Senate Power Probe: Powerful Nigerians Killed Electricity Sector, Says Elumelu

A former Chairman House Committee on Power in the House of Representatives, Godwin Ndudi Elumelu, on Monday said powerful Nigerians killed the power sector in the country.
Elumelu who disclosed this yesterday in a reaction to the on-going Senate probe of the sector said “for now I won’t mention names but the truth is that most Nigerians that we respect because of what they have attained in life destroyed the power sector”.
On why former President Olusegun Obasanjo was invited by his committee, Elumelu said “all we wanted to do then was for him to confirm to us what was approved for the power sector”.
“All the documents were counter signed by the former president who approved most of the contracts and people then said our action was unparliamentary because he was invited”.
“Like the former president will always say hold me responsible for all the actions of my ministers”.
“In this case we felt he was in the right position to tell us those who did what and what as his administration was deeply involved”.
The former lawmaker also advised members of the Senate Ad hoc committee probing the nation’s power sector to shun ethnic and geopolitical consideration and put Nigeria first if the exercise must yield desired results that will benefit the country.
Explaining further, Elumelu said that the power sector has been used by a cabal in connivance with government officials to bleed the nation to a near death, adding that a situation where government would spend $1.545billion on 9 Gas Turbines when 18 of same equipment were bought for $404million within a short period was evil and a rape of the nation’s economy.