Determined to lift the Rural Electrification Agency’s
activities to an enviable height, the Federal Government is set to harness more
resources in providing the rural populace with electricity.
To this end, the Minister of State for Power, Mohammed
Wakil, while receiving a delegation from Super Solar Nigeria Limited, led by
Professor Jerry Gana, Ex-Minister of Information, said it was not palatable to
know that 70per cent of Nigerians lived in rural areas where-as access to
electricity was very low.
Wakil said government was bent on using renewable energy,
especially solar, to complement gas – fired plant “as it could be deployed
immediately, if we have access to the appropriate technology.”
To further demonstrate the commitments of government, Wakil
said the ministry was putting finishing touches to the presidential initiative
on renewable, which he said, would be the fore-runner to the National Policy on
Renewable which was also at the threshold of being promulgated.
He assured new entrants in the renewable energy sub-sector
of attractive incentives that would enable them to recoup their profit sooner
than expected, adding that government would soon give tax incentives and
waivers to them.
“Nigeria is prepared to key into the global interest in
renewable energy because of its clean nature,” he said, adding that the Public
Private Partnership (PPP) model was assured of government’s support, as it will
help the country to fast-track power generation aimed at meeting the existing
gap.
Leader of the Super Solar Group, Professor Jerry Gana, said
the delegation’s plan was to complement the passion to deliver on power by
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
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