The Federal Government has disbursed $64.8million to private sector partners to execute Nigeria Electrification Project, NEP on Monday.
The Rural Electrification Agency, REA, said the NEP
programme, funded by a $350 million World Bank loan and $200 million loan from
the African Development Bank, AfDB, had provided electricity to millions of
Nigerians.
REA Managing Director, Engr. Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad said that
the programme provides off-grid reliable, clean electricity supply to 705,000
households, 90,000 micro, small and medium enterprises, 100 isolation and
treatment centres and 400 primary healthcare centres in unserved and underserved
areas of the country.
NEP programme Lead, Anita Otubu reiterated that the project
has helped provide electricity to the unserved and underserved communities
across Nigeria.