Category: Power

Ghanaians Pay More For Electricity, Water As Tariff Hike Begins

ADEOLA YUSUF

27.15 % increase in electricity tariff, 21.55% surge in water bill, PURC slams payment hike on Ghanaians + FULL STATEMENT   The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG says it will from Thursday commence the implementation of the PURC’s approve tariff announced recently. The PURC on Monday 15th August 2022 announced a 27.15 % increase in electricity tariff while that of water went up by 21.55%. READ ALSO How Popular Ghana Hostel Stole Gh¢400,000 Worth Of Electricity – EGC How Zimbabwean Football ex-Sec Gen Sexually Harassed 3 Referees Bloomberg Rates Ghana’s…

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How Popular Ghana Hostel Stole Gh¢400,000 Worth Of Electricity – EGC

ADEOLA YUSUF

Best Crystal Hostel connected power illegally and consumed electricity freely for the past three years   The southern power distribution company, ECG, has given details of how a popular hostel in South Odorkor, a suburb of Accra, capital of Ghana, was caught stealing power. Platforms Africa reports that the hostel named Best Crystal Hostel, according to the southern power distribution company, ECG, has connected power illegally and consuming electricity freely for the past three years. READ ALSO Bloomberg Rates Ghana’s Cedi Worst Performing Currency, Gives Reason Betrayal Of Kwame Nkrumah:…

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Consumer Group Rejects 5 NDPHC Power Plants’ Proposed Sale

ADEOLA YUSUF

Proposed action by Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), a national security risk – NCPN   As the Special House of Representatives Joint Committees meet this week to commence the special parliament inquiry into the proposed sales of the five NIPP power plants by Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the exercise has been described by electricity consumers as a miscalculated action that has national security risks. President of the Nigeria Consumer Protection Network (NCPN), Kunle Kola Olubiyo, according to a statement sent to Platforms Africa, noted with concern the ongoing process…

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Reps Summon Finance, Power Ministers As $33m Azura Power Deal Gets Messier

ADEOLA YUSUF

Why Nigeria Bulk Electricity Transmission (NBET), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) were also summoned   The House of Representatives has invited the Ministers of Power and Finance and heads of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) over a 33 million dollars Azura power purchase agreement. Other agencies invited include: Nigeria Bulk Electricity Transmission (NBET), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).Rep. James Faleke, Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Finance, which is investigating alleged breach…

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Mambilla Mess: Who Will Love This Country? By Simon Kolawole

ADEOLA YUSUF

Insider report and analysis on Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Olu Agunloye, Sunrise, Michael Aondoakaa, Umoru YarAdua, Abubakar Malami and other players in Mambilla power contract and how they out-smarted one another in policy somersault and power play that has helped drag the sector on its kneels   On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, Dr Olu Agunloye, then minister of power and steel, presented a memo to the federal executive council (FEC). He sought its approval to award a build, operate and transfer (BOT) contract for the Mambilla Hydropower Project to Sunrise Power…

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Probe Begins On NBET’S $33m Monthly Power Generation Deal With Azura

ADEOLA YUSUF

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Friday expressed outrage over the decision of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company, (NBET) to drag the country into Power Purchase Agreements that were detrimental to the interest of the country. The committee also ordered management of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), to immediately commence a review of the Gas Purchase Agreement (GSA) between the Nigerian government and a certain company, for the supply of gas to its Calabar power plant, as it has been discovered that the said company…

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Electricity Workers Suspend Strike as Industry Loses N2.3bn In Hours

ADEOLA YUSUF

. “We have been asked to suspend the action but we won wait for six months to resume the strike if the government fails to fulfill promises made,” Ajaero declares . Grid Or Diesel: Between Pharaoh army and the red sea metaphor for Businesses in Nigeria   The electricity workers have called off strike its strike that crashed the National grid to zero megawatt (0MW) and surged the industry and business losses to N2.3 billion, Platforms Africa reports. Head of the workers’ Union, Joe Ajaero who announced the suspension after…

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JUST IN: Blackout As Electricity Workers Shut Transmission Stations

ADEOLA YUSUF

“As of 11.46 this morning it is believed that about 60 percent of the stations have been shut down. The action could be total by the end of the day as NUEE strike continues.”     Electricity workers on Wednesday made good their threat to shut down transmission stations across the country Platforms Africa reports that rising under the auspices of National Union Of Electricity Employees (NUEE), the workers at about 10 am on Wednesday began to shut down the transmission stations thereby plunging the nation into partial blackout.  The action could…

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Power Ministry Moves To Stop Workers From Plunging Nigeria Into Darkness

ADEOLA YUSUF

Government begs for two weeks to address issues raised by NUEE + CIRCULAR from power ministry   The ministry of power has began moves to stop workers from a plan strike that could sink Nigeria Into a nationwide darkness. A circular from the Ministry sent to the executive members of Nigeria Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) obtained exclusively by Platforms Africa showed that the minustry was begging for two weeks to address issues raised by the union. READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: MDs Fired as Nigeria Takes Over Benin, Kano, Kaduna DisCos…

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