Nigeria needs more funding from international partners and donor agencies to boost the off-grid and renewable energy sub-sector in the country,the Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jedy Agba, has said.
According to a statement issued by Ofem Uket, media aide of the minister, Agaba
He disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at an international energy roundtable conference between Nigeria and Senegal,where he also aid President Muhammadu Bubari has deliberate strategic policies to develop the power sector in Nigeria using domestic and international power sector models to ensure regular and steady supply of electricity in the country.
According to him, Buhari’s directive on ensuring that six million homes are provided with electricity meters under the national mass metering programme is yielding result.
He said the West Africa power pool is designed to lighten every home in the sub-region, adding that it is strategic enough to unlock the economic potential of member countries.
Speaking ,Aissatou Sophie Gladima, Senegal’s minister of energy resources, said she is in Nigeria to seek collaboration in areas of competence to strengthen the energy sector in her country.
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