2027: INEC FACES CREDIBLE QUESTION AS AMUPITAN CONFIRMS DEAD PERSONS’ NAMES ON REGISTER. (PHOTO).

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 The credibility of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) voters’ register has come under intense scrutiny ahead of the 2027 general elections, following revelations by INEC Chairman Professor Joash Amupitan that names of deceased persons remain on the register. Amupitan disclosed that names of voters who died as far back as 15 years ago are still listed, a situation critics say could undermine the integrity of the 2027 polls and lead to significant financial waste through the printing of excess ballot papers and other election logistics. The INEC chairman made the revelation while receiving the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, and her management team during a courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday. Amupitan announced that INEC has entered into a partnership with NIMC to deliver a credible voters’ register and transparent elections. He said INEC would leverage NIMC’s robust data archi...
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TCN SNUBS LOCAL MANUFACTURERS, AWARDS CHINESE FIRMS OVER N160BN CONTRACTS. (PHOTO).

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 TCN snubs local manufacturers, awards Chinese firms over N160bn contracts


Transmission Company of Nigeria has snubbed local manufacturers to award two Chinese firms electricity metre manufacturing contracts worth over N160 billion.

The president of the Association of Metre Manufacturers of Nigeria, Durosola Omogbenigun, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

This comes as TCN, through a World Bank loan, contracted two Chinese companies to supply 1.25 million metres, worth over $100 million despite calls to patronise local manufacturers.

AMMON expressed concerns at the pace of the contracts’ execution by the Chinese companies, noting that only 75,000 metres out of 1.25 million have been delivered so far.

According to AMMON, despite the questionable contract execution performance in the first procurement by TCN, the agency has planned to embark on another World Bank procurement of 1.55 million metres from a foreign company.

AMMON reacting said, TCN ignoring local firms for foreign companies “will contribute in no small measure to killing local manufacturing.”

“Recently, TCN/PMU, the department in the Transmission Company of Nigeria, signed a contract with two Chinese companies to supply 1.25 million metres at the whopping cost of over 100 million USD using loans from the World Bank.

“Before the execution of this procurement process, we advised the FGN, then in the last administration, to allow local metre manufacturers to participate in this transaction, and we had cogent reasons, but we were denied the opportunity.

“Since the commencement of this transaction, only 75,000 metres out of 1.25 million metres have been delivered by these Chinese companies. Those metres are still uninstalled, defeating the aim of resolving the liquidity crisis, which we, AMMON, are doing daily with no incentive or assistance from any quarters apart from our belief in our nation.

“Despite the dismal failure of the first foreign procurement, TCN is going ahead with another World Bank procurement of 1.55 million metres, which will contribute in no small measure to killing local manufacturing,” it said.

According to the association, indigenous companies have 100 percent competence to deliver in electricity metre manufacturing.

AMMON said from 2021 to 2024, local metre manufacturers produced N353.7 billion worth of electricity metres.

“The contribution made by local metre manufacturers, especially from 2021 to 2024, was achieved at the cost of N353.7 billion (at today’s price for single- and three-phase metres and excluding the CBN-funded NMMP Project of 850,000 metres). This amount was financed by LMMA/MAPs locally,” it added.

AMMON urged the Nigerian government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to prioritise local manufacturers.

“Nigeria’s metering industry is a cornerstone of national development, and with the right policy support, it can graduate from early-stage manufacturing to full manufacturing, thereby positioning Nigeria as a regional export hub under AfCFTA.

“Mr. President, your leadership inspires confidence and renews hope in Nigeria’s industrial future. We pledge our full cooperation and continued dedication to the success of your administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda,” AMMON said.

Recall that Tinubu recently approved the implementation of the Nigeria First Policy and a ban on foreign goods.

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