President Goodluck Jonathan has reconstituted two committees
on the power sector, with a pledge that the current stable power supply in the
country will be sustained even after the rainy season. The two committees,
whose reconstitution was triggered by the sudden resignation of the Minister of
Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji, on August 28, are the Presidential Action Committee on
Power (PACP) and the Presidential Task Force on Power.
The committees are charged with the responsibility of
overseeing the implementation of the Federal Government’s agenda for power
sector reforms.
In the reconstituted committees, Jonathan will retain the
chairmanship of PACP, which was established in June 2010 to provide leadership
and guidance for the rapid development of Nigeria’s power sector and determine
the general policy direction and strategic focus of reforms in the sector. Vice-President
Namadi Sambo will serve as the deputy chairman of the committee whose other
members shall include the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the
Head of Service, Chief of Staff to the President, Minister of Justice and
Attorney-General of the Federation, Coordinating Minister for the Economy and
Minister of Finance, Minister of Labour and Productivity, Minister of Power, Minister
of State for Power and Minister of Petroleum Resources.
Other members are Minister of National Planning, Chief
Economic Adviser to the President, Special Adviser to the President
(Performance Monitoring & Evaluation), Director-General, Bureau of Public
Enterprises (BPE), Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Group
Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),
Chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Chairman
of the Presidential Task Force on Power. The Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Power will serve as secretary of PACP.
However, Reynold Dagogo-Jack of the National Integrated
Power Project (NIPP) will assume the chairmanship of the Presidential Task
Force on Power, which has the duty of developing and driving the Federal
Government’s action plan for the power sector, as well as articulating a proper
plan of action for implementation in the areas of power generation,
transmission and distribution.
Other members of the recomposed task force are the Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Power; Chief Executive Officer, Transmission Company of
Nigeria (TCN); Managing Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Company; Chief
Executive Officer, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC); Chief Executive Officer, Geregu
Generation Company; Chief Executive Officer, Ughelli Generation Company; Chief
Executive Officer, Eko Distribution Company; Chief Executive Officer, Abuja
Distribution Company; Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Bulk Electricity
Company; Chief Executive Officer, Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria and Mr.
Evaristus Mogbo.
