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Updated April 10, 2021
Osinbajo said the launch of the Solar Power Naija programme is taking off with the Jangefe Community in Jigawa State.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has launched solar power connections in Jigawa State as part of the promise of the Federal Government to deliver electricity to about 25mllion Nigerians whose communities are off the grid.
Osinbajo during the launch restated the determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to ensure that millions more will now have access to cheap and environmentally friendly renewable power.
Coming under the Economic Sustainability Plan, Osinbajo said the launch of the Solar Power Naija programme is taking off with the Jangefe Community in Roni Local Government Area (in the Kazaure Emirate) of the State and will get to all geopolitical zones in the country soon.
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The Federal Government said efforts have been made to deliver electricity to about 25m Nigerians whose communities are off the grid.
With the flag-off in Jigawa State, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo restated the government determination to ensure that millions of Nigerians have access to cheap and environmentally friendly renewable power.
Coming under the Economic Sustainability Plan, Prof Osinbajo said the launch of the Solar Power Naija programme was taking off with the Jangefe Community in Roni Local Government Area (in the Kazaure Emirate) of the State and will soon get to all geopolitical zones in the country.
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Friday, April 9, 2021, flag off the Solar Power Naija programme in Jigawa, starting with the Jangefe community, whose 5,000 population will get 1,000 Solar Home Systems connections.
This scheme is part of the Federal Government’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) to deliver 5 million connections to off-grid communities.
This disclosure was made by the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, through some tweet posts on his official Twitter handle.
The Federal Ministry of Power through one of the agencies under its supervision, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), is the implementing public agency for the 5 million off-grid solar connections programme (Solar Power Naija).