The need for resource control and reform in the oil and gas sector resulted in the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) by President Muhammad Buhari in 2021[8]. The Act generally overhauled the regulatory compliance of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria and put in place, a new framework for the governance, regulation and operation of the NNPC.
On the 17th of August 2022, many Nigerian cities reported a total electricity blackout. In 2022, this development did not come as a surprise to many Nigerians because there have been repeated nationwide power outages, as the national electricity grid has collapsed at least six (6) times in 2022.
If Nigerian legal policymakers can be intentional about the transitioning of energy from non-renewable to renewable energy resources, foreign investments could be increased in Nigeria.
In June 2019, the United Kingdom turned into the principal significant economy on the planet, to actively codify the objective to bring every greenhouse gas emission to net zero by 2050,
Small scale miners who struggle and live on loans from middlemen and loan sharks, will continue to sell below cost price to these middlemen and loan sharks.
Sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves and geothermal heat are generally referred to as renewable energy. Shifting gears towards renewable energy as a source of energy generation could tackle the challenge of poor electricity access in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
