The Nigerian government has urged members of a newly inaugurated power institute to collaborate in order to improve electricity supply in the country. With only 40% of Nigerians having access to electricity, the minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, highlighted the low power generation as the main reason for the low level of access. The government has implemented reforms in the industry, including the Electric Power Reform Act 2023, to address the issue.
With only 40 per cent of Nigeria ns having access to electricity in the country, the federal government has charged members of a newly inaugurated power institute to collaborate to boost supply. Speaking, while inaugurating the Chartered Institute of Power Engineers of Nigeria (CIPEN), in Abuja yesterday, minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who attributed the low level of access to low power generation , said the situation demanded necessary input and attention from all stakeholders.
The minister said that it’s against this background that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu elicited a lot of reforms in the industry leading to the signing into law the Electric Power Reform Act 2023 which gives authority to states to generate, transmit and distribute power. Adelabu who was represented by the director, Transmission in the Ministry of Power, Engr. Nosike Emmanuel pleaded with stakeholders in the industry to collaborate as the industry is undergoing significant restructuring reform
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