The Federal Government is implementing what has been described as the largest publicly funded renewable electricity programme in the world, aimed at expanding power access through mini-grids, solar infrastructure, and off-grid electrification projects across Nigeria, the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, has said.
Aliyu disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja while hosting a delegation from the National Judicial Institute at the agency’s headquarters, where discussions centred on the possibility of deploying solar power solutions to support electricity supply at the institute’s training facilities.
According to him, the current administration is pursuing a structured and unprecedented approach to solving Nigeria’s electricity access challenges, including a $750m renewable electrification programme expecteda to catalyse $1.1bn in private sector investment.
Aliyu said the initiative would facilitate the deployment of 1,350 mini-grids across the country, including 250 interconnected mini-grids that will supply electricity directly into the national grid.
“Lordship, for me it is an honour to have you in the Rural Electrification Agency today. I believe the credit for the work that we are doing should first go to Mr President because this is the first time in the history of the country where a structured programme is being implemented by the Federal Government of Nigeria to address the electricity access challenge,” Aliyu said.
