REA, Husk Power partner to provide Seven communities in Nasarawa with solar energy
As part of Nigeria Electrification Project(NEP), Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and Husk Power Solutions have signed agreements today to provide Seven communities in Nasarawa State with Solar Hybrid Minigrids.
This was contained in a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect on Wednesday.
The statement said that the partnership targets 5,000 connections.
To this end, households, small businesses, medium-scale agro-processing and public institutions will benefit from the project.
The communities are in Doma Local Government Area (Rukubi, Idadu and Igbabo) and in Lafia Local Government Area (Kiguna, Akura, Gidan Buba and Sabon Gida).
The agreements marked an important expansion of REA and Husk Power’s efforts to electrify rural communities and businesses across Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Speaking on the partnership, Co-founder/CEO, Manoj Sinha said, “I am very excited to see our partnership with REA coming to fruition. It will enable Husk Nigeria, under our strong local leadership team, to scale rapidly in Nigeria and achieve our ambition of catalyzing socio-economic development in rural communities across the country.”
On his part, the Nigeria Country Manager, Husk Power Energy Systems Nigeria, Mr Olu Aruike said the partnership will bring electricity to underserved communities.
According to him, “Husk Power’s mission is to rapidly scale the electrification of rural communities and continuously spur economic growth for medium, small, micro enterprises in Nigeria and across Sub-Saharan Africa.
He added that, “We are grateful for the leadership and support provided by the REA, and look forward to a long-term partnership in delivering power to all Nigerians.”
The agreement with Husk provides grants of US$350 per connection, with a minimum total grant request of US$10,000 per minigrid.
REA objective is to increase electricity access to unserved and underserved communities across Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Husk Power Systems provides access to clean, modern and affordable electricity in Africa and Asia by developing and operating renewable energy minigrids and adjacent energy services.
