Jedy-Agba
A committee has been set up to restructure the Federal Ministry of Power and also provide in-depth oversight for its agencies.
Under the restructuring, Nigerians are to reap immediate benefits as the Federal Government has concluded plans to provide Solar House System for 5 million households in the country.
The Minister of State for Power, Mr. Goddy Jedy-Agba disclosed this while commissioning the first 12 KWP Volsus Solar for Health (VSFH) Mini-grid with 58 KWH Battery Bank at the Primary Health Center, PHC, Karu, FCT.
Mr. Jedy-Agba stated that the programme will be executed under the Economic Sustainable Plan (ESP) being coordinated by the office of the Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
He added that the Federal Government is doing this “because if you grow these communities, then businesses would spring up, the health sector will perform better and you know what the result is, improved living conditions.”
According to Mr. Jedy-Agba, ,”recent surveys across some of these rural communities have shown that interestingly, the rural dwellers were likely to pay their electricity bills without complaining than those in urban areas where power operators are tackling the challenges of energy theft and meter bypass”.
Speaking further, the Minister of State explained that the Federal Government is supporting critical initiatives, and it is in this light that the Ministry is backing Volsus Energy Limited, a solar and renewable energy start up firm, towards the “light-up” of communities across the country.
He stressed that reliable power supply is essential across health facilities to increase their work pace, “at this period when Nigeria is battling to flatten the COVID-19 pandemic and to completely eradicate it”.
