PAWA 774 hails FG’s rural energy initiative

by Agency Reporter

A power station

PAWA 774, a private sector-led initiative to deploy 10 megawatts of clean, renewable energy power plants in each of Nigeria’s 774 local government areas, has commended the Federal Government’s plan to power rural communities nationwide with renewable energy.

Last week, the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, had said that the Federal Government would deploy a three-phase programme utilising solar, wind and biomass energy to power hundreds of rural communities that had been without electricity for decades.

“We have quietly been implementing our vision to power hard-to-reach communities with Nigeria’s abundant, renewable energy sources,” the Managing Director/CEO of the Renewable Energy Technology Institute, Prof. Olurinde Lafe, said.

The institute, which developed Nigeria’s national renewable energy training curriculum, is a founding partner of the PAWA774 initiative.

“We are therefore highly encouraged by the Minister of Power’s plans to bring this all-important resource to Nigerians who have been off the power grid for generations, and we offer our support to realise the dream of constant, sustainable power for all Nigerians,” he said.