Over 20,000 communities without electricity nationwide, says REA
18 February 2025 |
6:11 am
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA), yesterday, disclosed that there were over 20,000 communities nationwide without electricity supply. Its Managing Director, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, who made the revelation at the inauguration of two mini-grid projects
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA), yesterday, disclosed that there were over 20,000 communities nationwide without electricity supply. Its Managing Director, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, who made the revelation at the inauguration of two mini-grid projects in Bakin Ciyawa and Kwande communities, Qua’an Pan Local Council of Plateau State, said the projects, built under the Interconnected Mini-grid Accelerated Scheme (IMAS), have a combined capacity of 550KWp, and would deliver uninterrupted power supply to over 3,500 households and businesses.
Represented by the Executive Director, Rural Electrification Fund, Doris Udoh, the MD explained that the projects were part of the 11 million Euros grant from the European Union and the German government to provide electricity for rural communities.
“The total package they gave us is over 11 million Euros which has been divided according to the capacity needs of each community. More than 60 per cent of this project was donated by the EU and the German government,” he stated.
Aliyu hinted of a robust plan by the Federal Government, through the REA, to provide renewable energy to rural communities across the federation. He added: “Under the present government, we are energising a total of 3,700 communities, but we are doing it in phases. It is going to be 100 communities per state, and we are going to be infusing a total of 370MW of clean energy.
“The first phase, which is going to be 25 communities per state, will begin in 925 communities across the federation, and we will be infusing over 92MW of clean energy into our energy space.”
Speaking at the event, Governor Celeb Mutfwang, pledged the support of the state government to the Nigerian Energy Support Programme. Represented by the Commissioner for Tourism and Culture, Cornelius Dueyok, the governor said the state had paid N1.2 billion as counterpart funding for the REA to provide electricity supply to primary healthcare centres.
He noted that Qua’an council area remains the only one in the state yet to be connected to the national power grid system. To address this, the governor said the state government had signed an agreement with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) to build a substation at Shandam to bring supply from Lafia to the area.
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