As the two days Power-to-Power Summit put together by PortHarcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA) ends in PortHarcourt, stakeholders have tasked government at all levels on a legislative frame work to boost the power supply in the country. In his opening remark, the President Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and […]
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Stakeholders in the power industry in Abuja exchanged policy ideas to deepen the process of reforming the country’s power sector. The stakeholders, at the 1st Abuja Electric Power conference, organised by Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) also stressed the need to focus on consolidating the outcome of the privatisation exercise in the power […]
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The President of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar has called for closer synergy among power sector stakeholders to address the many challenges of the sector. Speaking while on an advocacy visit to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC), the ACCI President noted that lack of cooperation among stakeholders is affecting programme implementation […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday disagreed with the World Bank on its survey report, which claimed that 78 per cent of consumers in Nigeria get less than 12 hours of power supply daily. Responding to the Power Sector Recovery Programme Opinion Research Fact Sheet released by the World Bank last Friday, the Special Adviser to the President […]
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The Nigerian Government has questioned the report of a survey conducted by the World Bank claiming that 78% of power consumers in Nigeria get less than 12 hours of daily supply of electricity. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr. Ahmad Rufai Zakari, said it is unclear what empirical evidence […]
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Top leaders of the Nigerian power sector led by the Presidential Adviser on Infrastructure , Hon Ahmad Zakari are billed to speak at the webinar on the National Mass Metering Programme organised by the Policy Centre of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The programme billed to hold this Thursday between 11 and 1pm has […]
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By Adetayo Adegbemle The call by the DISCOS for the inclusion and execution of a comprehensive audit of the entire power sector as one of the conditions that must be met to guarantee their participation in the audit is not only preposterous but also the usual calculated move by the DISCOS to deter the initiative. […]
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Amidst clamours for urgent infrastructural development of the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that more projects are planned for the region. President Buhari gave the assurance on Thursday during the virtual commissioning of the new headquarters building of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in Yenagoa, […]
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The Minister of Power, Engr Sale Mamman has felicitated with the management of Nigerian Electricity Liability Management Limited over the gold award from the Buraeu pf Public Service Reforms (BPSR). The Minister today recieved the management of NELMCO led by ita Managing Director, Adebayo Fagbemi who presented the award plaque to the Minister. The Minister […]
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