- Maiduguri and its environs have suffered a series of blackouts over the previous year.
- Vice President Yemi Osinbajo assures the state of electricity via renewable energy systems.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has announced that the municipality of Maiduguri will receive a 30 megawatts solar system to be installed in Borno, the state capital. This follows the series of blackouts experienced by the state over the past year due to Boko Haram vandalism.
Yemi Osinbajo made this known on Thursday at the University of Maiduguri during the official hand-over of the Muhammadu Indimi International Learning Centre to the university’s management. According to him, the energy provision is imperative to achieve the Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP hitherto approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.
He also added that his office, the Borno State Government and Yola Distribution Company are currently working assiduously to ensure the establishment of the solar power plant in critical areas. He explained that six different stations would be constructed in different locations of Maiduguri to augment the existing grid supply and protect against any energy sabotage.