The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Gill Atkinson has said that the new provision for state governments to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity is critical in reducing the energy deficit in Nigeria.
She disclosed this in Abuja at the just concluded two-day roundtable meeting on Nigeria’s Electricity Act 2023 jointly convened by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the British High Commission.
Atkinson maintained that it was time for the federating states “to explore new opportunities to scale up electricity and deliver it to more Nigerians.”
The meeting with the theme: ‘The Electricity Act 2023: Implications and Opportunities for State Electricity Markets,’ was facilitated by the United Kingdom Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility (UKNIAF, to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats linked to the new Electricity Act 2023 and strategies for navigating emerging challenges.
A communique at the end of the roundtable stated that the meeting agreed on the need for the state governments to identify and prioritise opportunities for joined-up initiatives at the regional level to ensure cohesive implementation of the Electricity Act.
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