₦airaland Forum

DaudaAbu:
Why isn't the documemt signed?

For real?

Only the senate can answer this. They complained about where the fund to implement it would come from.

Ishanipepe:
Be true to yourself. I have a zillion of such cases...

You’re right

Latchenko:
We have the wrong people at the corridor of Nigeria senate. I just saw a movement that planned to promote good electricity in thirty seven universities and the senate are against it. THATHYYY SEVEN UNI.

Please read and RT (Thread)

The Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy on Thursday criticised a solar-powered streetlight project in nine universities across the country valued at N10bn.

Chairman of the committee, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, and other members asked why the Rural Electrification Agency planned to spend N10bn on solar streetlights.

Why question what would bring a new tiding to Nigeria tertiary education system?

The main aim of this initiation is to provide steady power supply to 37 federal universities and 7 teaching hospital across Nigeria through the utilization of off-grid captive power plant.

The 1st phase of the Programme will in include 9 institutions, & should be completed in 2018, benefiting over 300k students
& staffs. Seven of the nine planned power plants 10.5MW out of a total of 26.56MW will be fueled by solar energy, in line with the FG's energy -mix policy

The eight ( federal universities and one (1) teaching hospital that signed the MoU with REA include
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Bayero University Kano, Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anambra

University of Lagos Akoka, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Delta, Obafemi Awolowo University, and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital

A member of the committee, Senator Mohammed Hassan, said he could not understand why the agency wanted to spend a huge amount of money to provide solar power in universities when rural communities for which the agency was created were left in darkness. Knowing very well that


Most of these universities are located in rural areas and initiation of this project and actualizing it would bring about a down pour of its value to the surrounding rural areas. That’s a great plus to every residents at these locations.

Let’s not forget these people against this targeted aim have their children in the overseas, studying under 24 hours electricity but will not allow it get verified in Nigeria.

The process will also install street lighting to enhance security measures on campuses, develop and operate training centers for student training on renewable energy.

And extend this uninterrupted power to improve the quality of life and economic opportunities in the surrounding rural communities.


I could have benefited from this if it were implemented when I was actively on campus. #

I went to a university that didn’t have a hostel as at then and the community I lived barely have light long enough to power my phone to 30%.


Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia have 100 percent energy access across the board but that’s not the case in Nigeria, that alone invariably makes education better in those country compared with Nigeria’s.

Vice chairman of the committee, Senator Buka Mustapha, insisted that the details of the project must be disclosed, including “who is paying for the installations when the power sector had been privatised.”

Please who is responsible for provision of power to the rural areas?

This is annoying as the federal gov now dwell in bitterness, questioning who is to fund a project pinned to make a better living for his people and undermining the standard of living we deserve.

This is annoying as the federal gov now dwell in bitterness, questioning who is to fund a project pinned to make a better living for his people and undermining the standard of living we deserve.

We have the wrong people at the corridor of Nigeria senate. I just saw a movement that planned to promote good electricity in thirty seven universities and the senate are against it. THATHYYY SEVEN UNI.

Please read and RT (Thread)

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