The 2025 Budget, which is awaiting approval by the National Assembly, will allocate $ 100 billion to install solar mini-grids in various government buildings, federal universities, and their teaching facilities.

The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, said once the budget is passed and signed into law by President Bola Tinubu, his agency would begin work to provide reliable, cost-effective and climate-friendly power supply in the government institutions.

Aliyu, who was a guest on Tuesday’s episode of The Morning Brief on Channels Television, explained that the funding is provided by the Federal Ministry of Power’s National Public Sector Solarization Initiative.

It’s “a new concept designed to reduce the cost of governance. N100bn has been allocated for it. We are going to use that funding to solarise the entire public institutions”, he said.

The current government, according to the REA boss, analyzed the money being spent by public institutions on diesel and generator sets. “To address that, that funding is being provided for us to solarise the institutions”, he said.

Students from the University of Ibadan and Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu joined forces to protest a 100-day power outage at the University College Hospital (UCH) on Monday, promising to restore electricity to the disgruntled students.

“In the next six months, I will tell you that I have started the process of deploying mini-grids in an additional five universities. I’ll let you know that I’ve completed at least two of the eight mini-grid deployments in each of the eight universities and one teaching hospital.

“I’ll also let you know that I’ve started solarizing the government.” In Abuja and elsewhere, we are looking at some significant government parastatals.

“We are looking at starting with five, and the UCH is one of them.” We’re considering launching at the University of Lagos. In Ibadan, the minister of power was. We want to do the University of Ibadan plus the teaching hospital, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, &nbsp, and Ahmadu Bello University”.

The REA boss said before the next six months, his agency would commission at least 60 mini-grids, and start the process of deploying 40 interconnect grids to create reliability.

Aliyu claimed that his organization has already carried out research in some of the nation’s top universities and teaching hospitals.

He continued, “We recently completed our intervention in seven universities and two teaching hospitals, where we gave them a hybrid mini-grid that would be cost-effective for 24 hours.”

For instance, we have 12 megawatts of capacity at the University of Maiduguri, which is capable of supporting the teaching hospital and the only water treatment facility in the city of Maiduguri. These are the types of interventions.

https://www.channelstv.com/2025/02/11/fg-to-install-₦100bn-solar-mini-grids-at-uch-unilag-others/

Ok

This should be replicated across Federal teaching hospitals and federal medical centers.

God bless President Tinubu, God bless Nigeria.


-Kiss the truth!

FG has signed the electricity law, every Institution should key into it.

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Na wa o, three for South West. Presidents from other regions, this is how to take care of your region when in power. Not neglecting your region while building schools for those that don’t appreciate and eventually booted you out of power. Oloriburuku Jonathan.

The way we mention monies sometimes is alarming. Hopefully, the funds are spent wisely.

Can 100 billion naira not solve half of the electricity problem in Nigeria What does it take to have stable electricity that this country has been battling with for years

we shall see.

So, is it safe to say that Nigeria is gradually tapping into alternative energy sources for effectiveness and efficiency in service delivery?

can Dey Maintain? its not that we aint got INNOVATION in that COUNTRY, we've got 110% but but no support, wisdom like mysef are out there giving our best to Other NATION, BUILDING their HERITAGE & LEGACY... i worked with FG 7 years back then, but had to support my LIFE and its style WITH CARS sale, at least to change the JINX of Lecturers having jus PEUGEOT 504 and one Blazer and SUITE..... i owned a BMW and CAMRY then and was called YAHOO LECTURER. Many people work HARD in that NATION but LIVE BELOW STANDARD LIVING from their INCOME

The way there are playing this national politics now is my ethnic group first before any other tribe oooh

Time to chop

Good project, especially if they can evenly distribute them, but then Black man is always on revenge.

I don't like how these people always use, "I will do this". It's not your money sir. Tell us the ministry will do this, not you. If you must use "I", then go to your personal bank account and withdraw the money.

Solar that will work for only 2 months and pack up. Crooks

But, can they solve the problem of epileptic power supply. Now it is solar installation.

Show workings please. Lol.

emmanuel596:
Can 100 billion naira not solve half of the electricity problem in Nigeria What does it take to have stable electricity that this country has been battling with for years

Seriously?
Bro no way N100 Bn can.
At least $10 bn to overcome Nigeria power supply issues

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For this corntree.

BloomingDale:
Na wa o, three for South West. Presidents from other regions, this is how to take care of your region when in power. Not neglecting your region while building schools for those that don’t appreciate and eventually booted you out of power. Oloriburuku Jonathan.

Low understanding is your major problem, read the entire article once again but this time, slowly.

Bastard thief.a 5kva or even kva solar with let's say 30 panels,30 batteries with inverter and charger is not up to 20m. Baatard thieves.its not like they will buy standard battery, they'd end up buying dead batteries that won't exceed a year or 2. Fools

TimeManager:
This should be replicated across Federal teaching hospitals and federal medical centers.

God bless President Tinubu, God bless Nigeria.


-Kiss the truth!

I swear. U just dropped the bomb.
Nice thought from u

Afon power , pack all the money and build up Afonjaland only

How could any sane Nigerian find issue with this?

We can not keep ignoring critical facilities. UNILAG, UI and OAU are 3 of Nigeria's first five universities. Other universities started showing up one by one several years later.

Any government making efforts to help upgrade these universities made good decision. They must also do the same at UNN and ABU. We must learn to cherish our legacy!

zero8zero:

Low understanding is your major problem, read the entire article once again but this time, slowly.

STFU

Awesome!

emmanuel596:
Can 100 billion naira not solve half of the electricity problem in Nigeria What does it take to have stable electricity that this country has been battling with for years

Omo if you reason Nigeria matter you go get headache

emmanuel596:
Can 100 billion naira not solve half of the electricity problem in Nigeria What does it take to have stable electricity that this country has been battling with for years

You must be a joker when ordinary 1.5-2KVA solar is almost 1 M 100B is even small when talking about renewable energy for those massive institutions

How many megawatts do you plan to generate.
Tell us.
Let us all do the calculation together.
Approving 100 billion and spending just 30 billion.
We know the game

Naira 100b is federal government competing with anambra billionaire

TimeManager:
This should be replicated across Federal teaching hospitals and federal medical centers.

God bless President Tinubu, God bless Nigeria.


-Kiss the truth!

It won't be replicated across
It will only be focus on SW Hospital
Just like the failed NIRSAL Anchor Borrower Program, an Agric intervention program, was strictly concentrated and focused in the North during Buhari era.