Section 172 Electricity Act 2023

Section 172 of the Electricity Act 2023 is about Establishment of Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency. It is under Part XVIII (Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency) of the Act.

(1) There is established the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, (in this Act referred to as “NEMSA”).

(2) The NEMSA —

(a) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal;
(b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and
(c) may, subject to this Act, perform all acts that bodies corporate may, by law, perform.

(3) The headquarters of the NEMSA shall be in Abuja.

(4) The Electricity Management Services Plc, incorporated in 2007 shall be taken over by the NEMSA for the purposes of this Act.

(5) The personnel shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Act and they shall continue to hold office on the same terms and conditions on which they were appointed in Electricity Management Services Ple and the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency Act.