Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Power committee turns pressure on Yar’Adua - BusinessDay

The power committee set up by the president Umaru Yar’Adua and given a month to submit its report, yesterday effectively put the ball in the court of the president to act on its recommendations as it turned in its report, two days ahead of schedule.

Business Day yesterday exclusively reported that the committee had completed its work and was to submit its report to the president , well within the time it was given.
The committee hadindeed planned to do just this as it began its work, with sources close to it, at the time telling Business Day that completing its work in good time would give the president the impetus to act and not put it away on the shelf as it had been with past government practices.
Yesterday, both committee members and presidency officials kept sealed lips after the hour-long meeting with the president at the presidential villa, Abuja. Majority of Nigerians who have suffered untold hardship and industries that have continued to suffer major losses, as a result of the power crises, will now be looking to see the first action the president will take after yesterday’s presentation.
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