The National Assembly Joint Committee on Power, yesterday, berated the Nigeria Independent Power Projects (NIPP), accusing them of frustrating government's effort at tackling the problem of power generation in the country.
Chairman of the joint committee, Senator Philip Aduda, who summoned the Minister of Power, the management of NIPP and Cartlark International Limited, over allegation of contract change, pointedly described the executive Of NIPP led by Mr. James Olotu, as having failed in their responsibility to supervise and monitor about 560 NIPP projects in the country.
They were summoned to the cause of the slow work on the N6.831billion 33KV Ikot- Ekpene/Akwa Ibom S/S (New), Afam/Ikot- Ekpene 330KV DC TL and 330KV Afam S/S (Line Bay Extension).
Aduda expressed worries at what he described as attempts by NIPP to scuttle the Ikot Ekpene power project, which was awarded to Cartlark International Limited at N6.8 billion even though it has not visited the site since it was awarded in 2006 to Cartlark.
On revelation that most of the executives, including James Olotu, were not engineers, Aduda said, “When square pegs are not put in square holes, when you as the head is not an engineer, then there is bound to be problems.
I am surprise that you were busy taking stock and making payment rather than supervising the projects. You have not visited the site of a contract you awarded six years ago.
“We wanted Nigerians to see what we are into and the people hindering us.”
Sen. Gobir, expressed amazement at the fact that most of the executives in NIPP were not engineers. He also decried that the only engineer, Louise Edozie, who was the director of engineering in NIPP was not a certified member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria (COREN) contrary to the provisions of the law.
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