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By Punch
May 30, 2024

FG electrifies 15 varsities with 35MW solar grids

Aliyu disclosed that the aim was to supply 24-hour electricity to 350,000 students while giving 50,000 lecturers access to electricity.

He explained that the Nigeria Electrification Project, funded by the World Bank and the African Development Bank, was a $550m project.

One of the universities, he said, included the University of Maiduguri and its teaching, where a 12MW solar grid was installed.

Others are the University of Abuja; the Federal University, Yobe; the Federal University of Calabar and its teaching hospital; the Nigerian Defence Academy; the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta; the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, and others.

The REA boss maintained that the projects in those academic institutions would be launched by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, in the next two months.