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Fix Your Power

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged state governments to set up functional electricity markets. Nigeria's ambition of building a competitive industrial economy would remain constrained unless electricity reforms produced reliable power.

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Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged state governments to set up functional electricity markets.

Vice President Kashim Shettima urged state governments to set up functional electricity markets. Nigeria's ambition of building a competitive industrial economy would remain constrained unless electricity reforms produced reliable power. States need to establish functional electricity regulatory bodies with technical competence and capacity.

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