Ndonu101:
They have not achieved anything in 3.5years so they are seeking good news from anywhere

I bet that it was Saraki the Senate President that hid the containers from the "watchful Army eyes" of the Comptroller of Customs all these years!! joker's

Blue3k:


Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/278812-nigeria-recovers-693-power-equipment-containers-abandoned-at-ports-for-15-years-official.html

WhiteSoup:
And someone was already transmitted transmission

APC government is full of shi.t

CodeTemplar:
I doubt anything was recovered. Just the normal 2019 propaganda stunts. Until I see it i cant believe it.

N1 Billion Power Equipment Rust at Bonded Terminals

NewsAugust 9, 2016



The Federal Government may probe the N1 billion power equipment abandoned at bonded terminals in Lagos

Their abandonment is believed to have stalled the power projects in some states.

A senior official of the Federal Ministry of Transportation said over 200 containers laden with the equipment belonging to the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) were abandoned at various bonded terminals in Lagos.

The equipment is worth over N1 billion, the official said, noting that had they been installed, there would have been improvement in power supply.

About 80 of the containers, findings revealed, have been abandoned at a particular bonded terminal for over six years.

A senior official of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),who pleaded not to be named, said the remaining 120 containers littered other bonded terminals in the nation’s commercial capital. The official alleged that some of the equipment imported by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) are rusting at the terminals.
“The practice of abandoning power equipment at these terminals is pure economic sabotage and the Federal Government must treat the officials responsible for the act as such, because the country, in the last two years, imported electricity equipment and tools valued at about $6.71 billion from China and other countries to boost power supply in the country.

“The equipment included electric power generators, transformers, circuit breakers, switchboards, conductors, power capacitors, power converters and electricity meters. Others include distribution boards, power plant valves, power storage devices, switchgears, turbines and voltage regulators. Figures from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) showed that some power equipment valued at $2.89 billion were shipped from China to Nigeria between 2014 and last year.”

The official said other items that came from the US valued at $321 million are among the stockpile of abandoned equioment.

Others are the goods from the United Kingdom with goods valued at $773.8 million; India, $399.1 million; South Africa, $230.3 million; Sweden, $260.4 million and the Republic of Korea, $122.5 million.

The offical also said many of the containers loaded with electricity equipment lying uncleared at the bonded terminals belong to the defunct PHCN. Some of the containers were transferred to Ikorodu Terminal as overtime cargoes, it was learned.

With this figure, the Customs official said, any official of the government who had the effrontery of abandoning power equipment bought with tax-payers money at the various terminals in Lagos must be punished to serve as deterrent to others.

“Worried by the neglect of the power equipment, in July 2014, the Federal Government secured the release of 248 containers rusting at the Lagos and Tin Can Island ports to Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

“The containers were meant for the Independent Power Project (IPP) and were imported by the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). Also, in 2011, the PHCN abandoned 250 containers, containing vital equipment to boost power generation in the country.

“Of the containers, 140 were abandoned at the Ports and Cargo Terminal in Tin Can Port, while 110 others were moved to Ikorodu terminal as over time cargoes. Also, in 2015, some power equipment in 27 containers was abandoned at the Lagos Port Complex.

The consignments, the official disclosed, were the remnant of the 69 imported into the country between July and August 2014. A source at a shipping line that ferried the equipment to the port revealed that the consignee of the goods, a Romania firm, Dextron Engineering Company Limited, incurred a demurrage of N100 million on the cargoes.

“The company was contracted by TCN to handle power project in Kaduna. The source told this newspaper that the shipping line that allegedly brought the containers to the port had written several letters to TCN to clear the cargoes, but there was no response,” the official said.

Also a senior official of one of the terminals where containers were abandoned who does not want his name in print said the government needs to probe and recover the abandoned containers to maximise resources and minimise waste.

“These containers may remain in our terminal forever and nobody would be bothered unless the Federal Government takes the necessary action. The equipment belongs to the Federal Government of Nigeria and it must be used for the benefit of the general public,” the official said.

He said it was part of the expectations of the government that, by 2020, the country would have the capacity to produce 20,000 megawatts of electricity. This would be a huge leap for Nigeria and the administration in the power sector.

http://www.nigeriaelectricityhub.com/2016/08/09/n1-billion-power-equipment-rust-at-bonded-terminals/

Jeezuzpick:
Stuck in the port for 15 years?

Why am I not surprised?

Most or all those containers are part of offshore items purchased under the Obasanjo administration's NIPP.

$16billion?

There it is.

Almost 900 containers.

200 auctioned by Customs. 693 finally cleared.

So many projects abandoned because of this. So many professionals are unemployed (I'm among them) due to this...this...MADNESS!!

Oh God!

Why are our leaders mad? Why are we cursed with crop after crop of stark, raving LUNATICS!!

buhariguy:
Buhari must rescue Nigeria till 2023.

jaxxy:
And they just discovered these phantom containers months to elections Dats interesting

WhiteSoup:
And someone was already transmitted transmission

APC government is full of shi.t

ORIENTATION101:
Pdp die by fire . we re not ready to go back to egypt by eating our future and be smilling.instead
We would rather suffer and secure the future of our unborn generations.

Those idiots supporting pdp can the liken to the section of isrealites that was cursing God and abusing moses for taking them out of egypt because they priotise the little crumbs from their slave masters in egypt than suffering to get to promise land and have their future secured.

If apc cannot solve nigeria problem there is no point in going back to pdp the instigator of the problem

CodeTemplar:
why did it take apc 3 yrs? It may just be the usual propaganda.

ORIENTATION101:
Pdp die by fire . we re not ready to go back to egypt by eating our future and be smilling.instead
We would rather suffer and secure the future of our unborn generations.

Those idiots supporting pdp can the liken to the section of isrealites that was cursing God and abusing moses for taking them out of egypt because they priotise the little crumbs from their slave masters in egypt than suffering to get to promise land and have their future secured.

If apc cannot solve nigeria problem there is no point in going back to pdp the instigator of the problem

Ndonu101:
They have not achieved anything in 3.5years so they are seeking good news from anywhere

jokaka89:
Please,can someone abandon containers at the port for 15 years in this country and nothing will happen to it?
I SMELL LIES.

Shukuakukobambi:
We are wasteful in this country damnit!!!

Why import and abandon for a whole 15 years?

WhiteSoup:
And someone was already transmitted transmission

APC government is full of shi.t

Realdeals:
Obvious, they are some of the equipment acquired during the Obasanjo administration for the power sector. Late Yar'ádua administration should be described as the real Baba go-slow, he stalled the clearing of these containers and even stopped construction on the much celebrated Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project.

DSDLIVEREPORT:
So if Baba OBJ didn't shout about the equipment noone will do nada. Haters can leave him now . He told you procurement done with funds released during his administration is lying at the port

ORIENTATION101:
Pdp die by fire . we re not ready to go back to egypt by eating our future and be smilling.instead
We would rather suffer and secure the future of our unborn generations.

Those idiots supporting pdp can the liken to the section of isrealites that was cursing God and abusing moses for taking them out of egypt because they priotise the little crumbs from their slave masters in egypt than suffering to get to promise land and have their future secured.

If apc cannot solve nigeria problem there is no point in going back to pdp the instigator of the problem