An Abuja Federal High Court has issued an interim order
restraining the Minister of Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, the Chairman of the
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Dr. Sam Amadi, and the Power
Holding Company of Nigeria from going ahead with the award of contract for
prepaid meters, pending the determination of a suit brought by a firm,
Ziklagsis Network Limited. The order was issued by Justice Gladys Olotu of a
Federal High Court in Abuja.
Ziklagsis Network Limited claimed that the PHCN had in 2003
entered into a tripartite agreement with it and Unistar High-Tech System Limited
for the maintenance of prepaid electricity meters. The firm also alleged that
the said agreement was frustrated by senior management personnel of the PHCN
through various manipulations.
An arbitral panel headed by Justice Kayode Eso, a retired
justice of the Supreme Court had earlier issued an order restraining the Power
Holding of Nigeria (PHCN) from awarding the contract to any other company pending
the determination of an appeal brought by a firm, Ziklagsis Network Limited. But
Nnaji was said to have vowed that the government of Nigeria would not be bound
by any court order.
PHCN had in 2003
entered into a tripartite agreement with Ziklagsis, Unistar High-Tech System
Limited for the maintenance of Prepaid Electricity Meters. Ziklagsis in separate letters to Nnaji and
Amadi alleged that the agreement was frustrated by very senior management staff
of the PHCN through various manipulations.
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