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Nigeria

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Publication date: 2014, May

Author: Cyprus International University

Description: This paper is concerned with Nigeria’s energy sector challenges and reforms put forward by the Government to tackle the challenges. Laws and policies aimed at addressing the various energy generation, transmission and distribution challenges bedevilling the energy sector are stated and explained.

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Publication date: 2014, April

Author: University of Ibadan

Description: The erratic supply of power by Power Holding Company of Nigeria has not only forced the urban dwellers that are presumed to have more access to the electricity than their rural counterpart to the similar fate of the rural dwellers. This made some state governments to take shot in off-grid option with the assistance of the international community such as World Bank to provide electricity for remote areas where grid extensions were difficult to reach.

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Publication date: 2014

Author: Kelechi Eke

Description: About half of Nigeria’s estimated population of 150million people live in the rural areas characterized by high rural-urban migration rate, high unemployment rate and low per capita income of US$2,748. The provision of electricity in the rural areas will catalyse the growth of cottage industries especially agro-allied industries which will help to curb these challenges.

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Publication date: 2014

Author: Federal Ministry of Power

Description: The Federal Ministry of Power has gone through series of Transformations and reforms; a significant initiative was the 2005 Electricity Power Sector Reform Act (EPSR), which laid a solid foundation for the privatization activities that has taken place in the Power Sector. This has now culminated in the emergence of Generation, Distribution and Transmission successor companies to drive the post privatization Power Generation Initiative. The reform is intended to accelerate the pace of activity in the sector in line with the EPSR Act of 2005.

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Publication date: 2013, November

Author: Nkiruka Chidia Maduekwe

Description: The paper seeks to examine the regional and national legal framework that govern the Nigerian electricity sector. The paper finds that the reform ESPR Act 2005 is rich in context and its only limitation would be how far it would be implemented. The paper finds that the legal framework for the Nigerian electricity sector is both national and regional in scope. The paper finds that political will to implement the available provision is crucial to the revamping and bringing about efficiency in the Nigerian electricity sector.

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Publication date: 2013, September

Author: Elsevier

Description: This paper presents a review of renewable energy potentials in Nigeria to be tapped for useful and uninterrupted electric energy supply. The extent of renewable energy resources is described and existing government policies are articulated. Various polices, that could possibly incentivize the realization of wider renewable energy applications in rural Nigeria, are proposed. The challenges and future prospects of renewable energy are also discussed. Dissemination of decentralized renewable energy resources will not only improve the wellbeing of rural Nigerian communities, but also enhance Nigeria's energy and economic prospects for potential global investment.

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Publication date: 2013, June

Author: Covenant University

Description: The study critically assessed the various policy issues of sustainable energy development in Nigeria. The basic focus was to discuss and analyze some of the laws of the federationasit relates to the development of Renewable Energy in Nigeria. It surveyed the nation's energy policy statement and the vision 20:2020 of the federal government. The Renewable Energy Master Plan developed by the joint efforts of the Energy Commission of Nigeria and United Nations Development Programs were also appraised.

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