Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says Transcorp Power has been
approved as the preferred bidder for the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company
(AEDC).
He spoke on Tuesday at the commissioning of the Afam
three-fast power plant in Oyigbo LGA, Rivers state.
Osinbajo said the approval was given by the national council
on privatisation (NCP).
The politician described the development as a significant
breakthrough in the country’s power sector — an industry he said has been
lacking private sector finance.
“A major breakthrough
of our privatisation process, which of course, as you know, started in
2005-2006, was and has been inadequate of private investments and real cash injections,”
he said.
“From the time we started, an indigenous firm such as
Transcorp Power and Heirs Holding have been making significant investments such
as this 100 percent acquisition of installed capacity Afam Power Plc and Afam
Three Fast Power Limited, jointly referred to as Afam GenCo. The acquisition
cost, I am sure you have heard already, is N105.3 trillion.
“Only yesterday, the national council on privatisation (NCP)
formally delisted Transcorp Power Plc, formerly known as Ughelli Power Plc,
from routine monitoring and evaluation by the BPE, indicating yet another
successful power investment.
“I can say the last
few days belong to Transcorp Power because at the meeting of the national
council on privatisation (NCP), the council approved Transcorp Power Consortium
as the preferred bidder of the acquisition of the Abuja Distribution Company.”
In December 2021, United Bank of Africa (UBA) took over AEDC
over the inability of its major stakeholder, Kann Consortium, to service the
$122 million debt owed to the bank.
Kann Consortium had secured a loan from UBA to acquire AEDC
in 2013, making it hold a 60 percent stake in the DisCo.
However, in April 2023, the bank said it would sell AEDC to
recover the $122 million debt.
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