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2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONALENERGY POLICY (NEP)• In 1990 the ECN appointed a committee comprising somemembers of the Commission’s Technical AdvisoryCommittee, Directors of the Energy Research Centresalong with some energy experts and chaired by the DG todraft the NEP,• A draft NEP was submitted to Government in 1993,• Reviewed by an Inter-ministerial Committee in 1996, atthe instance of the Head of State, under the Chairmanshipof the Ministry of Science and Technology,• Again reviewed in 2002 in response to the 1999Privatization Act which, restructured the entire economytowards greater private sector participation and, indeed,private sector leadership;Prof. A. S. Sambo9