According to a report by The
Guardian, the Ministry of Power through its Permanent Secretary; Dr. Godknows
Igali, has said that plans are on ground for Nigeria to fully harness the vast
solar energy potential it has been blessed with and also as a way to assist in
aligning the energy mix imbalance which is currently tending in the favour of
thermal plants.
During the launch of Nigeria’s
National Renewable Energy Plan, Energy Efficiency Action Plan and the
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Action Agenda, Dr. Igali said that these
policies have been fashioned under the auspices of the Inter-Ministerial
Committee drawn from agencies like, Environment, National Planning, Finance,
Energy Commission and Standard Organization of Nigeria. While donor agencies
like the European Union and German International Donor Agency–GIZ, have
provided the facilities which created the template for sustainable rural
electrification projects.
Dr. Igali also urged Governors of
the various states of the Federal Republic to facilitate access to vast areas
of land for solar projects, as the building of solar plants which is the future
of increased power supply in the country, would require large expanses of land
for these projects.
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