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The National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) is a Corporate Services Unit (CSU) in the Exploration and Production (E&P) Directorate of the NNPC charged Section 88 of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005 provides for the establishment of the Rural Electrification Agency. • On March 16, 2006 the Board and Management of the Agency were inaugurated by the Honourable Minister of Power and Steel. • Federal Government of Nigeria’s commitment to aggressive rural electrification is expressed in the following policy documents: • The National Energy Policy • The Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005 • Rural Electrification Policy 2005 and • The National Electric Power Policy 2001 • These policy documents outline the principle for Rural Electrification thus: i. Facilitate the provision of steady and reliable power supply at economic rates for residential, commercial, industrial and social activities in the rural and peri-urban areas of the cou

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