Energy Policy as Ultimate Driver of Competitive Manufacturing.
Kandeh Kolleh Yamkella, was on a familiar turf on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
The occasion was the 6 th Adeola Odutola Lecture, which was organised by the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) as part of its 54 th Annual General Meeting.
The topic of his lecture was “Leveraging National Industrial Policy to Position Nigeria as Africa’s Industrial Hub.” As he mounted the podium, his audience was expectant.
One, the distinguished guest lecturer, Yamkella, has spent more than two decades, studying, analysing, promoting, packaging, delivering and advising government and businesses on industrial policies. Two, the federal government in February 2026 launched Nigeria Industrial Policy (NIP), the first in the country’s history. The kernel of Yamkella’s message was clear and direct: the federal government should back its NIP with a clearly defined energy policy for the country, stating that energy policy must be part of an effective industrial policy. He said: “Energy policy is industrial strategy.
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