Mohammed Shosanya
Ghana says it may begin to export electricity to Nigeria once it achieves 100 per cent energy access.
The Head of Generation and Transmission Unit, Ministry of Energy, Ghana, Mr Hanson Monney, who stated this in Lagos at Nigeria Energy Leadership Summit,said his country
plans to achieve this through adequate plans, policies and programme implementation to grow its power sector further to achieve 100 per cent universal energy.
Presenting the overview, progress and challenges of his country’s power sector,Monney disclosed that Ghana has achieved 80 to 85 per cent universal energy access through a robust policy formulation and implementation.
Monney said, the government was exploring all options, including grid energy, mini-grid and solar-dominated renewable energy, to achieve the country’s universal access to energy by 2024, which the country’s president declared.
He also said: “So, we are working on all these things to make sure that the power system of Ghana continues to be as good as it is or even better, and then, maybe, we can be exporting more to our big brothers in Nigeria when the grid finally settles.”