The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP), Mr Beks Dagogo-Jack, has said that the prolonged negotiations with power sector labour unions was not unconnected with influence from people who have over time benefitted from the lack of reforms in the sector.
The PTFP boss dropped this hint while addressing journalists on the side-lines of the presidential power reform transaction signing ceremony at the State House Banquet Hall, Monday.
Asked what sources of funding were open to the federal government to make up the required amount needed for severance pay of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) workers in the light of the privatisation programme, Dagogo-Jack said government would live up to its responsibility, but does not need to go public with its entire plans.
About N348 billion is said to be required for the payment of the workers’ severances while N45 billion has been appropriated for the payment, thereby prompting questions about the balance would be sourced.
Explaining, the PTFP Chairman said: “When you say appropriation is N45bn and suggesting there is no other money, it might not be right, because apart from the appropriation, there are other sources of funding. Government will find a way to resolve it, much of the activity is supposed to be done secretly, you don’t except government to go public with their sources of funding.
“You don’t negotiate with labour on the pages of newspapers because there are too many forces.”
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