealed that over 270 million of Nigeria’s commercial crude oil production was lost to theft and sabotage between 2016 and 2020.
The lack of functional refineries has meant continuous importation of refined petroleum for Nigeria. For instance, Nigeria spent 37.9 billion dollars to import refined petrol between 2015 and 2019.
As of the time of this report, the world’s Crude Oil is soaring above $100.
Any water project in the south-eastern part of Nigeria is a response to a critical need as the region is known for absence of potable water. Residents of Uburu and Ivo local government areas of Ebonyi State would have been elated to know that water projects have been assigned to their areas.
According to the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Profesor Victor Osodoke, the action became necessary because all efforts to reach a consensus failed. The union leader also noted that the action would last for an initial period of four weeks.
A Dataphyte review of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company reports shows that petrol consumption figures as at August 2021 was 1.516 billion litres.
The contract awarded for the supply of power to the production hub located off the Benin-Sapele road, has been completed, and the small scale businesses in the hub are reaping the benefits.
Sometimes the government can amaze you by carrying out some wonderful projects and you would just wonder if they were touched by God.
The price of crude oil as of 7th February stood at $93.27, its highest point in seven years.
A sum of N5.2 billion was recorded as spent for 52 isolation treatment centres in select hospitals across all states and the federal capital territory. Yet, a clip obtained by Dataphyte shows rickety beds in a poorly fitted isolation centre in a hospital that received a total sum of N950 million .
On the 26th of January, 2022, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) activated the multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary Lassa Fever Emergency Operations Centres in the country. Confirmed cases of Lassa fever in Nigeria that week stood at 170 and there were a total of 49 deaths from Lassa fever in January.
About 14.6% of Nigerians are unable to access adult medical services while 11.7% are unable to access child healthcare services. Another 9.5% cannot access maternal health care services.