Manufacturers, Others Groan over Inadequate Power Supply as Gas Shortage Hits Businesses in Lagos, Ogun At N118 - N170 per standard cubic metre, gas cheaper than N780 per litre of diesel Nigeria has 201,000MW electricity deficit, says report Ejiofor Alike in Lagos and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The operations of manufacturing
firms and other businesses in Lagos and Ogun states are currently being threatened following their inability to
generate electricity to power their day-to-day activities due to the inadequate supply of gas from marketers, THISDAY’s
investigation has revealed. Nigeria currently has an electricity deficit of 201,000 megawatts as power generation
hovers between 3,500MW and just over 5,000MW. A new report revealed that the country needs 206,000MW
of power to be at par with Qatar and others in electricity supply. Continued on page 6
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Eight States Owe Workers for at Least Six Months, Says Report Segun James Eight state governments failed to pay some of their workers for at least six months, a new report has revealed. The states are Taraba, Nasarawa, Edo, Ebonyi, Ondo, Plateau, Imo,
and Abia. According to the report, they owe active workers as well as retirees. Irregular payment of workers’ salaries has been a problem in Nigerian states for decades. Officials often blame revenue
shortfall, yet continue to apply the same lean resources to their lavish interests. Budgit said it conducted the survey to spotlight and identify state governments that have consistently failed to meet the essential requirement
of governance and employee compensation. The group called on governments to urgently address the glaring inability to pay state workers’ salaries as the attitude, enthusiasm, productivity, and survival of state workers and their
families are directly related to the timeliness of their remuneration. The organisation in its empirical survey across the 36 states of the federation expressed displeasure over certain state governments’ refusal to pay the monthly salaries accruable to civil service workers
in their states as and when due. BudgIT conducted this empirical survey to spotlight and identify state governments that have consistently failed to meet the essential requirement Continued on page 8
As APC Unites Behind Tinubu, PDP Struggles with Wike Fintri-led reconciliatory team meets Rivers gov’s camp tomorrow Imoke, Waziri, Jegede among ex-VP’s team Duke, Mimiko, former AGF Adoke, Gana lead Wike’s camp Ayu-must-go agitation persists Chuks Okocha and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja With the appointment of the Governor of Plateau State, Mr Simon Lalong as the Director General of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the leaders of the ruling party have united behind the party’s presidential candidate, Senator Bola Tinubu. In contrast to the APC’s united house, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued to be bogged down by the Governor of Rivers State, Mr Nyesom Wike, whose demands have stalled the efforts of the main opposition party to reconcile its aggrieved members. However, the peace efforts by the PDP to reconcile its aggrieved
members have received a boost as the reconciliatory team led by the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintri, will tomorrow meet with the camp of the Rivers State governor. This is coming as the agitation for the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu has persisted despite the ongoing efforts to reconcile all aggrieved parties. With the appointment of Lalong as the Director General of the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), the members and leaders of the ruling party have closed ranks ahead of the 2023 general election. The controversy generated by the APC’s Muslim-Muslim ticket also appears to have died down Continued on page 5
RENEWED PARTNERSHIP… 2023: Atiku,Tinubu, Obi, Others to Pay N10m A L-R: Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari; Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission, Mr. Gbenga Komolafe; and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, at the execution Each for Campaign Posters in Anambra...Page 5 Petroleum of Production Sharing Contracts for Oil Mining Lease 133 in deep water Nigeria at the NNPC Towers, Abuja…weekend