Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Jonathan reconstitutes two committees on power

President Goodluck Jonathan has once more assured Nigerians and foreign investors that the progress made in the power sector remains irreversible.

The president gave this assurance while inaugurating two committees that he said will work day and night to ensure that Nigerians enjoy steady power supply despite the recent resignation of the minister of power, Barth Nnaji.
The committees are the presidential action committee on power which will headed by Mr Jonathan himself.
The other members of the presidential action committee on power include Vice President Namadi Sambo, the Secretary to the Federal Government, Anyim Pius Anyim, and the head of service of the federation, Isa Bello Sali.
Others are the chief of staff to the president, the Attorney General of the Federation, the coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, the Ministers of Labour and Productivity, power, Petroleum resources, and National Planning, the Chief Economic Adviser to the president, the personal adviser to the president on performance monitoring, the Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), the Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) , the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) and the Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
The second committee on power reconstituted by President Jonathan is the Presidential Task Force which will be headed by Engineer Beks Dagogo-Jack.
The other members of this committee are the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Pls, Rumundaka Wonodi, the Chief Executive Officer of Transmission Company of Nigeria, Olusola Akinniraye, the Chief Executive Officer of Abuja Electrity Distribution Company, Abdulganiyu Umar, the Chief Executive Officer of Ughelli Power Plc, Paul Umunna, the Chief Executive Officer of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Oladele Amoda.
Others are the Managing Director of Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited, James Olotu, the Managing Director of Nigeria Gas Company, Saidu Mohammed, the Chief Executive Officer of Geregu Power Plc, Adeyemi Adenuga, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Dere Awosika.

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