NCP Members Kick as BPE Refuses to Convene Meeting on PHCN Privatisation

 

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There is disquiet among members of the Technical Committee of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) over the inability of the committee to meet on the ongoing privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

NCP technical committee sources told THISDAY that all efforts by the committee members to meet to deliberate on the unfolding development in the privatisation process of the PHCN had not been successful because the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), which should ensure that all logistics for the meeting were in place, had failed to play its role.

Sources within the committee are, however, pointing accusing fingers at BPE Director General, Mr. Benjamin Ezra Dikki, who is the chief accounting officer of the bureau and who is directly responsible for ensuring that funds for logistics, such as hotel accommodation for members drawn from different parts of the country, are released.

 

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