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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
1 month ago
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Ekiti Eyes 120mw by 2030, Signs MoU with REA
The Ekiti state government yesterday said that it remained committed to achieving a 120mw daily electricity supply by 2030 as against the current grid-supplied power of roughly 25mw, which it said is grossly inadequate for the development of the state.
Speaking in Abuja during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for the implementation of off-grid electricity projects across the state, Governor Biodun Oyebanji stated that despite spending about N4 billion on fixing electricity in Ekiti, a large number of households remain without power due to national grid challenges.
Coming under the REA’s state-by-state roundtable engagement, the agreement is to accelerate energy access to unserved and underserved communities in the state, and to ramp up rural economic activities through access to sustainable and reliable off-grid power supply.
The programme was tagged: “Leveraging Public-private Partnership for Scalable Energy Access Infrastructure in Ekiti” and had in attendance top officials of the state government as well as the leadership of the REA.
