Special Adviser to the President on Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, has said that some people benefiting from the rot in the power sector are fighting hard to derail the implementation of the Federal Government‘s power sector road map.
He identified the alleged saboteurs as some Power Holding Company of Nigeria workers, electrical contractors and importers of generators.
He said,” Think of it this way, the headquarters of corruption is with electricity distribution sector because you cannot have a transformer easily. For instance, the distribution companies in the last five years have not been audited. So by privatising them, you wipe out corruption there.
”Only for a period will the government be involved in the purchase of power. With time there will be a direct arrangement for purchase of power through bilateral agreement. So corruption is going to be drastically reduced there. Some people are not happy about it. Now they are fighting back to ensure that all manner of contracts don‘t go. Not to talk of those profiting from Nigerians who are using generators.”
Nnaji who spoke exclusively to SUNDAY PUNCH also said the leadership of the electricity unions fighting the Federal Government reform was doing so for selfish reasons.
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