{"id":280344,"date":"2023-07-20T17:20:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=280344"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:20:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T16:20:23","slug":"suspend-tcns-tender-for-electricity-meters-senate-urges-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/20\/suspend-tcns-tender-for-electricity-meters-senate-urges-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspend TCN\u2019s Tender For Electricity Meters &#8211; Senate Urges FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Says Local Manufacturers should be given opportunity of using CBN Intervention Funds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Senator Umeh said that the Senate should note that the duty of industry procurement regulators in every developing economy<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Senate has requested that the Federal Government urgently halt the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Tender for the World Bank-funded NMMP Phase 2 project.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Senate claims that this is necessary in order to conduct a thorough review of the procurement criteria in order to give local manufacturing and assembly priority in accordance with the local content and backward integration policy, which spurs economic growth for Nigeria while also fostering local capacity building.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Senate also decided that instead of relying on foreign financing for the National Mass Metering Programme, local manufacturers, the TCN, should be given the chance to receive CBN Intervention Funds.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Upper Chamber\u00a0 has also called on the TCN and other stakeholders to negotiate and engage the African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIM) and the African Development Bank (AFDB) \u201cfor alternative loan if World Bank loan conditions do not favour local economic growth at this critical time of massive unemployment and devaluation of Naira.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Resolutions of the Senate yesterday\u00a0 were sequel to a\u00a0 motion titled: \u201cUrgent Need to Protect Local Meter Manufacturers in the ongoing National Mass Metering Programme of the Federal Government\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was sponsored by Senator Victor Umeh, LP, Anambra Central.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Presenting the motion, Senator Umeh said that the Senate should\u00a0 note that the duty of industry procurement regulators in every developing economy, \u201cfirst and foremost, is to protect its local manufacturers and would only try to augment importation of goods and services where there is a clear-cut gap between local production and consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According\u00a0 to him, members of Association of Meter Manufacturers of Nigeria (AMMON) are capable of producing world standard smart meters, \u201chence the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) under Phase 1 of the Mass Metering Programme of the Federal Government, issued the Association, after a competitive Bidding Process a \u2018Letter of No Objection\u2019 to award four million meters in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Senator Umeh said that Senate was\u00a0 aware that the \u201cCentral Bank of Nigeria in 2020 undertook to fund the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) Phase 1 but after eight months of awards to local manufacturers, withdrew funding, which affected the workability of the Programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He said that the Senate is \u201calso aware that the World Bank has approved a loan of One Hundred and Fifty-Five Million US Dollars only ($155,000,<a href=\"tel:00000\">000.00<\/a>) for the National Mass Metering Programme;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUmeh said, that the Senate\u00a0 is \u201cWorried that the Ongoing World Bank funded NMMP Phase 2 seeks to promote foreign companies participation against competent and prequalified Local Meter Manufacturers will ultimately result in the loss of jobs and revenue. A deliberate policy to prioritize Local Manufacturing will catalyze job creation and economic growth;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cInformed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on behalf of the World Bank closed Bidding Advertisement on July 11, 2023 and further extended it to July 25, 2023 for the supply and installation of 1.2 million Smart Meters to the 11 Distribution Companies in Nigeria;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cCognizant that the Bidding Criteria put in place which can only be satisfied by foreign companies have totally marginalized and eliminated the participation of the 35 Local Meter Manufacturers;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAlso cognizant that the current Bidding Criteria do not only negate some policy initiatives that will facilitate the establishment of a Local Metering Industrial Base with its impact in terms of generating employment opportunities for Nigerians, it also enables loss of revenue to the nation by granting these foreign companies additional concession of a Custom duty waiver of 45%;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAlarmed that if the bidding process continues as it is, the outcome would be disastrous to members of the Association of Meter Manufacturers of Nigeria who have invested billions of Naira in the Sector and currently employs 10,000 workers directly and more than 30,000 workers indirectly; and<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cConcerned that if the Federal Government and other stakeholders do not make urgent intervention, the ongoing World Bank funded NMMP Phase 2 would ultimately encourage foreign company participation, loss of jobs and funds, to the detriment of local manufacturers and causing economic retrogression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In their contributions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/07\/17\/just-in-senator-kyari-emerges-acting-apc-national-chairman\/\">Senators<\/a> supported the motion and approved that the prayers be adopted by the Senate when they were put to voice vote by the 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