The Director General Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi receives a team of experts from the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Environmental Programme at the Commission's Headquarters Abuja
The Director General Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi received a team of experts from the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at the Commission's Headquarters in Abuja.
The team of experts comprising four, Victor Minguez UNEP UGE, Joel Ayim Darkwa UNDP Africa, Mzwandile Thwala UNEP UGE and Miquel Pitarah
UNEP UGE came for a collaborative discussion with the Director General and his team, reiterated that UNDP is the leading Environmental authority in the United
Nations system and it uses its expertise to strengthen environmental standards and practices while helping to implement environmental obligations at the country,
regional and global levels. The group was in ECN to introduce a French Government funded programme with the acronym "AGORA" which they said is a new technology
aimed at creating an enabling environment for Energy saving with two components:
- Ban on importation and use of second-hand fridges and other cooling systems in the country.
- Encourage the use of energy efficient fridges and cooling systems by facilitating its importation and soft loans from Banks.
They said, this is a regional programme in Africa targeting Ghana and Nigeria because of their proximity to each other.
In discussing further the experts emphasized that these two components cannot be achieved without the environmental governmental agency
regulators like the Federal Ministry of Environment, Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the Customs .
They are also seeking to collaborate with the Commission as the Government Agency coordinating national policies in the field of Energy in all its ramifications,
including the areas of Advertising, Communication and awareness creation using labels.
In his response, the Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi assured them of the Commission's readiness for a collaboration, he informed them
that the Commission should be for the Communication campaign, the DG asked them if they have other activities that ECN will be part of, which they responded that
the programme which will start middle of next year will have activities the Commission may be part of relayed to them when the time comes. The Director General
informed them that making energy affordable is part of our mandate.
He thanked them for coming.
The Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi flanked by the team of experts from UNDP and UNEP
The Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi with the experts and some of his team
The Director General Dr Mustapha Abdullahi welcoming his guests at his office