- Nigeria’s power minister has stated the federal government’s intention to deploy solar mini-grids in all 104 unity schools and 200 PHCs.
- The installations will also provide solar-powered street lights to the immediate communities of the PHCs and school environment.
- The programme will be implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
Nigeria’s power minister, Mr Sale Mamman, has stated that the federal government intends to deploy solar mini-grids in all 104 unity schools. The minister who stated this via Twitter noted that the project would improve the security state of the schools. Mamman also added that the federal government would also deploy mini-grids to improve healthcare services in 200 primary health centres (PHCs).
Electrification of Primary Health Care centers, Unity Schools and Communities across the country.
The Federal Ministry of Power, under my watch is embarking on a program to electrify 200 Primary Health Centers and all the 104 Unity Schools in the country.
Cc: @NigeriaGov pic.twitter.com/uInJ4Bb4sQ
— Office of the Minister of Power (@PowerMinNigeria) April 21, 2021
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According to the statement, “the mini-grid is also designed to provide solar-powered street lights to the immediate communities of the PHCs and within the environment of the Unity Schools.” “We took this extraordinary step to revolutionise and ease the learning process in our schools, as well as to facilitate uninterrupted healthcare services to our rural communities.” the Minister added.
The programme will be implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and is expected to create jobs in the communities and increase energy access to unserved or underserved communities across the country. The project is also in line with the government’s target of achieving a 30 per cent contribution of renewable energy to the energy mix by 2030.