HOW JONATHAN FORCED MINISTER OF POWER BARTH NNAJI TO RESIGN! The resignation of the minister of power Prof. Barth Nnaji yesteday was influenced by the president Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. Prof. Nnaji told Thisday that he had met Mr. President tuesday afternoon when he(the president) told him that his link to some of the companies participating in the bidding of the successor companies of the PHCN is a setback to the privatization processes. Nnaji said after the meeting he decided to resign. Prof. Barth said he had earlier informed the president that he has power companies and that he had resigned his appointment and sold his shares to a blind trust in Geometric Power- a company he has shares. It was learnt that companies linked to Prof. Nnaji submitted bids to buy Afam Power plant-one of the most viable- and Eastern distribution.