By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The Youth Wing of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has declared that the era of “Up NEPA” — the popular Nigerian expression marking the sudden, unpredictable return of electricity after outages — must become a thing of the past, pledging its commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s renewable energy agenda and unveiling a N17.5 million grant for participants of a new energy leadership fellowship.
National Youth Leader of the APC, Dayo Israel, made the pledge on Monday in ABUJA at the opening ceremony of the Dr Mustapha Abdullahi Energy Leadership Fellowship MAELF.
“There is going to be a lot of opportunities for the young people, in particular, for them to be able to meet with regulators and government agencies that they can partner with to achieve their energy enterprise ideas and goals. The focus is on renewable energy, biogas, and all of that. We want the issue of ‘Up NEPA’ to be a thing of the past. We want to support the president, his vision for power generation in Nigerian power distribution, and so we want to also bring in new players,” Israel said.
The seven-day residential fellowship is designed to develop young professionals in Nigeria’s energy sector, with a focus on renewable energy, energy transition policies, climate action, leadership and governance.
