State governments keen on providing their citizens with improved access to electricity can now enter an agreement with any of the power distribution firms on sharing the capital investments required to rehabilitate and expand electricity distribution network in their domains.

The National Council on Privatisation (NCP), which gave the approval at its first meeting for 2012 in Abuja, said the capital contribution would have to be secured and repaid on terms mutually agreed with the distribution company.

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