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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

CHEI.....Nigeria’s power sector is a walking corpse, may soon collapse – Elumelu

Tony Elumelu, the Nigerian entrepreneur and chairman of Heirs Holdings, speaks to AFP in an interview on October 11, 2013 in Washington, DC. Elumelu has promised to invest $2.5 billion in the "Power Africa" initiative of US President Barack Obama which aims to expand energy in sub-Saharan Africa, where some two-thirds of people lack regular power. But a complementary effort in the US Congress has hit a snag in a dispute over requirements that certain US-backed projects be low in carbon emissions blamed for climate change. AFP PHOTO SHAUN TANDON        (Photo credit should read SHAUN TANDON/AFP/Getty Images)
Hehehe.....The Chairman of the Transcorp Group, Tony Elumelu, has called for urgent steps to be taken in addressing the current problem in the power sector.
Speaking on CNBC Africa, Elumulu said the power sector is a walking corpse, at the edge of collapse.

He said,“The agency of government that has responsibility for making sure that this sector delivers on its potential is not doing well enough. We are owed a lot of money.
“Transcorp Power Holdings is owed almost N50 billion. When we put in the invoice for this month, we should be owed almost N54 or N55 billion. How do you survive in business like this? How? Other GenCos I know are actually dying.
“We are struggling because of our diversified resource base, what of others? Something urgent and drastic must be done. It is as urgent as yesterday.
“The truth is Transcorp power, as a key operator in the sector, is struggling. And if we are struggling, you can imagine what others are going through.
Elumelu went on to ask the government to allow it generate its own gas, adding that, “where we are located, we are sitting on a lot of gas.”

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