FG unveils national energy policy, master plan

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Federal Government, through the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), yesterday, unveiled the National Energy Policy (NEP) and National Energy Master Plan (NEMP) that would guide the nation’s energy transition.

Federal Government, through the Energy Commission of Nigeria , yesterday, unveiled the National Energy Policy and National Energy Master Plan that would guide the nation’s energy transition..Institute laments 85m without access to electricity

He added that the third tranche, with a threshold of $50 billion targets, promotes the transition to low carbon and climate resilient growth, which includes both climate mitigation and adaptation. He was joined by the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Joseph Utsev ; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Ekperikpe Ekpo; the Director General of the ECN, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, among other dignitaries, to unveil the documents.

Consequently, the institute called on governments to deploy open-source infrastructure to identify areas where access to energy should be expanded. Also, Director for Energy, Transportation, and Infrastructure at the National Council on Climate Change, Michael Ivenso, said government was formulating fiscal incentives that would completelyremove import duty and VAT on renewal energies to crash the price of solar, wind energy products and to make them affordable and accessible to Nigerians.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.

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