Corruption level in Nigeria exaggerated - Jonathan •Issues certificates to PHCN successor companies

IN an apparent reaction to the excitement of opposition over a reported United States (US) Congress report, which reportedly confirmed mass corruption at all levels of government in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, assured that such claims of corruption in the country were over-amplified.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) had, in a statement at the weekend, observed that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the government it controlled were at the centre as a “cesspool of corruption,” following the report submitted to the US Congress by Secretary of State, John Kerry.

However, speaking at the Presidential Power Reform Transaction signing ceremony at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Jonathan pointed out that the way government business was conducted in the country had led to a reduction in corruption in the country.

Jonathan was presiding over the handing over of payment certificates to bidders who had successfully paid down the first (25 per cent) instalment of the purchase for five of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor generating companies (GENCOs).

He also gave out payment certificates to the bidders that had successfully paid down the first (25 per cent) instalment of the purchase for 10 of the PHCN successor distribution companies (DISCOs).

Citing fertiliser distribution and the power sector, President Jonathan noted that government had since cleaned them up through various transparent initiatives that had been attested to by the private sector and, therefore, pleaded with all Nigerians to see the country as their own.

The president said the signing ceremony underscored the commitment of his administration to transparency, its renewed emphasis on inclusiveness in core transactions and sustenance of the current tempo of transformation in the power sector.

Jonathan noted that the signing signalled a major step forward in the implementation of power sector roadmap, while commending all private sector players for their commitment to and confidence in the Nigerian economy.

“What we have done so far and will continue to do is to set the rules of the game and act as a responsible facilitator and regulator,” he stressed.

Jonathan assured that “this government cares about you and will not rest until you can sleep well at night without the irritating noise of generators.”

In his remarks, Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, said the government was expecting to add additional generation capacity of about 2,200 megawatts from the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) before the end of 2013.

He said the Federal Government was also investing to boost generation through the large, medium and small hydros, with total capacity of over 4,234 megawatts, which include Zungeru, 700mw; Mabilla, 3,050mw; Gurara 2, 360mw; Itsi, 40mw and Small Hydro Power, 84mw.

Nebo added that a total capital outlay of $3.4 billion was required up to 2016 to bring the country’s transmission grid to evacuate the generated power, noting that government was working out the funding of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) long term expansion plan.

In her speech, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, said the event was yet another milestone, not only in the act of executing agreements, but also a testimony to the holistic approach the administration had taken in solving in a sustainable manner, gas supply and development in Nigeria.

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/component/k2/item/10173-corruption-level-in-nigeria-exaggerated-jonathan-issues-certificates-to-phcn-successor-companies

cute

Good to see this coming..

Lord! I believe, help my unbelief.

Knowing some certificates were issued some years back for private refineries.

Help my unbelief Lord.

Gooogle: Lord! I believe, help my unbelief.

Knowing some certificates were issued some years back for private refineries.

Help my unbelief Lord.

You are just dumb dude!
In what way are licences issued for construction of private refineries equates
to certificates transfering ownership to successor companies that underwent competitive bidding?

Hehehe! I dey laugh!
this man did not say anything that countered the allegation that his administration is corrupt, he's just beating around the bush as usuall. Smh!

Anytime i read abt this guy's comment, the more i feel like slapping him. Is it just me??!!

I weep for Nigeria

Goddex:

You are just dumb dude!
In what way are licences issued for construction of private refineries equates
to certificates transfering ownership to successor companies that underwent competitive bidding?

is there no other way u would have explained to him wthout calling him dumb? if he doesnt know and u claim to, u enlighten him.wonder how u would have turned out if your teachers had called u dumb everytime u asked a question or displayed ignorance on something.SMH

Achieverbaba: Anytime i read abt this guy's comment, the more i feel like slapping him. Is it just me??!!

[size=18pt]IT'S NOT JUST YOU, ITS ACTUALLY A UNIVERSAL FEELING[/size]

No way GEJ corruption is at an all-time high.you don't solve a problem by ignoring the obvious fact that they exist.
MY OPINION SHAA.

If granting Alams amnesty alone is an evidence of the corrption in this presnet administration,then I subscribe with the US and others who feel Jonathan is a 419.

The judicial system, the police institution , the local chairmen, the jet flying pastors and politicians, the secretary at the government house, the contract tender system, the building contractor, the mechanic in oshodi, our friendly kidnappers, ibori, bayelsa and delta state governors, tinubu,the rapacious film producers, the power sector, the lecturer that wants a piece of boo..ty on the side, the greedy foreign companies, all oil companies, and the average red eye Nigerian..

Agrees with Mr President.

Corruption in Nigeria is exaggerated!

Mr President is eating too much of cassava bread.
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Last Bullet: In Nigeria, there's corruption in homes, religious houses, educational sector, health, NYSC, police, army etc. Even primary school kids can't go on errand without bribe.
This is coming from a Nigerian & not the senate house of the Americans.

These govt and their wahalaself instead of action na only blahblah... To the media always.

Achieverbaba: Anytime i read abt this guy's comment, the more i feel like slapping him. Is it just me??!!

No, me too

Have you been to his state Bayelsa?
What you will see is enough evidence of the consequences of corruption.

Typical of Nigerian leaders, very very Opinionated, always in denial. .. corruption that has been in the system before you (GEJ) was born.

Jonathan you are a comedian.

sometimes, I just don't know what to think anymore.

Abok1:
It seems like anytime our dear President opens his mouth, he makes docile comments. It would have made more sense if he kept quiet, like the saying goes silence is golden.

Each time he makes pathetic comments which makes him look less intelligent than earlier perceived to be, wondering what his PR guys are being paid to do.





Corruption....uniting Nigeria since 1914...

AND TO THINK THAT HE IS A PHD HOLDER.

hmmmmmmmmm na wa ooo

Corruption is exaggerated and that may explain why the government is not doing anything about it!!!!!! In fact, Farouk never took a bribe and Otedola never paid! All those stories are the figments of imagination of US people!!!

Achieverbaba: Anytime i read abt this guy's comment, the more i feel like slapping him. Is it just me??!!

yes its just only u dat feel like slapping a performing president

ozolity: yes its just only u dat feel like slapping a performing president

Yeah...Perforning Corruption

Ok