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 …

Eleven days after his inauguration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assented to the Electricity Act 2023, which is to replace the Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act 2005. It is expected to provide a framework to guide the post-privatisation phase of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) and encourage private sector investments. The outgoing ninth National Assembly had initially passed in …