The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), said it would ensure that the 17 Power Holding Companies of Nigeria (PHCN) successor companies and a good number of other companies are brought to the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for listing .
Speaking on the floor of NSE, the director- general of BPE, Mr. Benjamin Dikki, said that in the next few years, as the Nigerian electricity supply sector moves into the hands of private sector owners and mature, the 17 PHCN successor companies would come for listing.
The director-general said that the remaining government shareholdings in the DISCOs being privatised through core investor sale strategy would be divested through the Exchange. He stated that BPE has always been in partnership with the NSE.
“The relationship between the bureau, the NSE and the Nigerian capital market is a long standing one, ”he said.
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