The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has insisted that the court should decide the dispute over the Federal Government’s intended payment of $418 million in Paris Club Refund fees to some consultants.
According to The Nation, the NGF also reiterated its opposition to the Federal Government’s decision to privatize ten National Integrated Power Projects, arguing that the matter should be decided by the courts.
These are among the resolutions passed at the NGF’s teleconference meeting on Tuesday.
The resolutions are contained in a communiqué at the end of the meeting by its Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal.
“Regarding the $418 million Paris Club Refund and promissory notes issued to consultants by the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Debt Management Office, the forum remains resolute in exploring all legal channels available to it in ensuring that resources belonging to states are not unjustly or illegally paid to a few in the guise of consultancies.
“The forum, following its advocacy that the proposed privatization of 10 National Integrated Power Projects by the Federal Government of Nigeria should be stopped, instructed its lawyers to approach the Federal High Court which, at present has issued a court order restraining all the parties in the suit from taking any step or action that will make or render the outcome of the motion on notice seeking for interlocutory injunction nugatory.
“The effect of the order of the court is that respondents cannot proceed with the proposed sale of the power plants belonging to the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited until the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.” the resolution states.
