{"id":34706,"date":"2022-07-14T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T11:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=34706"},"modified":"2022-07-14T11:52:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T11:52:41","slug":"discos-privatisation-council-enlightens-public-on-fgs-restructuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/07\/14\/discos-privatisation-council-enlightens-public-on-fgs-restructuring\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCOs: Privatisation council enlightens public on FG\u2019s restructuring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2021\/12\/18\/nlc-plans-national-protest-on-feb-1-over-fuel-subsidy-removal\/\">The National Council on Privatisation<\/a> (NCP) says it is necessary to inform the public about measures taken by the Federal Government concerning the board of various DISCOs across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Alex Okoh, said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Reports have it that on July 5, BPE and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission informed the public of the restructuring of the boards of Kano, Benin and Kaduna DISCOs.<\/p>\n<p>This was done following the collateralised shares of the DISCOs by the lenders which included Afreximbank, Keystone Bank, Stanbic IBTC, as well as Fidelity Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Okoh said the attention of the NCP had been drawn to an Interim Order of the Federal High Court dated July 8.<\/p>\n<p>He said this was in respect of a suit between Vigeo Power Limited and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/03\/09\/iwd-fidelity-bank-supports-girls-academy-with-n10m-ict-facility\/\">Fidelity Bank Plc<\/a> and seven others over the board composition of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing this unfortunate development, it has become imperative for the council to educate the staff of BEDC and the public, particularly those within the BEDC franchise area comprising Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states.<\/p>\n<p>He said Government\u2019s steps were published and aired in the print and electronic media across the country and indeed the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, the NCP wishes to state that the board composition of both BEDC and the other four DISCOs was concluded July 5, three days before the purported court order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The director-general said for the avoidance of doubt, the council wished to put the records straight as follows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFidelity Bank informed the council, via its secretariat, the BPE, that they have activated the call on the collateralised shares of Vigeo Power Limited in BEDC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d Fidelity Bank\u2019s action is a contractual and commercial intervention between the core investor (Vigeo Power Limited) and the lender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBPE is involved because of the 40 per cent shareholding of the government in the BEDC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okoh added that the Federal Government decided to appoint a new board of BEDC to safeguard the industry and support market stabilisation through restructuring and repositioning.<\/p>\n<p>He said that this would help to serve the citizens of the franchise area better.<\/p>\n<p>Okoh said the new board for BEDC had KC Akuma as Chairman, Adeola Ijose, Charles Omoera, Yomi Adeyemi, director-general, BPE as members, and Henry Ajagbawa as Managing Director.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the government would work to ensure no service disruptions during these transitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain committed to supporting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/06\/27\/chogm-2022-buhari-returns-home-from-kigali-lauds-nigerian-youths\/\">Nigerian Electricity Supply<\/a> Industry to serve Nigerians better.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe General public is therefore advised to be appropriately guided.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) says it is necessary to inform the public about measures taken by the Federal Government concerning the board of various DISCOs across the country. 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