The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has extended its Sustainable Empowerment Programme (NSEP) to Lagos State, empowering 1,000 beneficiaries with clean energy solutions, livelihood support and practical skills training as part of efforts to deploy technology that directly improves the lives and economic opportunities for Nigerians.

The Lagos edition of the programme, held at the Lagos Television (LTV), Ikeja, at the weekend, featured the distribution of 400 NASENI Power Stoves, 100 NASENI Home Solar Solutions and NASENI Support Packs, as well as practical skills training in Plaster of Paris (POP) installation and electrical maintenance.

The intervention was part of NASENI’s drive to take practical science, technology and engineering solutions beyond laboratories and factories into Nigerian homes, businesses and communities.

Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, said the Lagos programme came just a day after the agency delivered a similar intervention in Ohafia, Abia State, demonstrating NASENI’s determination to reach Nigerians across different parts of the country.

“Yesterday, we were in Ohafia, Abia State, delivering the same message through action. Today, we are here in Lagos. For us at NASENI, science, technology and engineering must ultimately improve lives. Innovation only becomes meaningful when it solves real problems for real people,” Halilu said.

He said that the NASENI power stoves were designed to provide cleaner and more efficient cooking alternatives, helping households to reduce dependence on traditional cooking methods while contributing to Nigeria’s transition towards cleaner energy.

According to him, the NASENI Home Solar Solutions are also designed to provide households and small businesses with reliable renewable energy options that can extend productive hours and support economic activities.

The EVC said the Lagos edition was deliberately designed to go beyond the distribution of products by incorporating practical, market-relevant skills development in POP installation and electrical maintenance.

However, a representative of Surulere I Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Fuad Kayode Laguda, who represented the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, commended NASENI for bringing the programme to Lagos State.

Laguda, while describing the combination of practical skills development and empowerment products as an important demonstration of the Federal Government’s commitment to translating policies and programmes into tangible opportunities for Nigerians, called for the expansion of the programme to reach more communities and beneficiaries across Lagos State.

Also speaking, Chairman, Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Idris Ibikunle Olorunnimbe, represented by Chairman of Ikeja Local Council, Akeem Dauda, commended NASENI for the intervention, particularly its focus on clean energy, skills development and sustainable livelihoods.

Similarly, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, James Abiodun Faleke, represented by Chairman of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, Samiat Abolanle Bada, described the programme as a practical demonstration of government interventions reaching citizens.