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The speakers at the ECOWAS consultative meeting on the creation of a Fund for Development and Financing of ECOWAS Transport and Energy sectors (FODETE) have emphasized the importance of developing a regional framework and a financing mechanism for the development of Infrastructure as a basis for sustainable development for countries in the community.

The admission by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that the country’s power supply has nosedived with challenges at over 14 generation plants keeping output at record low is one of the leading stories in Nigerian newspapers on Wednesday.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Ebonyi State Governor in South-eastern Nigeria, Mr. Dave Umahi and his deputy, Mr. Eric Igwe, to vacate their seats as the sitting governor and deputy respectively, on grounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the election on March 2019 and not its candidate.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has expressed interest to participate in the acquisition of the power plants put up for sale by the Nigerian Government through the Nigeria Integrated Power Plants (NIPPs).