The Vice President Prof Osinbajo signs Nigeria/UK solar energy deal

 

The Federal Government on Thursday in London boosted its power programme with the signing of an agreement with the United Kingdom on the use of solar energy to provide electricity to rural areas in Nigeria.

Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo, who led Nigeria’s delegation signed on behalf of the Federal Government while the UK Minister of State for International Development, Mr Grant Shapps, signed on behalf of the UK government. The event was performed shortly after the launch of the Africa Energy Campaign initiated by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID).
Osinbajo said Nigeria will do its best to ensure that the campaign to boost supply and consumption of solar energy is invigorated and gave an assurance that the Federal Government would work closely with the DFID. He added that the Nigerian market provided the greatest opportunity for the use of small scale solar solutions adding that the country would be the ideal base to push the solar solution in the continent.