*FG mandates affordable credit at 5 to 10 percent interest rate to private sector solar companies to fund programme

*Prioritizes off-grid, under-served communities

* Consumers to pay less that grid power customers

In continuation of a coordinated implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) across the country, the Buhari administration will next week, commence the process of installation of 5 million solar home systems in under-served and off-grid communities across the country, according to a presidency source.

The programme will include the assembly and manufacturing of components of off-grid solutions to facilitate growth of the local manufacturing industry, while use of local content will be incentivized, the source added.

Confirming the development, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande said the work plan for the implementation of the N140 billion Solar Home Systems, a component of the ESP, indicate that the first set of installations will be done nationwide in December 2020.

By its design, the programme will cover up to 5 million households, serving about 25 million individual Nigerians who live mostlu in rural communities and not currently connected to the national grid.

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[s]Pls dey should start with north then south west and stop at south south...if dia is another region dey should forget it cause those people dia will steal it..cause dats dia way people dat kill dia parents for money[/s]

Make he sha no be another format cos every week different format...

Make them just subsidize am for us jejely like pay half nd we pay half ourselves to procure it at least with that e go circulate..


No be all this Audio distribution wey we no go see anything..