Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
October 12, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir today issued a decree removing director of the country’s National Electricity Corporation (NEC)
The decision follows deterioration in the status of electricity generation in the country which led to several power blackouts in the last few months coupled with water shortages.
Yesterday the NEC announced that electricity will be disconnected throughout the country starting Sunday at midnight.
In a statement the NEC said that “upon a request from the Merowe dam official” all stations feeding from the dam will be disconnected “to fix some technical problems” and that the agency contracted “foreign experts” to look into it.
The Merowe dam has disappointed citizens in the country as it has not lived up to the promises made by Sudanese officials who promised that there will be no more power outages in the country after its inauguration last March.
Moreover there has been conflicting statements from the authorities on the reasons behind the outages. Many have rested blame on Makawi accusing him of incompetence.
In the last few weeks the Sudanese Dam Execution Unit traded accusations with the energy ministry over the responsibility for power outages. The former says that the Merowe dam is producing “more than enough” electricity but the energy ministry fought back saying that the dam electricity is “unstable”.
Bashir today was today reported to resolve the dispute between the two sides. The Sudanese head of state has said last month that he will “cut the head of anyone who cuts electriity”.
Some observers have contended that the $2 billion project was prematurely inaugurated for political reasons a day before the indictment of Bashir for war crimes allegedly committed in Darfur.
(ST)
oshay
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
at least there is accountability unlike cowboy kiir
Akol Liai Mager
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
On behave of Makawi; I didn’t do anything, only the project wasn’t completed, so Electricity cannot just works by itself or from unfinished job.
murlescrewed
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
So much for the so-called development in the North. They can’t even maintain a simple dam.
BUSTA 2
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
Thank you H.E Bashir,
You are the man who have the love of his country and who want to see transparent work.
I am calling upon the Corrupt South Sudan to take an example from what Bashir is doing.
Brother in Christ,
Busta 2
Njara Ndarago
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
I heard bashir want to replace the vice president Taha and before him the director for the country’s national electricity corporation has been sacked. The next to be sacked will be the energy minister before bashir is apprehended for alleged crimes comitted in Darfur.
Intelligent.
ahme adam
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
some one in this website said that people should vote for splm because NCP didnt provide constant electricity, well at least NCP did provide something unlike useless SPLA didnt provide electrcity at all to south sudan how can they do it for all of the sudan? NCP has done somthing but SPLA did nothing
mamer kuot
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
congratulation our president for what you did,and that is a signs of good governance to fight such corruptions in our country.however, this is going to be a lesson to those officials who want to exercises the same stupid acts in their respective positions.
thanks
mamer.
Time1
Sudanese president sacks head of electricity corporation
I feel sorry for northerners, they have been cheated by this re gime, vote for SPLM for the nessecary changes to peoples life, also alot of freedom and justice will come to nrotherners under SPLM leadership also will unite all Sudanese under one banner of no descrimination.
NCP has destroyed your dreams. Where are the services they promise you all this time, where is the modern era of electrification of sudan with 24 hour electricity and services that the NCP promise, see for yourself now.