The Minister of Power, Professor Barth Nnaji has announced the immediate removal from office of four Chief Executive Officers of Distribution companies across the country.
The move which is aimed at strengthening the capacity of distribution companies nationwide to enable them serve the public better led to the immediate replacement of the four Chief Executives.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Media relations officer to the Minister, Mr Ogbuagwu Anekwe, in Abuja yesterday.
Those affected include Engr. Justus Obilomo (Eko), Engr. Oladele Adeola (Ibadan), Engr. George Chiatula (Benin), and Engr. Kosiso Nwaokoro (Jos).
The minister named their replacements as Engr. Oladele Amoda (Eko Distribution Company), Engr. Bolaji Mofoluso Oyesiku (Ibadan Distribution Company), Dr. Effiong Umoren (Benin), and Mrs. Vera Ngozi Osuhor (Jos).
Nnaji had told the top level managers of the power generation, transmission and distribution companies in a meeting last Monday that those who failed to perform and consistently miss their service level agreement targets would be replaced, to underscore government’s seriousness to pursue the reform agenda robustly.
The minister later met with the new CEOs and congratulated them on their appointments. He said that government’s expectation was that they would live up to expectation.
The minister also told the CEOs that the government would hold them responsible for meeting the service level agreements already subsisting in their various companies. The appointments he said, takes effect immediately.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has tasked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to develop three new refineries in addition to the rehabilitation of existing ones in the country in order to meet the country’s common objective of attaining self sufficiency in petroleum products.
The president who was represented by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, at the opening ceremony of the 35th edition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) 2011 in Abuja, however did not give any timeline to achieve this.
He explained that the implementation of the national energy policy, which is expected to reposition the oil and gas sector for sustainable development has started yielding positive results as Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity is already on the verge of hitting over one million barrels per day.
According to him, “Nigeria’s national energy policy recognises the multi-dimensional nature of optimal energy resources management, at the same time, it addresses diverse issues such as energy efficiency, environmental stewardship, research and development, as well as energy pricing and financing along the entire oil and gas value chain
He further said that, “These policy objectives are now actively being pursued in an integrated manner to give impetus to this vital sector of our national economy via incentivising oil and gas exploration and production while modernising its laws to create an appropriate institutional framework for the implementation of the policy.”
The president also challenged members of SPE to deliberate and proffer to government the best measures to be adopted in the process of ending gas flaring within the stipulated government timeframe
He said: “Government is also focusing on addressing the considerable environmental challenges in the Niger Delta through the adoption of environmentally friendly technologies in our exploration and production activities”. According to him, “every nation with an important coastline must adopt best practices in its oil and gas activities to safeguard aquatic ecology of the coastline which many of our communities are dependent on” noting that, “the recent BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is an important warning signal to Nigeria and lessons learnt from the incident must be shared especially through professional bodies like the SPE. ”
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayThe move which is aimed at strengthening the capacity of distribution companies nationwide to enable them serve the public better led to the immediate replacement of the four Chief Executives.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Media relations officer to the Minister, Mr Ogbuagwu Anekwe, in Abuja yesterday.
Those affected include Engr. Justus Obilomo (Eko), Engr. Oladele Adeola (Ibadan), Engr. George Chiatula (Benin), and Engr. Kosiso Nwaokoro (Jos).
The minister named their replacements as Engr. Oladele Amoda (Eko Distribution Company), Engr. Bolaji Mofoluso Oyesiku (Ibadan Distribution Company), Dr. Effiong Umoren (Benin), and Mrs. Vera Ngozi Osuhor (Jos).
Nnaji had told the top level managers of the power generation, transmission and distribution companies in a meeting last Monday that those who failed to perform and consistently miss their service level agreement targets would be replaced, to underscore government’s seriousness to pursue the reform agenda robustly.
The minister later met with the new CEOs and congratulated them on their appointments. He said that government’s expectation was that they would live up to expectation.
The minister also told the CEOs that the government would hold them responsible for meeting the service level agreements already subsisting in their various companies. The appointments he said, takes effect immediately.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has tasked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to develop three new refineries in addition to the rehabilitation of existing ones in the country in order to meet the country’s common objective of attaining self sufficiency in petroleum products.
The president who was represented by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, at the opening ceremony of the 35th edition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition (NAICE) 2011 in Abuja, however did not give any timeline to achieve this.
He explained that the implementation of the national energy policy, which is expected to reposition the oil and gas sector for sustainable development has started yielding positive results as Nigeria’s domestic refining capacity is already on the verge of hitting over one million barrels per day.
According to him, “Nigeria’s national energy policy recognises the multi-dimensional nature of optimal energy resources management, at the same time, it addresses diverse issues such as energy efficiency, environmental stewardship, research and development, as well as energy pricing and financing along the entire oil and gas value chain
He further said that, “These policy objectives are now actively being pursued in an integrated manner to give impetus to this vital sector of our national economy via incentivising oil and gas exploration and production while modernising its laws to create an appropriate institutional framework for the implementation of the policy.”
The president also challenged members of SPE to deliberate and proffer to government the best measures to be adopted in the process of ending gas flaring within the stipulated government timeframe
He said: “Government is also focusing on addressing the considerable environmental challenges in the Niger Delta through the adoption of environmentally friendly technologies in our exploration and production activities”. According to him, “every nation with an important coastline must adopt best practices in its oil and gas activities to safeguard aquatic ecology of the coastline which many of our communities are dependent on” noting that, “the recent BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is an important warning signal to Nigeria and lessons learnt from the incident must be shared especially through professional bodies like the SPE. ”
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