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Nigerian govt to go ahead with sale of five NIPPs

The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), Dr. Alex Okoh, said on Monday the sale of the five National Integrated Power Plants (NIPPs) will go on as planned.

Okoh, disclosed this in a statement issued by BPE Head of Public Communications, Amina Othman, in on Monday Abuja.

He said the Bureau had received 36 Expression of Interest (EOIs) from prospective investors.

He said the federal government was determined to resuscitate the power plants to put them to full use for the much-needed power requirement in the country.

According to him, the privatisation of the five NIPP plants was in line with the Bureau’s 2021 work plan as approved by the National Council on Privatisation (NCP).

The five NIPP plants are the Benin Generation Company Limited at Ihovba, Edo State, Calabar Generation Company Limited, Cross River State, Geregu Generation Company Limited, Kogi State, Olorunsogo Generation Company Limited, Ogun State and Omotosho Generation Company Limited, Ondo State.

Okoh said following the approval of the NCP, the BPE engaged the services of a Technical Adviser and advertised for the EOI in three national dailies.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) on Monday, said it is ready for the sales commencement of 2021/2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), and Direct Entry (DE), registration forms, as it has concluded all Preparation arrangements.

This disclosure was made by the board in its Weekly Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 15, made available to Journalists on Monday in Abuja.

According to JAMB, the sales of the forms were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, no later than March 24, 2021, the sales of forms and conducting of examinations will be announced.

The board, also adviced the entire public against false sales of forms and registration, as it has apprehended one Okogu Ambrose for illegally registering candidates for the yet to commence 2021/2022 examinations.

It said: “This year’s exercise, unlike the previous years, is peculiar because of the series of disruptions to virtually all aspects of public life occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic.

It is with this extant reality in mind that the delay is being experienced, with the board embarking on series of strategic adjustments, aimed at ensuring that academic activities are not unduly impacted.

“The public is to note that the 2021 UTME/DE application forms are not yet on sale. Anybody advertising anything to the contrary is a fraudster.

“Ambrose is a serial offender, who was arrested in 2020 for extorting money for which he had no authorisation to execute.

“The board would, however, ensure that relevant security agencies prosecute Ambrose with the hope that he does not escape the long arm of the law this time,” it stated

However, JAMB appealed to all and sundry to support its drive towards ensuring that bad eggs in the society, who were bent on destroying educatioal developmental aspirations of students, were made to face the full wrath of the law.