{"id":98531,"date":"2022-08-24T05:17:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T04:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98531"},"modified":"2022-08-24T05:17:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T04:17:11","slug":"power-probe-reps-invite-ministers-nerc-nbet-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/power-probe-reps-invite-ministers-nerc-nbet-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Power probe: Reps invite ministers, NERC, NBET, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m70644\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House of Representatives\u2019 Committee on Finance has resolved to invite the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; and Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, to answer queries in its ongoing investigation of planned sale of power plants belonging to the Niger Delta Power Holding Company.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nOthers to appear before the committee are the managements of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, the Bureau of Public Procurement and the NDPHC.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is to extend the invitation after grilling top officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria for two consecutive days \u2013 Monday and Tuesday \u2013 without getting satisfactory answers to questions bothering on take-or-pay agreement with a power Generation Company, Azura Power West Africa Limited, forcing the country to pay the firm $33m monthly whether it supplies power or not.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the committee, James Faleke, said, \u201cWe will invite all these agencies. 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We will communicate to them the appropriate date that will be convenient for all of us \u2013 at a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faleke made this known at the committee\u2019s continued investigative hearing in Abuja on Tuesday, where the lawmakers faulted the failure of the TCN to construct a power line to convey energy from Azura power plant, forcing the company to joggle the Osogbo-Benin power line between power stations.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives\u2019 Committee on Finance has resolved to invite the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; and Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, to answer queries&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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