Governors of the 36 states, under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have taken the federal government to court over the planned privatisation of 10 power plants under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP).
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company, which is owned by the federal, state, and local government councils, is a power generation and distribution company that oversees the implementation of the NIPPs.
The governors, who rejected the sale, expressed their displeasure through a statement by chairman of the forum, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, at the end of a teleconference meeting.
The NGF said its lawyers had been instructed to approach the Federal High Court which, at present had issued a court order restraining all the parties in the suit from taking any step or action that will make or render the outcome of the motion on notice seeking for interlocutory injunction nugatory.
“The effect of the order of the court is that respondents cannot proceed with the proposed sale of the power plants belonging to the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHCL) until the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction,” the statement read.
