FG Commissions 1.6MW Solar-Hybrid Power Plant at Federal University Lafia.
The project, delivered under Phase III of the Federal Government’s Energising Education Programme (EEP), may provide reliable electricity across the university campus, including student hostels, laboratories, lecture rooms and administrative offices.
The commissioning ceremony, held last November, was attended by the Minister of Power, Chief Joseph O.
Tegbe; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Alhaji Abba Aliyu; Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Mohammed Isa; and Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi A.
Speaking at the event, Tegbe reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to expanding access to clean and reliable electricity, describing renewable energy as an increasingly important source of power. “The federal government will continue its effort to provide reliable and clean electricity access every Nigerians. Investment in electricity is being directed toward the service and productive activities that improve lives,” he said. He said the intervention would provide relief to the university, which had been contending with unreliable electricity supply and an outstanding electricity bill of about N30 million.
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