Nigeria: Reps Ask Jonathan to Forward Budget for Electricity Firms

22 March 2013

The House of Representatives has urged the federal government to forward a supplementary appropriation bill to the National Assembly to fund Distribution and Generation companies (DISCOS) of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

This was subsequent to the adoption of the resolution of a motion sponsored by the chairman of House committee on Power, Hon Patrick Ikhariale and 17 other lawmakers on the need to revise zero allocation to the two entities in the 2013 budget by the executive.

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