The National Economic Council (NEC) has resolved to reinforce the implementation of the National Electrification Strategy in a bid to end the collapse of the nation’s power grid.
This is just as Vice President Kashim Shettima, who is Chairman of NEC, told members of the Council that access to energy is a fundamental right and not a privilege because electricity is the oxygen of economic growth.
Accordingly, the Council has constituted a committee on National Electrification to help address the challenges in the power sector.
The formation of the committee was among the decisions taken by NEC at the end of its 146th meeting on Thursday chaired by Mr Shettima at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The committee, headed by Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu, is to work towards deepening states’ engagements within the Electricity Reform Act 2023 and the National Electrification Strategy and Implementation Plan.
Following a presentation by the…