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By Tordue Salem The House of Representatives has summoned the Ministers of Power, Saleh Mamman and Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige and the Director-General of Pensions Commission, Hajia Aisha Dahir-Umar, over threats by the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees(NUEE) to shut down electricity transmission plants in the country. The House made the summons yesterday, after taking
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Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) supported the growth of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry by embracing the book written by Kofoworola Olokun-Olawoyin titled ‘The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry- Post Privatisation Realities, Trends and Challenges’ at its launch recently in Lagos.
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The Nigerian Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Monday stated that the privatization of the power sector in 2005 and 2013 was a grand scheme conceived with the intention to defraud Nigeria. Lawan also called on the Executive to, as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency in the power sector to overcome the
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FORMER President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said Africa politicians are replacing military coups with political coup d’ tat to remain in power but he, however, insisted that such cannot sustain the African continent.
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Alhaji Saleh Mamman, the Minister of Power has reiterated Federal Government’s determination to address the country`s power challenges. Mamman gave the assurance on Thursday in Doka, a community in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. He spoke at the commissioning of a 47.5 solar energy system at the Doka Rural Hospital, while charging members
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Alhaji Saleh Mamman, the Minister of Power has reiterated Federal Government’s determination to address the country`s power challenges.
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The Federal Government, Thursday, lamented that despite achievements recorded in the areas of power generation and transmission capacity increment, the Distribution Companies, DISCOs, were not doing enough to take the product to the consuming public.
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The erratic power supply across the country maybe heading for the worse as Organised Labour in the sector has threatened to down tools and begin a nationwide industrial action over pending labour issues.
Read More THE Federal Government’s Economic and Recovery Growth Plan, ERGP, set for realisation between 2017 and 2020 appears to have been scuttled by a drop in power supply from 4,000 megawatts to 2, 546 mw.
Read More Rockson Engineering Nigeria Limited, REN, weekend said that the delay in the completion of some of the power projects it handled in Nigeria was due to the failure of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria ,PHCN, and later the Niger Delta Power Holding Company,NDPHC, to abide by their contract obligations.
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