GOVT FIRES PHCN CHIEFS OVEROUTAGE

THE Federal Government yesterday
sought to find answers to the worsening
state of electricity supply in the country,
as it summoned chief executive officers
of the 18 successor firms to the Power
Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and heads of all the agencies under the
Ministry of Power. While blaming certain elements within
the power sector for allegedly sabotaging
government’s efforts to improve the
sector, it announced a major shake-up in
the management of the sector. Consequently, Managing Director,
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN),
Akinwumi Bada; Head, Operator of the
Nigerian Electricity Market (ONEM),
Uzoma Achinanya; and Executive
Director, Human Resources, PHCN, Olushoga Muyiwa, were all sent on
compulsory retirement. It is the second time a major shake-up
would be announced in the power
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