Power grid resilience key to energy security – FG

The Minister of Power in Nigeria, Joseph Tegbe, has emphasized that electricity grids should be given the same strategic importance as fuel supplies in global energy security planning, during a speech at the Middle East Energy 2026 Leadership Summit in Dubai. Tegbe argued that energy security should encompass the resilience of the entire energy system, including critical mineral supply chains, grid infrastructure, capital, and institutions.

He highlighted that Nigeria's power sector reforms aim to create regulatory certainty, contract sanctity, and bankable offtake arrangements to attract investment. Tegbe also identified affordability as a security issue and advocated for an orderly, just, and responsive global energy transition tailored to individual nations, citing Nigeria's significant gas reserves and reliable LNG supply to Europe and Asia as an example.

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