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Guinea-Bissau: Debts Lead Government to Remove Portuguese EDP from  Management of EAGB

Guinea-Bissau: Debts Lead Government to Remove Portuguese EDP from  Management of EAGB

(20/83, 11.JUN - Bissau, Lisbon) The award to the EDP - Energias de Portugal/ Águas de Portugal Internacional/ Leadership Business Consulting consortium, of the contract, valued at EUR 3.9 million, for the provision of technical support in modernization and restructuring of EAGB - Electricity and Waters of Guinea-Bissau, for a period of 3 years, motivated, in 2018, a strong dispute of influences at the level of the different political forces of the previous Government, headed by ARISTIDES GOMES (PAIGC). READ MORE