Why we reject Bala’s reappointment – ECN union

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) at the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) has rejected the reappointment of the Director General, Professor Eli Jidere Bala, and has written to President Muhammadu Buhari on its stand.

In a letter addressed to Daily Trust on the reappointment, the association said it operated as an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and was afraid over the possible collapse of ECN as a result of the reappointment.

Daily Trust reports that the union had staged a protest at ECN against the reappointment long before it was announced.

Prof. Bala’s first tenure ended in May 2018 after five years and was renewed starting from May 6, 2018, the union said.

The ECN is charged with the responsibility for strategic planning and coordination of national policies in the field of energy in all its ramifications.

The union, in the letter to this media signed by its chairman, Comrade Promise Chukwu, said: “The petition rejecting the reappointment of Prof. E.J. Bala was signed by over 70 per cent of ECN staff.”

The petition register seen by Daily Trust showed 173 names of those said to be officials in the various departments of the commission who through their signatures, rejected the reappointment of the director general.