A one-day Stakeholders’ Workshop to Facilitate Data Sharing for Energy Utilization in the Industry and Transport Sectors holds in Energy Commission of Nigeria

The Energy Commission of Nigeria, through its Energy Information System Department held a one-day workshop tagged One-Day Stakeholders Engagement to Facilitate Data Sharing for Energy Utilization in the Industry and Transport Sectors. The event was held at the Commission's Headquarters in Abuja.

The objective of the workshop was to interact with all relevant stakeholders on the National Energy Policy and the National Energy Master Plan and other national initiatives as it affects the industrial and transport sector of the economy; to classify the Industry and Transport sectors in line with IRES; to ascertain the data requirements to track and monitor energy utilization in the sectors; Data mapping among the stakeholders to identify sources of relevant energy data; and to validate Concept Notes for Industry and Transport Consumption Surveys.

In his opening remarks, the Director General of the Commission, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi who was represented by the Director, Media and Public Affairs, Barr. Abdulazeez Elamah, said that this was an opportunity to gain better understanding of energy data flow within the sectors and come up with better ways of harnessing all relevant information with regards to energy in all its services, especially the high GDP contributing Sectors.

He made mention of the two recently unveiled gazettes, the National Energy Policy (NEP) and the National Energy Master Plan (NEMP), as documents that provide framework for sustainable energy development with the main objective of providing clean, affordable, adequate and reliable energy for all sectors.

In both the Industry and Transport Sectors, the Director General emphasized that the strategies toward achieving these policy objectives amongst others was the establishment of a data bank on energy supply, demand and consumption in both sectors.

Ms Trauter Koether gave a keynote on the Industry Sector while Prof. Chidi Magnus Onuoha spoke on the Transport Sector before the workshop broke into technical sessions of Industry and Transport.

Barr. A. Y. Elamah Director Media and Public Affairs Department, who represented the Director General reading the Director General's Opening Remarks.

A group photograph of the participants with the facilitators, the Director General's representative Barr. A. Y. Elamah, Engr. M.A. Mundu and others .

A group photograph of the participants with the facilitators, the Director General's representative Barr. A. Y. Elamah, Engr. M.A. Mundu and others.

The Director Media and Public Affairs Department of Energy Commission of Nigeria Barr. A. Y. Elamah who represented the Director General flanked left, by Engr. Mohammed Adam Mundu D.(EIS), Ms Trauter Koether and by his right, Prof. Chidi Magnus Onuoha and Mr. B.F. Ibrahim Sulu, Director Energy Management .

Ms Trauter Koether making her remarks for the Industry Sector.

Ms Trauter Koether making her remarks for the Transport Sector as the audience listen with rapt attention.