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Efficient power supply catalyst for nation building, says PCN boss Culled from the Guardian National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) Dickson Akoh, on Sunday, said regular and efficient power supply remained the catalyst for maximisation of the nation’s entrepreneurial capacity. He said this during the first anniversary of Shagmus Nigeria Integrated Service Limited with the theme “Creating New Nigeria through Strategic Empowerment” in Abuja. He added that stable power supply was the basis for creating more wealth, job opportunities and unprecedented economic growth. He noted that “unless and until the Nigerian state plays its required role as provided in the neo-liberal economic order of providing enabling environment, poverty reduction may remain a mirage. “Reforms can only be functional when states fulfill their stakeholder role.” Akoh stressed the need for increased political will on the part of leaders to improve opportunities and capabilities of the p...