Generator suppliers forced me to resign –Prof. Barth Nnaji. Fourteen months after his sudden exit from President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet, ex-Minister of Power and the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Power Limited, Prof. Barth Nnaji, on Friday opened up on the “powerful interests” he claimed forced him out of office. Nnaji said, “When 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. “When 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. “I’m pleased that today(Friday) is the physical handover of all the generation and distribution companies to private sector. I’m very proud of this rigorous plan and discipline and the follow through. “But this success story came with all manner of challenges. Some people were trying to hack me down and it was just tremendous. “We had challenges from generator suppliers; diesel suppliers; people in government benefiting from having to award contracts and even the contractors themselves and all manner of people – they were all calling for my head. “But we were able to go to the point of no return and this is a credit to Nigeria.”
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 12:18:54 +0000
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