For those of you saying that "he's working", what has he actually done!? Power supply improved during the rainy season due to the abundance of water (don't get we use HEP). Baart actually resigned because the case of shady deals and his attempt to influence the power plants bidding process came to the attention of the union and they threatened to expose him!
2- he hasn't been able to implement any of his plans!
3- he is a pathethic looser! Thank you!

It baffles me still that an official of Nigerian govt resigned his position, i mean, it rarely happens here. He sure couldn't bear the evil within the sector, owing to his reputation. A scarce personality there.

Since Nigerians have proven they're not up to the task, in the Ministry of Power - we might need to employ the services of an expatriate to get the job done.

jmaine: Though am disappointed with his resignation . .but i keep wondering why peeps who labelled Nnaji a liar and part of team GEJ "clueless" cabinet are now singing his praises

The hypocrisy of you all stinks . .Damn !!!

I didn't praise him then and I am not praising him now.

i have abandoned my generator for the past 2 weeks and my repairer calling me to come and pick it up with little change gawd i bera go get it back ...fresh air#

I pray make Nigeria no crash by 2015. I tink we re headin 4 disaster. Unstable govt.

Imagine Biafra with the callibre & quality of ministers we have.

Nnaji, diezzani, anyim, okonjo. Can any other tribe fill dis void? Igbo kwenu...long live biafra!!!

wonderful!

asha 80: Power minister barth nnaji resigns

source;channels tv news scroll.

I believe he resigned to avoid conflict of interest. With the largely illiterate population and wicked persons in politics, it will be seen as corruption if any of the companies he has a stake in wins a bid for any of the PHCN companies. I hope GEJ can finish the job and sell PHCN in October. Generations of Nigerians will always thank you for your service in dismantling this monster. Bravo Prof, a patriot and a real African.

He resign because he was caught pants down by GEJ. No transparency in the bidding process as he has vested interest in Afam and enugu power companies.

asha 80:

are you sure about this?

I'm 100% cocksure miss. That is why the ilorin - offa rail service was halted since that occurence. Infact, they did the despicable act in a small town called Ogbondoroko along the route.

I am guessing Retardeen must have said something really daft to warrant the Prof tendering his resignation.

It is abundantly glaring that this President Retardeen's regime is the most corrupt, led by an obtuse and empty headed shoeless and clueless fisherman from Otueke.

Hang on Nigerians, there is NO light at the end of this dark tunnel that GEJ has set us on!

bittyend: Since Nigerians have proven they're not up to the task, in the Ministry of Power - we might need to employ the services of an expatriate to get the job done.

i guess that is the best thing to do

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If this number of people viewing this thread takes to the street to request for explanation into why Nnaji resigned, i believe Jonathan he realize he cant keep taking Nigerians for granted with his selfishness, deceit and endless corruprion.

of course he's my kinsman and very senior professional colleague. but d allegation against him sounds very strong and unethical which one expects person of his caliber to understand before entangling himself in such issues, so i won't side with him. but let's wait and hear d factual details before passing judgement. this is very unfortunate. he has put in a lot of work both as adviser and minister of power.

i guess Prof Bolaji Aluko, current VC Federal University, Bayelsa, may be d next candidate. just my guess...

Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji



By Chineme Okafor

[b]Participation by two companies linked to the Minister of Power, Professor Bart Nnaji, in the power privatisation process has compelled the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to cancel the technical bid evaluation process conducted for Afam Generation Company Limited and Enugu Distribution Company Limited.

The NCP, after its meeting last Friday, had announced the results of the technical evaluation conducted for the 25 bids it received last month for the six generation companies (Gencos) created from the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

From that process, seven bidders were said to have successfully met the cut-off mark of 750 and above during the technical evaluation process and were prequalified to have their financial bids open on September 25.

They are: Phoenix Electricity, Transcorp Consortium and Ampiron Power Distribution Limited, which bid for Ughelli Power Company; CMEC Energy and GPN Nestoil Power Services Limited for Sapele Power Company; while Ampiron Power Distribution Limited, Mainstream Energy Solution Limited and North South Power Company Limited were prequalified for Geregu, Kainji and Shiroro Power Companies respectively.

However, THISDAY learnt that the NCP was silent on the bidders that were prequalified for the Afam Power Station owing to the potential conflict of interest that had arisen during the privatisation process.

An NCP source informed THISDAY that before the consideration of the report of the evaluation, Nnaji, who is a member of the NCP by virtue of his position as Minister of Power, had brought it to the attention of the council that O & M Solutions of Pakistan, a member of one of the consortia bidding for Afam, had worked as a contractor for Geometric Power.

The consortium, in which O & M Solutions has a stake, is Skipper Nigeria Limited, which had submitted technical and financial bids for Afam on July 17, the deadline set by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) for the submission of bids for the Gencos.

Other companies that bid for Afam, a power plant in Rivers State with an installed capacity of 776mw, are Primeniza Energy Limited and NPG Consortium.

The minister further notified the NCP that Geometric Power has a minority stake in Eastern Electric Nigeria Limited, which had submitted technical and financial bids for Enugu Distribution Company Limited on July 31.

He also informed the council that owing to his position, he had notified President Goodluck Jonathan of his company’s bid for Enugu Distribution Company, and brought it to their attention that although he has an interest in Geometric Power, he had resigned from its board and transferred his shares to a blind trust.

Nnaji had on several occasions maintained that since his appointment as the president’s Special Adviser on Power and later as Minister of Power, he had resigned his appointment in Geometric Power, transferred his shares to a blind trust and does not participate in the day-to-day operations of the company.

Geometric Power, a pioneering independent power producer, was set up by Nnaji and built the 22mw Emergency Power Plant in Abuja. It is in the process of rounding off the construction of an integrated power plant in Aba, Abia State.

Following this disclosure, Nnaji was said to have excused himself from the consideration of the report of the technical bids.

Having been informed of Nnaji’s direct and indirect interest in two companies being privatised, the NCP source said that the council decided to cancel the technical evaluation that had been conducted for Afam and disbanded the evaluation team.

It also decided to stop the evaluation of the Enugu Disco, which is still ongoing, and would likewise disband the evaluation team.

The decision to cancel the evaluation for both companies, the source explained, was premised on the fact that all major stakeholders in the power privatisation process had been asked to send nominees to participate in the evaluation process.

“The BPE had a nominee, the power minister sent a nominee, NERC (Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission) sent a nominee, NIAF (Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Fund) sent a nominee, and BPE advisers sent nominees.

“So the council had no way of guaranteeing that the minister’s nominee, during the evaluation of the technical bids, was not biased,” the NCP source said.

He added that it was on this basis that the NCP decided to cancel the technical bid evaluation process for Afam and Enugu (which is still ongoing), and that other evaluation teams, without the minister’s nominees, would be reconstituted to re-evaluate the bids submitted for the PHCN successor companies.

He said the evaluation process for Afam is not expected to exceed three days, adding that the report should reach the NCP either this week or early next week, while that of Enugu would be submitted alongside the report of other Discos.

The source said NCP had taken the decision because it was imperative for the process to be transparent and fair, as any hiccup could mar the entire programme.

However, it is uncertain if NCP’s decision to re-evaluate the bid submitted for the Enugu Disco would still comply with the rules of the privatisation programme.

Providing clarification on the rules of the privatisation process, which the NCP had approved during his tenure as Director General of the BPE, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, said although the Public Enterprises (Privatisation and Commercialisation) Act, 1999, does not bar staff of the BPE and council members from participating in the process, the Code of Ethics does so.

According to him, “The Code of Ethics, which the NCP approved during my tenure as a subsidiary legislation, as permitted under the Act, prohibits staff of the BPE and every member of the council, whether statutory or co-opted, from participating in the purchase of shares through the privatisation programme.

“This was approved by NCP and I am certain the present DG can provide you with the Code of Ethics, if you want it.”[/b]

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/privatisation-bids-cancelled-over-firms-linked-to-nnaji/123388/


I hope this was what happened,though I suspect the are more stuffs beneath all these

playah P: For those of you saying that "he's working", what has he actually done!? Power supply improved during the rainy season due to the abundance of water (don't get we use HEP). Baart actually resigned because the case of shady deals and his attempt to influence the power plants bidding process came to the attention of the union and they threatened to expose him!
2- he hasn't been able to implement any of his plans!
3- he is a pathethic looser! Thank you!

other years, rain no dey fall for rainy season?

So, there was war ina Babylon? No wonder, for the past 2 days the hitherto improving power supply in my area went into comma again.

asha 80:

i guess that is the best thing to do

I'm an expatriate, and I should able to get the job done.

tempest01: other years, rain no dey fall for rainy season?

no mind am rain koo krain nii

Nnaji was accussed of spending of N400M and journalists,he was also accussed of fraudulent activities none of which he was able to defend.
One of the companies bidding for the privatization of the power sector was also link to Oga Barth,GEJ asked him to resign to cover the truth.

Pataki: I am guessing Retardeen must have said something really daft to warrant the Prof tendering his resignation.

It is abundantly glaring that this President Retardeen's regime is the most corrupt, led by an obtuse and empty headed shoeless and clueless fisherman from Otueke.

Hang on Nigerians, there is NO light at the end of this dark tunnel that GEJ has set us on!

The man resigned honourably because he was involved in some shady deals, yet you think he shouldn't have resigned, no?

Are you dumb, or just stupid?

asha 80:

just pray anyway that whoever that will take over from him would strive to make the power issue better otherwise we would be back to business as usual.

^^^Just heard Angel Gabriel is coming down from Heaven to take over from him, so that's your prayer answered.

Maybe he is afraid of being probe.

Geometric power owned by Nnaji has been in business in Nigeria since early 2000. The company was doing Alaoji power plant at Aba. I read that European union gave the company a grant of over €250m to help actualize the power plant. Rumours , rumours ....

jona didn't wait to 2013 to surprise us

Professor Bart Nnaji remain a proficient minister. He did his best and let his records defend him. The next minister will be announced soonest and kudos to GEJ's 2013 target. It's a long-term progress. GEJ till 2019

bittyend:

The man resigned honourably because he was involved in some shady deals, yet you think he shouldn't have resigned, no?

Are you dumb, or just stupid?

Ask your father if I am silly - mannerless goat.

This is the first time GEJ is delivering. Nice one! If as a minister he compromised his position by boldly using a power company linked to him, then that is the height of disrespect and corruption. Even OBJ used other people's companies . Barth has balls. Its best he took the easy way out. I am liking this GEJ. We need people qualified and a transparent process in bidding for our power generation, transmission and distribution. Now that he is no longer minister, he is free to apply and bid. We need people focused on their jobs ONLY. If everyone comes to chop, wetin go remain? He abused his power.

Pataki:
Ask your father if I am silly - mannerless goat.

I just asked my father, and he said; "never take anyone who calls himself IMPORTANT (Pataki), seriously!"

Are you happy now? - consummate ret.ard!