{"id":19274,"date":"2013-11-12T14:50:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=19274"},"modified":"2013-11-12T14:50:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:50:46","slug":"generator-suppliers-forced-me-to-resign-nnaji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/generator-suppliers-forced-me-to-resign-nnaji\/","title":{"rendered":"Generator suppliers forced me to resign \u2013Nnaji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\">\u201cWhen I came in as Special Adviser on Power to the President and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power, I said we should take this power issue as an act of parliament and implement it to the letter.<\/span><br style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\" \/><br style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\" \/><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\">\u201cWhen you hear of the Power Sector Reform Road Map, it is the plan for the implementation of a law for the reform of the power sector and we did not go outside of that as we pursued it vigorously and boosted investor confidence.<\/span><span style=\"display: inline; color: #333333; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; line-height: 15.454545021057129px;\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased that today(Friday) is the physical handover of all the generation and distribution companies to private sector. 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