Nigeria's Energy Transition Plan (ETP), a package of policies intended to help the nation achieve universal access to energy by 2030 and a carbon-neutral energy system by 2060, will be unveiled by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
According to a statement released on Tuesday by Sherry Kennedy, Director of Communications for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), Osinbajo will lead other stakeholders in the Wednesday introduction of the energy transition plan in Abuja.
The plan, which has the backing of Sustainable Energy for All, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, lays out measures for Nigeria to supply enough energy to run its businesses and other useful endeavours.
The launch will also feature remarks from prominent officials from Nigeria, Rwanda, Egypt and Senegal as well as international community leaders from the United Nations, Sustainable Energy for All, The World Bank, African Development Bank, IRENA, The Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet.
At COP26 in Glasgow last year, President Muhammadu Buhari announced Nigeria’s ambition to achieve net-zero by 2060.
The ETP was developed through the Energy Transition Commission as Nigeria champions the cause for a just, equitable and inclusive energy transition in its role as Global Theme Champion on Energy Transition at the UN High-Level Dialogue on Energy (HLDE), and submitted an ambitious UN Energy Compact which featured its immediate priorities to electrify 25 million people across 5 million homes and leverage natural gas resources to address access to clean cooking by 2027.