The Federal Government says plans are ongoing to determine the level of investment and ownership of states and Federal Government in electricity distribution companies, popularly known as discos.
Chairman of the Committee on the Review of the Status of the Ownership Structure of Discos, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, told journalists after the National Economic Council, NEC meeting that the Committee requested the Council to place advertisement for the public to submit memoranda on the way forward in the electricity industry.
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In another development, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire informed NEC that there are incidences of Lassa Fever in Delta, Kano and Ondo States resulting in 84 cases and 15 deaths.
He said the National Centre for Disease Control has been alerted.
Meanwhile, the Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, noted that the balance on the Excess Crude account as at January 20, 2020 was $321,393,190.35
