JONATHAN’s POWER SECTOR PRIVATIZATION: POWER FAILURE FORCES BAYELSA ASSEMBLY TO SUSPEND SITTING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Power failures on Wednesday forced the Bayelsa State House of Assembly to suspend sitting “till further notice” in their chamber at Yenagoa, the state capital. The energy problem in the state was also worsened by the breakdown of the generator supplying electricity to the assembly complex. The generator, it was learnt, was engulfed by fire while some persons were trying to activate it for yesterday’s plenary. An employee of the complex who pleaded anonymity said lack of electricity compelled the lawmakers to suspend their sitting till further notice. Public power supply in most parts of the state hit the lowest level recently and forced government establishments, private firms and small business to depend solely on generators. The doors and windows of most offices at the assembly complex were thrown open to allow the inflow of air. Most lawmakers and senior employees of the complex abandoned their offices. Special Assistant to the Speaker on Media and Publicity, Mr. Piriye Kiyaramo, said the generator had a ”technical problem.” He said that normal business by the lawmakers would resume as soon as the problem was rectified.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:15:25 +0000
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