The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday told the Senate and House of Representatives joint Committee on Power that the decision of the Federal Government to effect changes in the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) was informed by the need for improvement.

The committee is probing the sudden changes in the management of TCN.

He also said the appointment of a Managing Director for TCN has nothing to do with $174 million African Development Bank (AfDB) loan.

The government asked the Acting Managing Director of TCN, EngrAtikuAbubakar to hand over to a new Managing Director, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, said to have been deployed from AfDB to manage the affairs of the TCN.

The workers of the organisation were not happy over deployment of Mohammed from the continental lender to TCN and petitioned the National Assembly.

Chairman of the joint committee, Senator EnyinnayaAbaribe, said a petition by the power sector union in respect of sudden changes in the management of TCN prompted the committee to investigate what was going on in the TCN.

Abaribe noted that the committee felt that if the issues raised by the union were not addressed, they could aggravate the power sector crisis.

Fashola explained that the matter of appointment of a Managing Director for the TCN was “above his pay grade to stop the change having received a presidential directive to carry out the change.”

The minister who said the issue in the TCN was a matter of employer-employee relationship said “if government does not want to keep an employee, there is nothing anybody can do.”


http://www.energywatchng.com/sacked-tcn-md-fashola/

Good Job Fashola.

I believe in you and your quiet approach into getting the job done.

I dedicate this FTC to the URHOBO PEOPLE of Delta State.

URHOBO WADOOO.

Fashola has spoken so House of Rep/Senate House keep off...

And what was the outcome

Regular power supply Oya gbera! But wait oo, na northerner oo. Hope he has sumtin to offer

Oro nla

You'll also soon be sacked With your incompetent government

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Lies!
He refused to collabo with you to embezzle funds.

we just need a unitary parliamentary system of govt... scrap senate or rep...make them part time legislooters...restructure the damn country

Minister of darkness..

It is obvious the previous MD was not doing well, under his tenure naija generated 0 mega watts on some days.

I support fashola on this, make a change and see how it goes.

Stupidity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

to be honest Fashola has not performed as a minister, He should also be sacked. I watched a video recently when he was Governor, he said people in the federal Government were incompetent that's why we do not have light in the country. Look at him today.

I dont understand

minister of darkness

OK..

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Hmmm...

for posterity...

https://www.nairaland.com/2729145/fashola-becomes-minister-power-housing

https://www.nairaland.com/2729135/fashola-heads-ministry-power-works

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we are watching

May be that's the reason power has been regular for couple of days now.

OK, loud and clear

donfemo:
to be honest Fashola has not performed as a minister, He should also be sacked. I watched a video recently where he said people in the federal Government were incompetent that's why we do not have light in the country. Look at him today.

Talk is cheap; the real deal is to work the talk..
Misplaced portfolio.

governmnt is reforming a comatose sector yet the same interests who benefit from the status quo are fighting to keep things the same way.

This man dey age o.

Anyone that is not serious with his/her should be sack

Ok

In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by Mrs Seun Olagunju, the TCN’s General Manager (Media), the company said that Priesman only retired after a meritorious service.
Was he sacked or did he retire?

40kobo77:
Good Job Fashola.

I believe in you and your quiet approach into getting the job done.

I dedicate this FTC to the URHOBO PEOPLE of Delta State and the most beautiful woman on Nairaland adesewa4uyahoo .

URHOBO WADOOO.

Wadooo!

Fashola is just brilliant


Nigerian Presidency won't skip him #Constant

blackaxe78:
Fashola is just brilliant


Nigerian Presidency won't skip him #Constant

You bam Amigo.

Removing an Engineer and putting someone from finical house as MD of TCN. And Nigerians will expect improvement in power? I weep for my country

It's Fashola who should be sacked