Staff Reporter
Economists, engineers and politicians at a roundtable discussion yesterday explained the crisis in the power sector as a deliberate creation of the past governments which, being steeped in corruption, served the interest of foreign companies.
They said corruption in the power sector was massive. World Bank and IMF suggestions dominated the Government policy. The Power Development Board (PDB) was broken into pieces according to suggestions of the WB.
Foreign companies were entitled to generate power under unequal treaties. [Read more]