The group, Centre for Health Equity and Justice (CEHEJ, has said that no foreign entity has caused such financial haemorrhage on Nigeria, that is running into millions of Nigeria, as General Electric (GE).
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This is contained in a statement dated the 19th day of September, 2019, and signed by the Director of Information of the group, Michael Adenyi. In the statement titled, “How General Electric (GE) And Other Electricity Contractors Failed Nigerians”, the group cited the report, “Kept in Darkness”—Holding Non-Performing Electricity Contractors Accountable”, which was presented to the media by Dr. Yemi Oke, Assistant Professor, Energy/Electricity Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos.
According to the statement, the report found that the billions of dollars spent by the Nigerian Government in the power sector have been paid to contractors, most of whom failed to deliver on their projects and promises to Nigeria. And that, GE, as a so-called development partner of Nigeria has collected more money from Nigeria more than any other entity and has disappointed the most. It stressed that the report shows that although the Kaduna Power Plant contract was awarded since 2009 as a turnkey project with a term of 36 months, it has not been delivered till date, i.e. after over 10 years.
“The report found that the billions of dollars spent by the Nigerian Government in the power sector have been paid to contractors, most of whom failed to deliver on their projects and promises to Nigeria. GE, as a so-called development partner of Nigeria has collected more money from Nigeria more than any other entity and has disappointed the most.
“In x-raying the Kaduna Power Plant that was awarded to GE as Contractor in consortium with an indigenous company, the report reveals how GE has been very deliberate and systematic in disappointing Nigeria’s legitimate expectations in salvaging the power sector despite claiming to be Nigeria’s strategic development partner.
“The report shows that although the Kaduna Power Plant contract was awarded since 2009 as a turnkey project with a term of 36 months, it has not been delivered till date, i.e. after over 10 years. Worse still, on average each engineer of GE on the project site gulps from the Nigerian Government purse a daily sum in US dollars that is way higher than the monthly salary of a permanent secretary in the Government Ministries. The report is convinced that no foreign entity has caused such financial haemorrhage on Nigeria as GE has done,” she said
Dr. Yemi Oke, further stated that in the Course of the investigations culminating in this report, it was discovered that some of the Contracts awarded were for purposes or projects that were not feasible, while others although feasible, were awarded to fictitious, non-functional or non-existent companies which are in other words referred to as shell companies in that they exist only on paper, adding that, of graver worry is the fact that most of the projects for which the contracts were awarded, up until now, remain unattended to, either totally unattended or inexplicably abandoned half-way.
The report was said to have recalled that earlier in May 2008 in the House of Representatives Committee’s Report on Power and Steel, n its report of investigation into the huge sums of money spent on power generation, transmission and distribution between 1999 and May 2007 without commensurate result had earlier indicted some of the contractors and recommended that they be further investigated by EFCC and ICPC with a view to recovering huge sums fraudulently received on power project contracts. Some of the Contractors that were said to be indicted are: Marubeni (WA) and Marubeni international, Lahmeyer International Cartlark International, KEC/News Engineering, Hoquado, and Charnel Engineering for non-performance on NIPP LOT 10 and LOT 11 transmission contracts, and in respect of PHCN Maiduguri 330/132KV substation.
“Of the reported or documented cases of under-performing contracts awarded by the Federal Government of Nigeria in the power sector, those awarded to the contractors General Electric (GE and Rockson) with the Client (Federal Ministry of Power) for the 215MW Kaduna Power Plant appear most suspicious, shoddy, and reckless.
“The study pays particular attention to the GE/ROCKSON 215MW Kaduna power plantproject due to its importance, net potentials to the Nigerian power sector as well as the level of corruption and reckless connivance leading to huge economic losses to Nigeria and its citizens. This contract represents a typical case of uniqueness in power sector corruption through the award of contract, as further outlined by the curious dimension of the contract in the absence of a termination clause in the contract,” she said.
Speaking further, Dr Oke reiterated that GE has brought general darkness to Nigeria and should like all other failed contractors be held accountable and finally recommended to the Federal Government, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) to bring to book those found wanting in the failed contracts.
The report launch was also attended by the representatives of the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, the Director, head of FOI, Federal Ministry of Justice (Abuja), Mr. Ichibor Gowon, the National Coordinator of Open Government Partnership in Nigeria, Mr Benjamin Okolo, Representatives of the Special Assistant to the President Justice Reform, Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, and Mr Ibrahim Magu Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who was represented by Mr OsitaNwajah, Director Public Affairs EFCC. Others at the events were Barrister Abiodun Ajayi; Olanrewaju Suraju,Executive Director, Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC); Olusegun Elemo, Executive DirectorParadigm Leadership Support Initiatives (PLSI); the International President of the African Women Lawyers’ Association (AWLA); representatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC); and the media.
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