NDPHCN, FG Set for Showdown Over Appointment Of New Mgt

STAFF of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company of Nigeria
(NDPHCN) are set to resist government’s plan to appoint
outsiders as replacement for sacked management of the agency
by President Muhammadu Buhari last week.
Daily Sun learnt that the James Olotu-led management made up
of five Executive Directors representing the six geographical zones
who were appointed in 2013 at the constitution of the board will
be replaced with new set of people who are not staff of the
company.
The Federal Government had announced the dissolution of the
Executive Management of NDPHCN Limited last week in line with
its reform agenda. Notice of the dissolution was contained in a
statement issued by Mr. Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF) in Abuja.
The SGF directed the then Managing Director of the company, Mr.
James Olotu, to handover immediately to Mr. Chiedu Ugbo, who
had been appointed as acting Managing Director of the company.
According to the SGF, all Executive Directors of the company and
the General Manager, Audit, are to handover immediately to the
most senior officers in their respective departments.
He stated that the Federal Government appreciated the services of
the disengaged officers during their tenure. But the senior staff of
the firm are said to be uncomfortable with the trend and have
vowed to resist such attempts by government. Their grouse, Daily
Sun learnt, was the fact that bringing people from outside would
discourage continuity as they leave when their tenure ends while
the technocrats within the agency remain.
Source: Daily Sun