* Seeks collaboration with states, private sector
Emmanuel Addeh
The federal government has said that it is ramping up solar energy supply which could serve as backup during national grid collapses since the central electricity supply system has failed at least four times this year.
Speaking at a Rural Electrification Agency (REA) stakeholders’ workshop in Abuja Monday, organised in collaboration with state governments to accelerate rural power supply, the Minister of State, Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba, urged industry players to seek innovative ideas that will see the fruition of the plan in about two years.
Aside the REA, other partners in the effort to ramp up the deployment of solar sources of energy in the country were the Africa Clean Energy – Technical Assistance Facility (ACE-TAF) funded by the UK Government Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
The workshop…