{"id":56771,"date":"2024-11-22T15:24:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=56771"},"modified":"2024-11-22T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:25:22","slug":"56771","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/22\/56771\/","title":{"rendered":"NEC to End Grid Collapses, Sets Up Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By<\/strong><b> Samson Adeyanju\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a decisive move to tackle Nigeria&#8217;s frequent power grid collapses, the National Economic Council (NEC), has established a National Electrification Committee to implement the National Electrification Strategy and strengthen state-level participation under the Electricity Reform Act 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The committee, chaired by Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu, includes key governors, federal ministers, and industry stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Their mission is to ensure equitable electricity access, affordability, and the diversification of Nigeria\u2019s energy systems.<\/p>\n<p>At the 146th NEC meeting held in Abuja and presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Shettima emphasized that electricity is &#8220;the oxygen of economic growth&#8221; and a fundamental right, not a privilege.<\/p>\n<p>He called for swift action to expand energy access, empower rural communities, and drive productivity for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).<\/p>\n<p>NEC also acknowledged the potential of Nigeria\u2019s creative industries as a catalyst for economic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Shettima urged stakeholders to capitalize on new technologies that amplify the global reach of Nigerian arts, music, and culture, creating jobs and revenue streams for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Council\u2019s decisions aim to light up homes, power businesses, and lay the foundation for Nigeria\u2019s industrial future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samson Adeyanju\u00a0 In a decisive move to tackle Nigeria&#8217;s frequent power grid collapses, the National Economic Council (NEC), has established a National Electrification Committee to implement the National Electrification Strategy and strengthen state-level participation under the Electricity Reform Act 2023. The committee, chaired by Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu, includes key governors, federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":56772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56774,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56771\/revisions\/56774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}