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NIGELEC
The ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulation Authority (ERERA), first proposed in 1999, includes the creation of a seven nation joint power grid covering SONABEL (Burkina Faso), CIE (Cote d’Ivoire), VRA (Ghana), CEB (Benin), the government of Togo, PHCN (Nigeria) and NIGELEC. [1]
Privatization of NIGELEC, urged by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund since the 1980s, has been delayed several times. The most recent of two Nigerien calls for potential private foreign investors -- in November 2002 -- was unsuccessful. [2] As recently as 2006 the World Bank offered the government of Niger over US$ 2.20 million (which in 2007 significanlyt un-disbursed) to develop some alternate form of privatization program for the untility ( Public Private Partnerships, etc), even while noting the improved efficiency of the company. [3]
The Goudel plant for instance, the newest of the two Niamey NIGELEC plants, generates power from diesel turbines comparable to those on ocean going ships. The plant is only capable of supplying a quarter of Niamey's needs in the cooler part of the year and a seventh in the hot season, and thus is mostly used as a backup generator when power flowing from Nigeria is cut. [4]
In September 2008 Zakari Alzouma a reporter for the paper Le Canard déchaîné was arrested for defamation of NIGELEC head Foukori Ibrahim, after the paper reported that Begian counsul Smith Degener had died in Foukori's office of a heart attack after an argument with the utilities chief. [5] In just two months later, Foukori again pressed charges against two reporters for the paper "L'Evénement" after their paper alleged fraudulant hiring practices at the utility. All three, after serving jail time, were given suspended sentances and forced to pay damages to mister Foukori. [6]
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0602/S00152.htm
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4615336a6423.html
http://www.romandie.com/infos/news2/080506092810.f8yyccu4.asp
Niger: gros délestages d'électricité à Niamey, le Nigeria mis en cause AFP. 6 May 2008
A Niamey, 30.000 manifestants contre la forte hausse des prix REUTERS 10.07.2008
http://www.romandie.com/infos/news2/080710130034.3voz45uq.asp
Des milliers de Nigériens manifestent contre les coupures d'électricité AFP / 10 juillet 2008
http://www.french.xinhuanet.com/french/2008-07/05/content_664080.htm Le gouvernement nigérien envisage des mesures pour garantir l'indépendance énergétique du pays 2008-07-05
Niger to spend 20 billion francs to tackle electricity problem
05/07/2008
Pana
Phillip Oladunjoye Newswatch (Nigeria) January 05, 2004
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/five-west-african-states-study-joint-power-grid-2007-12-12 Five West African states study joint power grid]. Reuters. 12 December 2007
Interconnexion électrique sous régionale : 200 milliards pour réduire les coûts de l’électricité.
S. Nadoun COULIBALY
Sidwaya (Burkina Faso) 21 February 2008
- ^ Call for Expression of Interest Benchmarking Study of the operators in the West African Electricity Sub-sector. Commission for Infrastructures Energy Division Regional Regulation Development Office. ECOWAS African Power Sector Regional Regulation Project (April 2009) retrieved 2009-02-20
- ^ NIGER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT AND JOINT IDA-IMF STAFF ASSESSMENT. ReportNo: 27155, The World Bank (OCTOBER 20,2003)
- ^ IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-31300 IDA-3130A) ON A CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 14.0 MILLION (US$ 18.6 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER FOR A PRIVATIZATION AND REGULATORY REFORM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT. Document of The World Bank, Report No:ICR0000425 (June 29, 2007)
- ^ Visite de la Nigelec. Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey. 7 February 2009
- ^ Niger: un Journaliste du Canard Dechaine Poursuivi pour Defimation. Challenges (France) 15 October 2008.
- ^ Niger: Two Journalists Given Suspended Prison Sentences for "Defamation". Reporters sans Frontières (Paris) 18 November 2008.
- ^ [ http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=07/14/2008&qrTitle=Blackout:%20Niger%20Republic%20witnesses%20public%20protest&qrColumn=BUSINESS Blackout: Niger Republic witnesses public protest]. The Tide, Rivers State Nigeria. Monday, Jul 14, 2008
- ^ NIGER-NIGERIA: Light from Nigeria for towns in Niger. IRIN / United Nations. 12 February 2003.
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user page. This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user in whose space this page is located may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:T_L_Miles/stuff/NIGELEC. |
NIGELEC
The ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulation Authority (ERERA), first proposed in 1999, includes the creation of a seven nation joint power grid covering SONABEL (Burkina Faso), CIE (Cote d’Ivoire), VRA (Ghana), CEB (Benin), the government of Togo, PHCN (Nigeria) and NIGELEC. [1]
Privatization of NIGELEC, urged by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund since the 1980s, has been delayed several times. The most recent of two Nigerien calls for potential private foreign investors -- in November 2002 -- was unsuccessful. [2] As recently as 2006 the World Bank offered the government of Niger over US$ 2.20 million (which in 2007 significanlyt un-disbursed) to develop some alternate form of privatization program for the untility ( Public Private Partnerships, etc), even while noting the improved efficiency of the company. [3]
The Goudel plant for instance, the newest of the two Niamey NIGELEC plants, generates power from diesel turbines comparable to those on ocean going ships. The plant is only capable of supplying a quarter of Niamey's needs in the cooler part of the year and a seventh in the hot season, and thus is mostly used as a backup generator when power flowing from Nigeria is cut. [4]
In September 2008 Zakari Alzouma a reporter for the paper Le Canard déchaîné was arrested for defamation of NIGELEC head Foukori Ibrahim, after the paper reported that Begian counsul Smith Degener had died in Foukori's office of a heart attack after an argument with the utilities chief. [5] In just two months later, Foukori again pressed charges against two reporters for the paper "L'Evénement" after their paper alleged fraudulant hiring practices at the utility. All three, after serving jail time, were given suspended sentances and forced to pay damages to mister Foukori. [6]
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0602/S00152.htm
http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlboroughexpress/4615336a6423.html
http://www.romandie.com/infos/news2/080506092810.f8yyccu4.asp
Niger: gros délestages d'électricité à Niamey, le Nigeria mis en cause AFP. 6 May 2008
A Niamey, 30.000 manifestants contre la forte hausse des prix REUTERS 10.07.2008
http://www.romandie.com/infos/news2/080710130034.3voz45uq.asp
Des milliers de Nigériens manifestent contre les coupures d'électricité AFP / 10 juillet 2008
http://www.french.xinhuanet.com/french/2008-07/05/content_664080.htm Le gouvernement nigérien envisage des mesures pour garantir l'indépendance énergétique du pays 2008-07-05
Niger to spend 20 billion francs to tackle electricity problem
05/07/2008
Pana
Phillip Oladunjoye Newswatch (Nigeria) January 05, 2004
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/five-west-african-states-study-joint-power-grid-2007-12-12 Five West African states study joint power grid]. Reuters. 12 December 2007
Interconnexion électrique sous régionale : 200 milliards pour réduire les coûts de l’électricité.
S. Nadoun COULIBALY
Sidwaya (Burkina Faso) 21 February 2008
- ^ Call for Expression of Interest Benchmarking Study of the operators in the West African Electricity Sub-sector. Commission for Infrastructures Energy Division Regional Regulation Development Office. ECOWAS African Power Sector Regional Regulation Project (April 2009) retrieved 2009-02-20
- ^ NIGER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT AND JOINT IDA-IMF STAFF ASSESSMENT. ReportNo: 27155, The World Bank (OCTOBER 20,2003)
- ^ IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (IDA-31300 IDA-3130A) ON A CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 14.0 MILLION (US$ 18.6 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER FOR A PRIVATIZATION AND REGULATORY REFORM TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT. Document of The World Bank, Report No:ICR0000425 (June 29, 2007)
- ^ Visite de la Nigelec. Lycée La Fontaine, Niamey. 7 February 2009
- ^ Niger: un Journaliste du Canard Dechaine Poursuivi pour Defimation. Challenges (France) 15 October 2008.
- ^ Niger: Two Journalists Given Suspended Prison Sentences for "Defamation". Reporters sans Frontières (Paris) 18 November 2008.
- ^ [ http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=07/14/2008&qrTitle=Blackout:%20Niger%20Republic%20witnesses%20public%20protest&qrColumn=BUSINESS Blackout: Niger Republic witnesses public protest]. The Tide, Rivers State Nigeria. Monday, Jul 14, 2008
- ^ NIGER-NIGERIA: Light from Nigeria for towns in Niger. IRIN / United Nations. 12 February 2003.