Vanguard Online Edition: "CLEARER picture of how the Obasanjo administration spent $13 billion on the power sector emerged yesterday with the Minister of State for Energy (Power), Mrs. Fatima Ibrahim, giving a breakdown of the expenditure over a period of eight years.
And following the failure of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) to materialise, the 36 states and the 774 councils are now demanding the refund of the $3.2 billion they contributed for its implementation, according to Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State.
The duo were testifying before the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel which is probing the huge public funds spent on power supply between 1999 and 2007 without commensurate results."
And following the failure of the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) to materialise, the 36 states and the 774 councils are now demanding the refund of the $3.2 billion they contributed for its implementation, according to Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State.
The duo were testifying before the House of Representatives Committee on Power and Steel which is probing the huge public funds spent on power supply between 1999 and 2007 without commensurate results."