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FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by ExAngel007(f): 8:11am On Aug 15, 2019
The Federal Government is considering
repossession of 10 electricity distribution firms as one of the options to rescue the nation’s beleaguered electricity industry.


This is coming ahead of the scheduled final performance review of the private firms that bought into the distribution companies carved out from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria.


However, document available to one of our correspondents shows that the Federal
Government would require up to $2.4bn
(N736bn) to repossess the privatised distribution assets from the core investors if it finally takes the decision.


Giving clue that it could recover the assets from the core investors, the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing in a document sighted by one of our correspondents has described the co-owners of the distribution companies as ‘failed investors.’

The distribution and generation companies carved out of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria were handed over to private investors on November 1, 2013, following the privatisation of the power sector by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.


The Transmission Company of Nigeria, which is responsible for electricity transmission, is still fully owned and operated by the government.

The PUNCH had on Friday reported that 17 of the nation’s 27 power stations had been forced to shut down some of their units on the back of low demand by Discos, worsening the blackout being experienced by millions of customers
across the country.

11 Discos declared technically insolvent
Total power generation dropped to 3,264.4 megawatts as of 6am on Monday, August 12 from 3,580.5MW on Sunday. It stood at 2,842.1MW as of 6am last Thursday.

Five and a half years after privatisation, the 11 Discos have been described as ‘technically insolvent.’

Read More Here

https://punchng.com/fgll-pay-failed-investors-n736bn-to-repossess-discos/

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by abumeinben(m): 8:17am On Aug 15, 2019
Wow..

The DISCOs got it wrong. Laying off engineers in core positions and fixing up non technocrats, just like FASHOLA heads the utility industry, is the biggest mistake ever.


bankylan:

Your position has nothing to do with ATC&C loss the Discos are faced with. [b]Buying over by the govt will only worsen the matter.[/b]This is what you get when the people who don't know about power and electricity market are the ones in charge.

I smile. I smile again.
But we're likely saying same thing

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by ashantitope: 8:17am On Aug 15, 2019
Who to blame for this because I know someone will shout BUHARI name now for what is not aware of the generations of the matter and those that give out the contract are they not aware of all this?

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by BusinessNinja(m): 8:17am On Aug 15, 2019
K
Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by piippa(m): 8:17am On Aug 15, 2019
When wrong people are at the wrong positions. A Lawyer has no business with the power Ministry but same lawyer boosted than there will be light in 6 months when they are voted in.

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Abati60: 8:18am On Aug 15, 2019
Is this government cursed?

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Npfn: 8:18am On Aug 15, 2019
Nawa oo
Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by obojememe: 8:18am On Aug 15, 2019
u can imagine,
one of d flops of d Gej regime,

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Orokojasper(m): 8:19am On Aug 15, 2019
Just a waste of money....

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by money121(m): 8:19am On Aug 15, 2019
Ok
Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by frankmoney(m): 8:19am On Aug 15, 2019
The power privatisation thing was a scam

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by duncan511: 8:19am On Aug 15, 2019
mawa
Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Ferdinandu(m): 8:19am On Aug 15, 2019
That's the only way to go. Obviously they are failed investors. Power bills keeps increasing but no improvement in power supply. Jonathan and his gang messed up the sector with outright sale of of Discos without a precondition of retrieving it back if they fail. Now we have to spend billions of dollars to get it back. Back then they were just shouting comparison with mobile telephony up and down without putting into consideration that that the 2 businesses are far different from each other. I don't know why dunces keeps ruling us, we keep moving in diminishing circles, and yet we still live and fire prayers in all religious centres that things are going to change in this country.
We are all foolish in this country. Gush

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by freekick: 8:20am On Aug 15, 2019
Abati60:
Is this government cursed?

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by heryur(m): 8:20am On Aug 15, 2019
FG should just do the needful

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by unitysheart(m): 8:20am On Aug 15, 2019
When due diligence was not properly conducted before handing over to the discos, this is what you should expect.

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by MicroBox: 8:20am On Aug 15, 2019
List of the DISCOs

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Gazzy88(m): 8:20am On Aug 15, 2019
Abati60:
Is this government cursed?
Why do you hate good news so much?

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by chinavs9ja(m): 8:21am On Aug 15, 2019
cheesy
It will be good if truly done as we read on paper


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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Nobody: 8:21am On Aug 15, 2019
Jonathan messed up big time , thank God Atiku did not win d election ..he will privatized everything .

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Nbote(m): 8:21am On Aug 15, 2019
obojememe:
u can imagine,
one of d flops of d Gej regime,

Onijagidijagan:
Jonathan messed up big time , thank God Atiku did not win d election ..he will privatized everything .

U ppl can't stop amazing me.. I thought U guys all claimed d power sector was now beta than it has ever being and d govt itself claimed Nigerians now enjoyed steady power supply? Now help me understand how dis doesn't contradict both d govt and U lots? If d sector has improved like U ppl claim, why Dis?

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Gazzy88(m): 8:21am On Aug 15, 2019
Orokojasper:
Just a waste of money....
Explain better...

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by hisgrace090: 8:21am On Aug 15, 2019
Good move!

EEDC should be number one, no improvement of any kind in the south east since they take over power distribution in the area.

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by nafdacjoe: 8:21am On Aug 15, 2019
The profit realised by the disco did not meet their expectation.

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by MondayOsunbor(m): 8:22am On Aug 15, 2019
ExAngel007:
The Federal Government is considering
repossession of 10 electricity distribution firms as one of the options to rescue the nation’s beleaguered electricity industry.


This is coming ahead of the scheduled final performance review of the private firms that bought into the distribution companies carved out from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria.


However, document available to one of our correspondents shows that the Federal
Government would require up to $2.4bn
(N736bn) to repossess the privatised distribution assets from the core investors if it finally takes the decision.


Giving clue that it could recover the assets from the core investors, the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing in a document sighted by one of our correspondents has described the co-owners of the distribution companies as ‘failed investors.’

The distribution and generation companies carved out of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria were handed over to private investors on November 1, 2013, following the privatisation of the power sector by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration.


The Transmission Company of Nigeria, which is responsible for electricity transmission, is still fully owned and operated by the government.

The PUNCH had on Friday reported that 17 of the nation’s 27 power stations had been forced to shut down some of their units on the back of low demand by Discos, worsening the blackout being experienced by millions of customers
across the country.

11 Discos declared technically insolvent
Total power generation dropped to 3,264.4 megawatts as of 6am on Monday, August 12 from 3,580.5MW on Sunday. It stood at 2,842.1MW as of 6am last Thursday.

Five and a half years after privatisation, the 11 Discos have been described as ‘technically insolvent.’

Read More Here

https://punchng.com/fgll-pay-failed-investors-n736bn-to-repossess-discos/

Failed Investors ! Buhari will spend the money public Money
And convert it to family business using fronts mark my words

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by rottennaija(m): 8:22am On Aug 15, 2019
It's long overdue

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by Lamasta(m): 8:22am On Aug 15, 2019
What are they repossessing self its another way somebody or some persons will siphon public money cool

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Re: FG Will Pay ‘failed Investors’ N736bn To Repossess Discos by jlinkd78(m): 8:23am On Aug 15, 2019
Two steps backwards

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