₦airaland Forum

jmaine: I believe if the process was adjudged to be faulty . .then it's pertinent for the FG to address such flaws.And if cancelling the said contract will yield that, then so be it . .

We have hawks and scavengers who scurry for anything to weep about . .If this flaw is left to stand . .it might just be a fodder in the hands of those snitches to dwell on . . .

Better late than Never . .We need to strive to do things right

Billyonaire: In a move aimed at ensuring that due process is followed, President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday cancelled the $23.72 million management contract for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), a critical component of the power reform and privatisation programme.

The president, THISDAY learnt last night, cancelled the contract that was awarded to Canadian firm, Manitoba Hydro International, which had been selected by the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to run TCN for three years, with the option to extend for another two years.

Manitoba had signed the $23.7 million management contract with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) last July, following a long drawn out process that lasted more than five years, in which the Canadian firm and Power Grid of India had their technical and financial proposals evaluated to determine which of the companies would be selected as management contractor.

The selection process for a management contractor was started under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007, [/b]but was stalled by his successor, the late President Umaru Yar'Adua, who rolled back the power sector reform and privatisation programme.

However, when Jonathan took over in 2010 and launched the Power Sector Road Map that same year, the Federal Government directed the BPE to continue with the process from where it had been stopped, rather than re-advertising for prospective companies to express interest all over.

The decision was based on the fact that the government was eager to jump-start the power privatisation process without the bureaucratic red tape.

But presidency sources said the president based his decision to cancel the contract on a memo sent by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), which for several weeks, had been pushing for its cancellation on the premise that did it not pass through due process as provided under the Public Procurement Act.

The Director General of the BPP, Emeka Eze, THISDAY learnt, was said to have kicked against the appointment of Manitoba because a few material irregularities had been noticed in the process that led to the company's selection.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201211140262.html

xandy84: You are wrong with your analysis.. Ribadu did not win a single state in North in last election meaning he is not acceptable by northerners while Fashola is only popular in southwest giving Jonathan his best chance to win in free and fair election... My view

OYINBOGOJU: I went briefly into haulage biz.

The challenges is not environment nor government policies.

The main challenge is lies.

Manager lie too much
Driver has no single iota of truth in his blood.
Everybody connected to that biz are lairs.

I'm only an investor,but its a shame you can't trust anybody when it comes to money iissue.

vanstanzy: 90% of the guyz hailing this move by the FG are part of the flying public and so see nothing wrong with it. Can u blame them?
U guyz don't get the problem here, the first disbursement was squandered and noone was jailed for it. Now another humongous disbursement is planned and noone is asking questions. Govt. should be made to be accountable, period.

werepeLeri: and when America gave intervention funds to Auto industries to bail them out - what happened? What has government intervention got to do with privatisation.

http://useconomy.about.com/od/criticalssues/a/auto_bailout.htm

You people will criticise any move with half baked inputs, no contrary suggestion, nothing intelligent - just half baked comments that doesnt make meaning neither involves any thinking - example, "the government is confused" - what kind of contribution is this? Haba? Even if the government is confused, what other opinion can you share that makes you better than them or better than what they are offering?

ballabriggs: How material are those your 'unverified' figures to the outcome of the investigation.

I have worked partly in compliance and there is no where you carry out a 100% verification. You only select samples that are material to the outcome of your investigation.

Did Steve Orasanye who hardly attended committee meetings and lacks independence being a member of the NNPC board, carry out any procedure to determine the materiality of these so called 'unverified' figures.

So how did he reach his conclusion?

Orosanye is a thorough man as you claim, but the same Orosanye agreed to be a part of the NNPC board which he ought to be investigating? What kind of thorough man does not understand the basics of being a member of an investigative committee?

smileyprin: Exactly my thought bro.

omoabike: Chief,
Are you aware that there were consultants and auditors from PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited (PwC)involved in the work of the committee?
So I do not understand what you are saying. Have you read the report at all or are you one of the people who elRufai said don't read?
The report have been circulating for sometime now online and I will advise you to go and read it rather than listen to what you are told.

maclatunji: Wow! And Nigeria is the most democratic country in the world too from the days of the first military coup.

King Solomon I: I like the fired from jobs part.... it could also mean: Check yourself man!

k2039: This old men are just embarrassing the whole nation.

It's obvious from this news that they are still not ready to learn.


Until election is free and fair in this nation,I dont expect the opposition parties to accept defeat.

afam4eva: I think should allow the passengers decide whether or not they want to jump off the plane. I'll rather take that risk than be roasted with Jonathan condoling my family.

afam4eva: I just want to know why most planes don't have parachute so that passengers can jump off a plane in case of an emergency. Abi na for only film dem dey use parachute? I think i'll have to purchase my own parachute and wear it whenever i'm travelling by air.

ghettodreamz: Some people might turned illegal immigrants after they'd over-stayed their visa expiry date, while others might be due to finance issues which might forced them out of school, and before you know it, they end up in the jail that doesn't imply they got to Malaysia illegally sir. It doesn't cost any embassy/government anything to help all these people for goodness sake.

ghettodreamz: Some people might turned illegal immigrants after they'd over-stayed their visa expiry date, while others might be due to finance issues which might forced them out of school, and before you know it, they end up in the jail that doesn't imply they got to Malaysia illegally sir. It doesn't cost any embassy/government anything to help all these people for goodness sake.

richarts: Okay cool. Lets use your description. An unemployed graduate lives in Ikeja and has an opportunity to work at VI, what kinda salary should he not decline for a start?

People can also share their ideas and experiences.

Guitarlife: and what he is trying to point out is that there several ways to kill a fowl. You can shoot it, starngle it, electrocute it. Hell, you can even bite off it's head with your molars, the main thing being that it is dead.
Now there are ways to abuse. Why are you so fixated on physical abuse?
Why don't you take a stand against emotional, sexual, and verbal abuse which most of this women are renowned for?
How do you know the posters here whinning are not the ones who are even abusing their spouses physically ?
What I'm saying in essence is,
How do you know debrief herself is not a karate black belt holder and that it was her husband that actually got away? You copy now?

redcliff: [size=20pt]no my question be this, who go pay for the plane wey him spoil since he still dey alive

a. the governor
b. the state governement
c. the pilot wey allow the moumou no-sabi-fly-plane governor
d. the ashana wey him dey try impress inside the plane
e. all of the above.[/size]

qwest: While the banning of the drug is a good development, as it shows that the executive isn't insulated from the happenings in the society and is working for the citizenry; I don't think the primary use of the drug is for the negative use it has been put to. Perhaps banning the over the counter sale of the drug should be a better approach, making it a drug to be gotten by prescription only. But then that is Nigeria....