Alleged inefficiency, bias caused Ishaku his Minister of State for Power portfolio

The Minister of State for Power, Mr Darius Dickson Ishaku may have been replaced as a result of his inability to fully manage the huge task of the Ministry.
Sources say President Goodluck Jonathan was dissatisfied with the performance of Ishaku in the power ministry, as he seems not to understand the demands of the office after the exit of Prof. Bart Nnaji in August.
Jonathan had yesterday after the weekly Federal Executive Councilmeeting, approved the interchange of Ishaku and Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Hajiya Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi, who was moved to the Ministry of Power in the same capacity.
A statement by Presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the decision was taken to strengthen the power sector.
A source said, “The president may have made up his mind following complaints of ineptitude of some officials and workers in the ministry. CEOs and staff of power generation and distribution companies seem to have relaxed after Prof. (Nnaji) left. Also you will notice there is now a drop in electricity supply.”
“Now there is a loss of about 1,100 megawatts (mw) of electricity from the national grid. So the President was right.”
Also, the minister has been accused of an attempt to manipulate the management contract with the Canadian firm, Manitoba Hydro International (MHI), for the running of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
Sources said that the president might have made up his mind to redeploy Ishaku during Tuesday’s meeting of the Presidential Action Committee on Power (PACP) when most of the contributions of the minister on the sector he is overseeing were shutdown by Jonathan.
It is believed that Jonathan was furious over the Minister’s inability to effectively implement the Manitoba’s management contract for the running of TCN.
Ishaku had expressed reservation about certain terms of the management contract and in this regards attempted to change the terms of the recently executed contract. His alleged bid to interrupt the contract has been responsible for his reluctance to allow Manitoba to assume the management of TCN.
He was also said to be against Manitoba taking over strategic positions in TCN, especially that of Market Operator (MO) which he was accused of reserving for a Nigerian leading to the frustration of the Canadian firm.
The country about a week ago witnessed two total system collapses dropping electricity generation to 3,422.8mw, down from the 4,321.3mw recorded on August 31, 2012, representing a drop of 898.5mw.
Before it dropped to its present level, power generation had previously dropped to 3,649.8mw on Monday, with 1,775.3mw as the lowest amount of electricity for the day.
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