Vice president flags off 20,000 solar powered lighting system program.
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has flagged of the
distribution of 20,000 solar powered lighting system in rural communities in
the country.
Osinbajo who
flagged off the programme yesterday at Wuna village, a rural community in
Gwagwalada, Abuja, disclosed that irrespective of the importance of power to
national development, it is not possible for every Nigerian to tap from the
national grid, hence it was this realization that compelled government to start
searching for alternative means of providing power to Nigerians at the
grassroots.
He said that the power system was in line with
government’s objective of increasing energy production from renewable sources
from 13 percent of total electricity generation in 2015 to 23 percent in 2025
and 36 percent in 2030.
The project is in
conjunction with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) It has the
capacity to provide energy to power, at least, four Led light bulbs, mobile
phones, radio, irrigation facilities and bore-hole system, among others.
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