As Nigeria commits to the National Energy Transition Plan and the quest for cleaner energy resources, civil society organisations, as well as stakeholders in the Niger Delta area, have urged the Federal Government to uphold justice by ensuring that the needs and interests of the Niger Delta communities, who have been negatively impacted by...
As Nigeria commits to the National Energy Transition Plan and the quest for cleaner energy resources, civil society organisations, as well as stakeholders in the Niger Delta area, have urged the Federal Government to uphold justice by ensuring that the needs and interests of the Niger Delta communities, who have been negatively impacted by the extraction of fossil fuels, are considered.
We are telling them to make sure that the energy transition should be what communities care about. They should close the affordability gap so that people can enjoy the benefits of modern energy in this place that has supplied energy to most of the world in the last 60 years.
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