NIGERIA- The
Federal Government has constituted a power investors’ committee to tackle the
challenges and drawbacks in The Power Privatiation, the Director-General (DG)
of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Ezra Dikki, has
revealed.
The
DG said the committee, which was similar to the bankers’ committee in Nigeria,
was chaired by the vice president and chairman of the National Council on
Privatisation (NCP), Namadi Sambo.
The
DG, who was represented by the Head, Stakeholders Relations Unit of the Bureau,
Alhaji Aliyu Maigari, at an interactive session with members of the House
Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation, the new owners of the Power
Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor companies and the BPE during the
committee’s oversight visit to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company
(IBEDC), said that the committee would meet quarterly to review issues and take
critical decisions onthe the privatised power sector.
He
said the membership was drawn from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory
Commission (NERC), Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET), Ministry
of Power, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), Bureau of
Public Enterprises (BPE) and other relevant stakeholders.
The
DG, in an apparent response to a suggestion by the committee for the immediate
constitution of an all stakeholders’ committee to address the challenges faced
in the power sector, said it would amount to a duplication of efforts to set up
a similar committee.
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