Privatised firms must deliver services to Nigerians — new BPE boss

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief

Abuja—Privatised enterprises must deliver services to Nigerians, in line with the provisions of their Share Purchase Agreements.

The new Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Mr. Alex Okoh, stated this while formally taking over the reins of authority at the Bureau in Abuja, at the weekend.

Okoh promised to step up the post-privatization monitoring activities of the Bureau to ensure that owners of privatized enterprises live up to the covenants they signed with the Bureau so that Nigerians could derive maximum benefits from the privatized enterprises.

According to a statement by the Head, Public Communications, of the bureau, Mr. Alex Erons Okoh, the new DG said his administration would strive to change the negative perception held by some people about the BPE in the execution of its mandate.

Former head of the agency, Dr. Vincent Akpotaire, while handing over to the new helmsman, said that given his background as a seasoned administrator, the staff of the Bureau are confident that he would succeed in his new assignment and give the Bureau a new lease of life.

On their part, members of the Management Team pledged to co-operate with the new DG to take the Bureau to greater heights. He was later conducted round the offices where he familiarized with the staff.

Before his appointment by the Federal Government on Thursday, April 13, 2017 as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Okoh was the Managing Partner of Ashford & McGuire Consulting Ltd.

The DG, who is currently a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, has 32 years experience, of which 22 were  in the banking industry where his responsibilities involved general management, leadership and organizational development.

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