- Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission [NAEC] gets new Acting Chairman
Engr. Anthony I. Ekedegwa is a pioneer staff of the Commission. He was the Director, Planning, Licensing, Sitting and Design (PLSD) in the Nuclear Power Plant Directorate (NPPD) of the Commission until his recent appointment as Acting Chairman.
WHO we are
The Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), created by Act 46 of 1976 (Cap N91 LFN, 2004), is the national focal agency charged with the responsibility for the promotion of the development of atomic energy and for all matters relating to the peaceful use of atomic energy.
NAEC was, however, activated and became fully operational in July, 2006 under the aegis of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, by the appointment of its pioneer Director-General/Chief Executive Officer
Goal
To develop the ways and technical machinery to effectively explore, exploit and harness atomic energy for peaceful applications for sustainable national development..
Vision
To lay an enduring foundation for the building of a world-class institution for the development and peaceful deployment of nuclear technology in all its ramifications for national development in conformity with international best practices.
Mission
To develop a sustainable framework imbued with the fundamental elements of a high safety culture for the peaceful application of nuclear science and technology for the socio-economic development of Nigeria.
NAEC Latest News
Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission flagged off a 3-day National Stakeholders’ Technical Meeting on Feasibility Studies and Site Specific Data Collection at Geregu/Dodo-Gbagi Nuclear Power Plant Site. The 3-day meeting is scheduled to hold from February 12 to 14, 2025, in Abuja.
The purpose of the meeting is to further deliberate, demonstrate and update the Pre-feasibility studies earlier conducted by the Commission on the viability of the project from technical, financial, economic and environmental stand-point as contained in the Commission’s nuclear power roadmap.
“There is the need to replicate the Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) at regional or state levels in order to improve food security in the country which is one of the renewed hope agenda of Mr. President.” This is contained in the response of the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on food security, Barrister Yejide Ogundipe during her facility tour of the GIF.
She was responding to the presentation on the potentials of the GIF by the Deputy Director/Head, GIF, Engr. Tajudeen K. Mustapha. The presentation had in attendance the Acting Chairman/CEO NAEC, Engr. Anthony Ekedegwa, alongside the Directors of NRID,NTC and the TA-OCM, Engr. Justin Salu, Dr. Tukur Hamman Gabdo and Dr. Uche Madu respectively.
Naec seeks collaboration with India on Nuclear
On Wednesday, 29th, January, 2025, the Ag. Chairman/CEO, Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Engr. Anthony Ekedegwa held talks with the Indian Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Vartika Rawat at the Indian High Commission in Abuja to seek collaboration on Nigeria’s nuclear energy programme in the areas of manpower training/ capacity building and infrastructural development.
Austrian Consul General Visits NAEC
On Friday, 17th January, 2025, the Ag. Chm/CEO, NAEC, Anthony Ekedegwa hosted the Austrian Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General, Christian Redl at the Commission’s Hqt in Abuja.
The visit was aimed at maintaining and strengthening the relationship between the two institutions.
Discussions during the meeting covered a wide array of issues of mutual interest between NAEC and the Embassy as regards faster Visa application processing and extended Visa stay for staff of the Commission on IAEA programs to Austria.
The meeting also discussed extensively on the possibility of the Embassy facilitating educational collaboration between NAEC and relevant Austrian institutions for manpower training in nuclear science and technology.
Nigeria has advanced its national cancer control programme in the last decade and is making steady progress towards expanding care for millions of people, an international assessment has found. Nigeria is strengthening institutional response, increasing resource allocation and building its oncology workforce and services to tackle its cancer burden, according to the review.
The imPACT review, carried out by the IAEA, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) upon request from the Nigerian Government, evaluated current health system readiness for cancer care and progress since a previous assessment in 2011.
NAEC to Collaborate with UNN & FUD
The Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) on Thursday, 5th December, 2024 in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu
State on “Building of National Capacity for Developing and Harnessing Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Application, Including Nuclear Technology Domestication for National Socioeconomic Development”.
Acting Chairman/CEO, NAEC, Engr. Anthony I.G. Ekedegwa signed on behalf of NAEC while the Deputy VC, Academic, Prof. Johnson Urama signed on behalf of UNN.
In a similar event, NAEC also signed an MoU with the Federal University of Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State on “Cooperation in Education, Training and Capacity Building in Nuclear Science”.
