Nigerian spends more than 3.5 trillion on generators

Nigerian manufacturers, small scale businesses and families spend an average of N3.5 trillion yearly to power their generating sets with diesel and petrol due to unstable supply of electricity.
Mr. Festus Mbisiogu, President of Good Governance Initiative, GGI, a Non-Governmental Organisation, who stated this, pointed out that 70 percent of the problems facing the country could be effectively solved through effective power supply.
He noted that epileptic power supply  has posed incalculable hardship to Nigerians, adding that Nigeria has become a dumping ground for all manner of sub-standard generating sets, apart from being one of the highest importers of generating sets in the world to  the tune  of  N17.9 billion  annually.

According to him,  due to  lack of electricity, most businesses have to rely on generators, which are very expensive to run, adding that the unfortunate development  has forced many companies to close  down because they could no longer remain competitive.

Mbisiogu, a Nigerian businessman based in China, however, commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the slight improvement witnessed in the sector in the last one year as it has gradually moved from 3000 megawatt in 2011 to 4500 megawatt in 2012.
The GGI president disclosed  that statistics from the  Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) showed that it spends about N800 billion to power its industrial generating sets to remain afloat, while other small scale private businesses, banks and traders in various markets across the country spend over N2 trillion fuelling their  generators to have power.
“In the banking sector, each branch spends over N4 million on diesels in a month, multiply it by the number of branches in Nigeria. An average family man spends over 60,000 in a month on fuel, apart from the maintenance.  Statistics show that every week, 5 to 10 people die as result of smoke from generator. Life expectancy in china is 75 years while in Nigeria it is 45 years because our leaving standard is very poor,” he said.
Narrating his personal experience in Nigeria as an industrialist which according to him was at variance with his experience in China, Mbisiogu said: “To keep my Shanghai Engineering Construction Works and Industry Limited working effectively in Nigeria, I have to spend N30 million on generators alone which consume over N2 million worth of diesel every month, apart from its maintenance cost.
“I have never experienced such in many years I have been operating same business and other businesses in China because China recognizes that power remains the key driver of the economy. How could China have had over 30,000 robust manufacturers, and how could every family have had a business in its compound if their experience were like that of Nigerians?”

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Pisces

Strengths	Weaknesses
Intuitive	Emotional and sensitive
Empathetic	Prone to wistfulness
Not interested in material things	Has mood swings
Has a sharp memory	Inflexible

Date Range: February 20 – March 20
Symbol: The Fish
Ruling Planet: Neptune
Quality: Mutable
Element: Water
Basic Trait: I Believe
Closest Metal: Germanium and Strontium
Lucky Day: Thursday
Lucky Colors: Silver, Sea Greens, Mauve, Purple and Violet
Lucky Gems: Amethyst
Lucky Flowers: Iris, Orchids, Violets and Water LiliesPisces is the last sign of the zodiac, which has the symbol of ‘The Fish’. Pisces people are not much interested in the material things of life and are not the ones to run after money. It’s not that they are against riches, but they are more aware of its impermanence. They are not greedy about anything, least of all wealth. A Piscean has an easy carelessness about tomorrow. Pisces display either of the two basic personalities traits – going with the flow or against it. They will either go where the current takes them or fight against it.Only if they choose the latter one, will they be truly happy and satisfied with their life. When they manage to do this, they are sure to reach the highest echelons of success. A Piscean characteristics profile exhibits loads of charm and a very easygoing attitude. He is not bothered by restrictions, as long as he has the right to dream and live his own life. Radical opinions do not stimulate him at all, nor do insults make him agitated. Very few things compel him to lose his temper. When a Pisces does get angry, it is better to stay away.He can give the most sarcastic comments, be extremely rude and lash you with a scathing tongue. The best part is that the anger seldom lasts long and he will be his usual placid self again. When he sees the world, his eyes seem to be covered with rose-colored spectacles. Pisceans live in the world of their own, even when they are completely aware of the rough side of humanity. In their world, everyone is good and everything is beautiful. They have a very sharp memory and tend to remember the minutest of details.When we give a description of Pisces personality, one of the basic traits that come in mind is its soothing stability. Even in the worst of storms, a Piscean will never panic and will maintain his poise. He has a good intuition and if he tells you not to go out of the house on a particular day, it is better to stay indoors. Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac and represents death and eternity. It has a blend of the qualities of all the other zodiacs. It is because of this fusion that it becomes very difficult to truly understand a Pisces. He is a great organizer and pays attention to details (like Virgo), has a fair and detached judgment (like Libra), is sympathetic and moody (like Cancer), displays honesty and kindness (like Sagittarius), loves people and attention (like Leo) and is analytical (like Aquarius). At the same time, he talks very quickly and expertly (like Gemini), is passive and stubborn (like Taurus), can know your deepest secrets (like Scorpio), shows dedication to duty (like Capricorn) and overflows with optimism, innocence and zeal (like Aries).
A Piscean likes to argue, loves nature and holds fierce ambitions. He is deeply interested in music and art. He has great wisdom and is very compassionate towards the weak. He loves to help people in distress and utilizes most of his energy doing this only. You will never know when a Piscean is profoundly hurt. He hides his deepest emotions behind a veil of humor. The humor may be warm and innocent or cold and ruthless. However, it is sure to be a mask for some other emotion, more often than not.
Laughter is his best cover and he will use it wisely. He has compassion for the sick and even tries to understand the feelings of the lonely. Even those who are weak by choice will get Pisces shoulder to cry on. He never judges people and accepts them just as they are. He knows all your vices and virtues, understands them and will still be there if you need him. He wants to help everyone; still most of the people fail to understand the sensitivity of the fish. He absorbs the positive as well as the negative vibrations around him.
The world needs the creativity, imagination and empathy of Pisceans and they know it. Very often, they bury their own dreams to see their loved ones realizing their ambitions. One quality of Pisceans that is very annoying is that they hate to answer questions in a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Mostly, the answer will be a ‘Maybe’. Still, he cares and he lets you know that. He is much stronger and wiser than most of the other people, he only has to realize it. The moment he struggles against the tide, you know he will reach the shore before anyone else.

Aries

 Zodiac Signs

Traits of Aries' character - March 21 and April 20

THE Zodiacal Sign of Aries commences on March 21st, but for next seven days, it does not come into its full power. It starts loosing the power form May 14th. For seven days it is gradually losing its strength on account of becoming overlapped by the "cusp" of the incoming sign -Taurus.

People who were born in this section of the year have unusually strong will power and great obstinacy of purpose. They are usually born to be fighters in every sense of the world: they have also the greatest ability as organizers on a large scale. They find themselves as the organizers of big schemes or as the heads of big businesses, and also in the organization and development of countries.

They seem naturally to resent all criticism, and the only way to offset this in them is by quiet logic, reason, and proof.

These people are usually independent in everything they do. It is really important for them to do everything in their own way, and if they are intervene with other people they generally loose the shapes of the main purpose, step back and let the other person take their place.


As a rule they are unhappy in their domestic life. It is very difficult for such people to meet a member of the opposite sex who would understand them, and if opposition does not upset them from this point it usually does through their children.

Yet these people, be they men or women, deeply, fervently and strongly desire for affection and sympathy, more than anything else, and this is generally the rock on which they are finally wrecked if they have not the good fortune to meet their right affinities.

As far as material success or power is concerned, there are no heights to which persons born in this sign wouldn’t be able to. Success, however, is not making them feel really happy and satisfied.

They are inclined to lack caution, being by nature impulsive and quick in thought and action.

They are and inclined to mike enemies very easily. They are enormously ambitious, as a rule they succeed in life and gain money and position.

The lower type of this sign will stick at nothing to accomplish their purpose. The higher type are good masters, but at the same time severe in discipline and more or less unbending in everything they expect from other people. All representatives of this sign have a distinct desire to peer into the future, perhaps because they are impatient for things to develop. They are inclined to prophesy what will take place, and are often succeed in that.

As a general rule, the men born in this part of the year suffer a great deal through their affections; they seldom understand women, and make lots of serious mistakes in their relations with them.

For both sexes, they are happy only at moments when they are absolutely absorbed with their work and manage to overcome of obstacles.

All people and especially those who were born in this sign seldom get through life without receiving cuts, wounds, or blows to the head, either from accidents or violence.

Aries - The Sing of the Ram
Mars is the Aries' ruling planet . It makes the people of this sign have an active life, constantly giving them the reserve of energy. That makes them careless, unruly, ambitious and competitive.This sign's place in the horoscope - first - and the people of this sign also want to be first in all . Aries is a very much self-confident sign . Aries' symbol - is a ram- an animal, which tries to get everything by impact of a head, and everyone, who ever dealed with people who's sign is the Aries knows, that they go directly to their purpose as persistently as the rams.
Friends
They will find their more lasting friendships and affections with those born on their own period or between July 21 and August 20-27, and from November 21 to December 20-27; and also from the center of their triangle, September 21 to October 20-27.
Health
People born in this period should have more time to sleep than almost anyone else. They usually overwork their brains, and are inclined to suffer from headache, trouble with the eyes and other things concerned the head. And they are liable to get cuts and wounds in the head, and they usually run danger from fire. Such people usually demand a constant medical attention.
Color
The most harmonious color for them is all shades of red -crimson, rose, and pink, but if they are ill- all shades of blue and violet are most soothing and beneficial to them.
Stones
The birth stones for this period are rubies, garnets, and bloodstones.

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Seducing an Aries Man

How to Seduce an Aries Man

He is impatient, impulsive, self-absorbed and direct but yet he turns you on and challenges your every move. He might be your boss, he might be a colleague but somehow he got under your skin and slid right into your fantasies. All that an Aries man has to do is walk through your line of sight and he has you, salivating for more and changing your panties. With all that confidence and natural charm, he can have whatever or whomever he desires and more. How can you get him to notice you? What does it take to wake up in his bed every morning? Though the Aries man himself isn’t simple, seducing him is. One you seduce him, be prepared to work… though let us cross that bridge when we get there.

Seduction, emulating… when it comes to an Aries man it is all the same. He wants a worthy adversary, someone to challenge him and make him work. He wants a partner that is just as good if not better than he. As a person of interest YOU MUST be able to give as good as you get. The Aries man is all business all the time. He gives everything he has at everything he wants but how long he wants it is up to you. His determination does not let him stop until he conquers a task but once he completes a task his impulsive drive moves him on to another. He needs to see your layers and know that just because he has fully explored one, there are many more to follow. Get him to explore those layers by letting him think it was his idea to begin with.
Start with a smile and your intelligence. If you are not of common sense and a sound communicator, move on and cut your losses. Your smile and bright eyes as you recognize or complement something he works on will be your way in. The more conversation and I mean conversation of substance now not just facts or stats, will give you the opportunity to slide into HIS fantasies and make him think of ways to seduce you. As you continue to recognize his good points pepper a few double entendres throughout the conversation. He will continue to show off to you and up the anty with his flirting but do not give in so easily. The quicker you give in, the quicker he will want to move on to something else. Have fun with the flirting, make it a challenge. As long as he knows he is making progress, he will continue to bring his a-game. Remember, making his cheeks blush is probably making something lower flush. That is a good thing because to snag an Aries man you have to be able to turn both of his heads on.
The Aries man wants a partner who is full of confidence, has a brain but isn’t afraid to use it, and has a life. Within that confidence and intelligence should be a partner that has a naughty and impulsive streak. The more you feel you can let loose and express your desires no matter how crazy will give you more time with the man you desire. He is comfortable flying by the seat of his pants… with or without the pants on him mind you. Making him believe you are a worthy mate is showing him you can keep up his pace and then some out in the street or later on between the sheets. Never let the flirting falter, it is the one thing Aries men love in spades. It keeps their mind sharp, their blood pumping and that sweet extension below the belt hard.
One thing you will never have to worry is the time involved to seduce your man. In this case, when an Aries is turned on, their direct approach and impatient nature work to your favor. They want what they want as soon as they can get it and will be happy with any part of it. Once they get you, do not give him all of you just yet. Piece by piece, layer by layer;  just like the way you seduced him. When you get that first date, understand that everything depends on his first impressions. The clothes you wear, the way you smell will be very important to him. Your clothing should show confidence and make an impact to complement the scent that promises at lot more fun later. If you pick the place for the date, make sure it has style and character. Always be in the moment and in the mood. Dazzle him with your smiles, impress him with real intelligence and keep him on his toes with your witty banter and well placed flirts.
As the first date ends, when you say good night – go in as you would for the kiss but move to his ear and say “thank you for the evening” as sexy as you please. When you leave him afterward, you will leave him with a smirk on his face and the need for more. Consistently give him more, little by little at each date. Tease him too much with no sense of progress and he will deem you lame and move on. When you finally get to the kiss and then later the sex… give as good as you get. Let him taste your lust and let him feel your heat. If that kiss rocks his core then he will be back for a whole lot more. Enjoy, because all your hard work has paid off.
In the end, the Aries man wants to feel loved and needed. He wants to feel as if he is protecting, providing and being everything he can for his mate. Stay honest and direct and praise his good points. Be flexible to allow for his impulsiveness and understand at times he is quite impatient and sports a jealous streak. Take advantage of his lustful and romantic sides, there you will always win. The Aries man is an excellent partner, you made the right choice. Now go and have the best time of your life.