U.S. Collaborate with Country, Private Companies, to Reach Energy Targets.

Byline: Daniel Alfred

THE American Ambassador to Nigeria, Robin R. Sanders has disclosed that the U.S. Government is collaborating with the government and with the Independent Power Providers Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) to implement one of its top priorities, increasing electricity generation to 10.000 megawatts by 2011.

Besides this, their help in the energy sector also includes providing capacity building assistance to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), and a grant by the U.S. Government Agency, USTDA, of $162.000 to assist IHS Nigeria, a local company that manufactures towers for cellular, microwave, and radio uses to improve its efforts to evaluate energy alternatives, for renewable energy solutions, and in the ICT sector.

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