Agencies Partner On Clean Energy Facility

Nigeria Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (NIAF), an NGO says it has concluded plans to organise a workshop toward establishing a ‘Nigeria Clean Energy Facility (NCEF)’.
A statement issued on Wednesday by Prof. Eric Eboh, team leader of NCEF said that an inter-agency committee comprising some government partners would participate in the programme.
The statement listed the agencies as the Central Bank of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Power, Federal Ministry of Environment and Energy Commission of Nigeria.
Others are the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, and Federal Ministry of Finance.
It said that the one-day workshop would be  a public-private partnership aimed at improving the prospects for the development and use of clean energy in the country.
“When established, it will be the dedicated vehicle for resource mobilisation and targeted on financing and capacity building of government and private sector actors.
“It will also catalyse market development and demand creation for clean energy,’’ the statement added.
It said that the workshop would create awareness, promote understanding and elicit feedback prior to the establishment of NCEF.
“It will bring together key public and private sector players in the clean energy value chain to enhance the prospects of NCEF,’’ the statement added.