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Reps summon ministers, BPP, NERC, 2 others in power probe

by Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) power plants are set to be sold, therefore the House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance on Tuesday called Zainab Ahmed, the minister of finance, budget, and national planning, and Abubakar Aliyu, the minister of power, to testify.

The management of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading (NBET) Plc, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), and the NDPHC were also asked by the committee to discuss the reasoning for the proposed sale of the power plants.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) was questioned by the upper legislative chamber on the take-or-pay contract with a power generation firm, Azura Power West Africa Limited.

 

According to the contract, the Federal Government will give the corporation $33 million per month, power delivery or not.

The House had last month directed the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) to suspend the planned sale of the Calabar, Ihovbor, Olorunsogo, Omotosho and Geregu power plants.

The Chairman of the committee, James Faleke, who announced the invitation during Tuesday’s hearing in Abuja, said the committee would communicate the appropriate date for the meeting in a few days.

He said: “We will invite all these agencies. The heads of these agencies are to appear. We will communicate to them the appropriate date that will be convenient for all of us – at a later date.”

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