ABUJA— AGAIN, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee for the position of chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Professor Akintunde Akinwande, yesterday failed to present himself for Senate screening.

For the second time in one month, the nominee shunned the Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe-led committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy.

The committee had, last month, invited Akinwande and other nominees for screening, but the screening was put on hold due to failure of Akinwande to appear, just as he failed to fill all the columns where he ought to have provided his needed information for the committee.
But in a swift reaction, the Presidency denied the reports, saying Akinwande was simply trying to formalise his resignation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he works.

But at a second screening session convened yesterday by Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe and other members of the committee, Akinwande was not just absent, but informally told the committee that he was not available for the job.



A source in the committee disclosed that Akinwande sent a text message to a member of the committee that he was not interested in the job.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, who tried to persuade the committee not to interprete Akinwande’s absence to mean that he had declined the President’s nomination, said: “I would want to plead with the committee that the nominee was simply absent. I will communicate with the President and get more information about him and get back.”

This remark was quickly rebuffed by members of the committee, who openly declared that they had tried enough and would not be ready to reconvene a third screening session for Akinwande.

At this point, a member of the committee, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi (APC, Kaduna North) who threw a question at Ita Enang, querried: “But if somebody says I will not be able to make it, what does he imply?”
Apparently confused about the development, Enang could not respond to Hunkuyi’s question.

Meanwhile, the committee has disclosed that it would prepare its final report and submit to the Senate which will take final decision on Akinwande’s nomination.
According to a source, Akinwande turned down the nomination “because he was not consulted before the nomination was made and was not ready to leave his present businesses to take up the job.”

Nominee calls for thorough monitoring of DISCOs
Meanwhile, Sanusi Garba, the Vice Chairmanship nominee from Katsina State during the screening, yesterday, lampooned the power sector, saying to say it was in bad shape was simply an understatement, even as he said that deficit revenue in the sector was approaching one trillion Naira.

According to him, the sector is that bad because it lacks a good regulator, promising that the new board, when put in place, would right the wrongs, adding that Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, went into agreement to run the sector, but noted that because of lack of proper supervision, they had failed to function properly.

He said it had become imperative for the sector to be overhauled, if Nigeria must attract foreign investors.
Others who appeared for the screening were Nathan Rogers Shatti; Professor Frank Okafor; Musiliu Olalekan Oseni and Dafe Akpeneye, among others.

source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2016/12/buharis-nominee-akinwande-shuns-senates-screening-nerc-job/

No matter how intelligent you are if you keep associating with a dullard you will also be regarded as a dullard in no time.

Dem no fit find anoda person? Or d man doesn't want to associate himself wit anythn abt d current govt?

Professor Akintunde Akinwande a man who doesn't want to taint his reputation with Incompetence........ Buhari never listens to his Advisers unless from his Uncle Mamman Daura or Babachir Lawal


Sir, surely your services will be needed in 2019 under a good Democratic Leader.




#Atiku2019

So much controversies since this man was nominated for the top job.Baba should let him go biko.....

Why would i leave a fulfilling career at MIT only to come work for a directionless government filled with quacks and a head honcho who'd rather hire 70 lawyers than just simply show us his O'level cert? You damn right, makes no sense.

Gone r the days wen people lobby heavily and share ghana must go bags just to secure nomination. Change is truly here at last!

blackpanda:
Gone r the days wen people lobby heavily and share ghana must go bags just to secure nomination. Change is truly here at last!

change is here because Buhari takes all the money to himself alone.


yeye change.

kettle84:
change is here because Buhari takes all the money to himself alone.


yeye change.

Loool....eyah. Don't let d pains eat u all up

Could it be as a result of emptiness of the brain?

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out of topic,
pls i want to know where are the money buari seized?, who use them? who are saving them?

His business. Next junction please

Lol... Will you want to serve under this mess of a govt?

Na only Kemi adeosun i pity for this Government.

Person innocent woman just come enter bad government .

After 2019, am sure not even a micro finance bank would employ her.

Fipa!

lols, I don't blame the man, this government us just a hog wash, confused, lacks direction or foresight. we inia long thing till 2019

OluKayy:
Why would i leave a fulfilling career at MIT only to come work for a directionless government filled with quacks and a head honcho who'd rather hire 70 lawyers than just simply show us his O'level cert? You damn right, makes no sense.

Bros take am easy Na

nice development

baybeeboi:
Na only Kemi adeosun i pity for this Government.

Person innocent woman just come enter bad government .

After 2019, am sure not even a micro finance bank would employ her.

Lol Haba, Sincerely she's an Intelligent woman under an Incompetent Government...

richidinho:
Lol... Will you want to serve under this mess of a govt?

What if Buhari appoints you as the Minister for Youth and Development?

Please can't i be allowed to replace the candidate?

That's a man with conscience. I see Osinbajo resigning very soon

Leave MIT for what? Ha is your brain paining you?

SuperBlack:
Please can't i be allowed to replace the candidate?

No. They need suleiman Abdullahi now

Atiku2019:

What if Buhari appoints you as the Minister for Youth and Development?

To man that ministry you need to be dumber than Daulung

Jafar1:
out of topic,
pls i want to know where are the money buari seized?, who use them? who are saving them?

It Seems you want DSS to break your door on the first day of Xmas

Does the President just nominate without consultation? what a dullard!

Does this mean he wasn't consulted before appointment?

Buhari should know that there should be offer and acceptance before any appointment.

If truly this guy has decided not to take the job offered is an embarrassment ot this government, same thing happened with some ambassadorial nominees.

Learn from your mistakes Buhari.