The appointment of Mr. Usman Mohammed as interim Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is not a condition for Africa Development Bank (AfDB) loan facility, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said on Monday.The AfDB had last week approved a $155 million loan for Economic and Power Sector Reform Programme (EPSERP) in the country.
Fashola stated this when he appeared before the Joint Committee on Power on Monday in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The minister’s appearance followed a petition written to the Senate by workers under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees and the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies.
The workers had alleged that due process was not followed in the appointment of Mohammed as TCN chief.
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