Nigeria, Dec. 4 -- The Nigerian Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on Tuesday joined his counterparts from Ghana, Liberia, and Ghana to call for deeper regional cooperation to address electricity shortages, secure long-term energy supply, and unlock the economic potential of the sub-region.

The call was made at the West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit in Accra, Ghana, where the officials charged regional institutions to fast-track power interconnection and harmonise regulations to make cross-border electricity trade a reality.

Speaking during a ministerial roundtable themed "Maximising the Power of Regional Collaboration to Scale Up Energy Development," the leaders stressed that West Africa must urgently move from policy statements to...