“It is either they are ready to invest or the government should review the privatisation they did and look for genuine investors that have money and can make it work
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has appealed to stakeholders in the power sector to partner the…
Fashola, who spoke in an interview with newsmen at the site of the 2 X 60 MVA 132/33 KV Sub-Station Kukwaba Power Project during a continuation of the nationwide inspection, verification and fact finding tour of projects under his ministry, said the ready acceptance of the new tariff order would also galvanize the sector and boost power sector investments, which would in turn usher in more development in the country
He said: “We are looking for stronger role by private sector in the power industries to support Nigeria for better generation, transmission and distribution
On the privatization of the power sector, the Minister said Nigeria is now a model to copy as the Ghanaian Minister of Power, Kwabena Donkor, was in Nigeria last week to tap from the success achieved in Nigeria’s power privatization exercise
At home in Kano last weekend, neighbours said they hadn’t seen light for five days in my part of the GRA. In normal times, you got more power supply here than those who lived in slum sections of the outer city
Phillips Oduoza, the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, UBA Plc, said this while speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week
This he said will be a welcome development to Nigeria, as such strategic partnership is in consonance with African Brotherhood and solidarity. Recalling the days preceding the emergence of majority rule in South-Africa, Professor Nebo said Nigeria was there t o ensure political freedom for South-Africans
According to Okeke, 308 trainees comprising 291 males and 17 female, as well as 236 electrical engineers and 72 mechanical engineers are involved in the programme
Jonathan, who was represented by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, gave the assurance at the 10th Lagos International Trade Fair
Nwankwo was speaking at a one-day workshop for the South-South, South-East and South-West geopolitical zones on Effective Sub-National Debt Management for Top Policy Makers in the states
Jonathan said: “My Administration has embarked on a number of reforms especially in the Power and Energy Sectors, Road Construction and Infrastructural Development to mention but a few. Just in the last two weeks, my government completed the biggest transfer of power assets in Africa to private investors