- Nigeria has the highest solar rural Mini-grid deployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- The government acknowledges the need for the private sector in rural electrification.
The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu announced that Nigeria presently has the highest solar rural Mini-grid deployment rate in Sub-Saharan Africa, per the federal government’s plan to optimize energy generation through stakeholders’ collaboration and achieve zero carbon emission by 2060.
He disclosed this at the Nigeria Energy Conference themed: “Affordable, Reliable and Sustainable Energy through Collaboration,” held in Lagos yesterday.
The Minister, who Mr Temitope Fashedemi represented, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power, emphasized that investments in contemporary energy technologies are necessary to meet the nation’s massive energy needs. He said, “The Sustainable Energy for all Action Agenda electricity vision 30:30:30 is targeted at achieving 30 gigawatts electricity by the year 2030 from multiple energy sources with at least 30 per cent contribution from renewable energy sources”.
He also mentioned that the project’s development through a private-public partnership is a result of the government in the private sector.