The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, revealed that the ministry has concluded the framework for the approval for 14 major solar projects which put together will generate about 1,286 megawatts for the country.
The Minister made this known while speaking alongside the Minister of Environment, Mrs Amina Mohammed, at a meeting with the French Minister of Environment, Energy and Marine Affairs with her delegation at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, the framework which is the first phase provides the forerunner for the financial agreement upon which others would move forward.
Meanwhile, the Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria ( ECN), Engr Eli Jidere Bala has revealed that Nigeria needed to generate 300, 000 Megawatts of electricity by 2030 to sustain it’s energy demand and supply adding that Sustainable Development Goals ( SDG’s ) 7 highlighted the need to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030.
He stated this in Abuja yesterday at the opening ceremony of a 2-day stakeholders workshop organised by the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) with the theme, “ Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria: Engineering Perspective
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