River Basin Development Authorities to be commercialized

The Ministry of Water Resources will work with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to ensure the successful commercialization of the country’s River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) in line with the RBDAs Act of 1987 and Commercialization framework approved by the National Council on Privatisation (NCP). The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Sulaiman  Adamu, disclosed […]

The Ministry of Water Resources will work with the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) to ensure the successful commercialization of the country’s River Basin Development Authorities (RBDAs) in line with the RBDAs Act of 1987 and Commercialization framework approved by the National Council on Privatisation (NCP).
The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Sulaiman  Adamu, disclosed this when he received the Acting Director General of BPE, Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, who led other management staff of the Bureau on a courtesy call to update the minister on the Reform process & strategy for the RBDAs. He said the ministry in consultation with key stakeholders such as BPE would immediately set up a working group for the actualization of the commercialization program which, he said, had become imperative.
In a statement on the visit issued by BPE head of Public Communications, Mr. Alex Okoh, the minister warned that unnecessary bureaucratic bottlenecks would not be tolerated in the process, saying the ministry welcomed BPE’s strategy to reform the RBDAs and urged the bureau to keep pace with the ministry’s drive to speedily bring about change in the sector.
 In his remarks, the Acting Director General of the BPE, Dr. Vincent Onome Akpotaire, said that restructuring the RBDAs was a necessary condition for the realization of the federal government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda and ensuring food security for the nation.