According to the World Bank latest report, most poor households in Nigeria are not connected to the country’s electricity supply network as only 22 per cent of the poorest of them have access to grid power.
Five million Nigerians and counting; millions of small businesses switching off dirty generators; industry, schools, universities and health clinics with stable power – all because they finally have access to affordable, reliable off-grid solar energy. And will continue to, because commercial suppliers and investors have built a long-term market, proving the case for off-grid solar that the government now actively supports.
Loveth Ikolodo Days after joining and beginning her new assignment as United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Sustainable Energy for All, the Nigerian Government has reversed the suspension of Damilola Ogunbiyi as Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency. Ogunbiyi was suspended by Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, over undisclosed infractions in the agency. Following her…
By Oke Peter Following the suspension of Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi as the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) last week. President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Engineer Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Agency. The Minister of Power, Engineer Mamman Sale broke the news in…
Sources, who described the minister’s indefinite suspension of Ogunbiyi as needless and ruthless, claimed that Mamman hated women. Sources within the Rural Electrification Agency have alleged that Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, victimised Managing Director of the agency, Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi, out of office. Mamman in a statement on Tuesday, announced the indefinite suspension of…
