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Non performance: Nasarawa Assembly directs PGIE Area Manager to appear before it or face sanctions
By David Okpashi
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Tuesday given the Area Manager, power Generation Interconnected Energy Ltd handling power project in Toto LGA
two weeks to appear before the House or face sanctions.
This, the House insisted that Area manager must appear in person to enable him explain issues surrounding absent of power supply in Toto LGA.
The Speaker of the House,. Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau gave the directive after representative of the Power Gen Interconnected Ltd, Mr John Ufeoshi appeared before the house during it’s proceedings in Lafia .
The Speaker said the invitation extended to the Area Manager was to enable him brief the House on the ongoing power project in Toto Local Government Area hence the Constitutional right that empowered the lawmaker to invite anybody concerning issues of public importance
” We discovered that the Area Manager of the PowerGen did not appeared in person but he has sent a representative.
The Speaker said that the invitation of the Area Manager was to ensure that the people of Toto LGA and its environs get power supply.
Earlier, the representative of the CEO PowerGen Interconnected Energy Ltd, John Ufeosh said that he was an errand boy of the Area Manager, adding that he would convey all questions not answered to the Area Manager
It would be recalled that the Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau had last month directed the Area Manager PowerGen Interconnected Energy Ltd in Toto Local Government Area to appear before the House on 21st May 2024 with all the necessary documents authorizing the company to operate in the area