This Day (Lagos)
3 April 2008
With the halting of work on some sites of the National Integr-ated Power Project (NIPP) as a result of stoppage of payments by the Federal Government since June 2007, 21 gas turbines imported for the generation of electricity are lying idle at three of the nation's ports - Onne, Warri and Calabar.
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With 12 very long delivery turbines delibrately abandoned at the ports for about a year, the present administration is, no doubt, stalling the power projects to achieve the very fruitless, childish and inept goal of creating conditions to blame or discredic the former adeministration of the country. These turbines, costing about $300m, are wasting away fast. WHAT A SHOW OF INCOMPETENCE IN THE ABSOLUTE! One wonders why the leaders of any country should resort to such disgracefully destructive tactic that does so much harm to the nation. However, looking at the developments now in Nigeria globally, there seems to be a trend showing, the avowed support for Africom, the apparernt ceding of the control of the nation's security to Britain and the US (putting the country back essentially to the colonial days), etc. WHAT IS NEXT?!