The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that his regime plans to create up to 250,000 jobs from its efforts to connect up to five million households to solar power.

This is as he said growth figures were meaningless if they do not translate to good-paying jobs and improved standard of living for Nigerians.

Buhari who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated this on Monday in an address delivered virtually at the opening of the 27th Nigerian Economic Summit, themed ‘Securing our future: The fierce urgency of now’.

Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘We have to take timely actions, immediate steps to achieve national goals, says Buhari’.

According to the President, to tackle existing problems and at the same time benefit from domestic and global trends, stakeholders both in the public and private sectors must take timely actions and immediate steps for Nigeria to achieve the desired national goals.

Buhari was quoted to have said, “The need for urgent action is even more pressing if we take account of the fact that we are now part of the African Continental Free Trade Area which calls for actions to position the economy to benefit from the opportunity that this regional integration grouping presents while at the same time protecting our industries and businesses from unfair competition.

“The Federal Government is responding to the challenges and opportunities of the moment by articulating forward-looking policies and strategies and implementing a coherent, clear and consistent set of actions to achieve our desired objectives.

The intention is to achieve broad-based and inclusive GDP growth to create 21 million jobs and lift 35 million people out of poverty by 2025.”

Speaking on the Solar Power Naija Project, the President said, “It is another project of the Economic Sustainability Plan that will lead to the creation of a large number of jobs.

“We expect up to 250,000 jobs to be created from this effort to connect up to five million households to solar power.

“This project is particularly important in the context of climate change and in enabling Nigeria to generate renewable electric power against the background of its nationally determined contribution towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.”

He called for more public-private partnerships in the transport sector, saying the efforts of the Federal Government were evident and yielding results.

Also in his remark, a former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Boshe, commended the leadership provided by Nigeria in improving the lives of the people through effective policy implementation and inclusive governance.

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Buhari/Osinbajo will always fulfil their promise and God will make it happen

This will lift many out of poverty

It is only informed Nigerians that wont know this is already in motion, the NESP of the Buhari osinbajo admin designed how 5 million totalling 25 million household would benefit from the solar power Naija scheme, targeting areas that are not connected to the national grid, as we know that solar is a cleaner and renewable energy generation.

This is quite impressive.

THIS IS SUPERSTORYYYYYYYYYYY....


Mr See

okefranci:
Buhari/Osinbajo will always fulfil their promise and God will make it happen

Hmmm trust any politician at your peril.

All talks no action.

FIT: Future Impossible Tense

always planning no implementation

Here they come again

I HAVE GIVEN UP ON POLITICIAN IN NIGERIA.

They say one thing and does another.

I no longer take their words or promise seriously.

Plan plan plan everyday without working it out, ndi oshi

Government of lies and hypocrites

And every time they keep planning and promising. Nigerians are tired of this over planning and nothing ever comes out from FG promises..

Okay

You can't give what you dont have. FG should stop lying to us

One would sometimes wonder if our leaders aren’t geniuses in disguise. Despite all the campaign promises before the 2015 elections, 6 years later, all we have as citizens are still promises. Yet these leaders manage to hold on to power without so much dissent or voiced discontent.

Nigerians are either the toughest people on the planet or the most docile sheeples on the planet.

This country na wa!

If wishes were horses.....!!!

A government that always plans what will later be swept under the carpet.

I wondered what happened to vision 2020 and my fellow cownarians have all refused to ask these old fools stammering questions that will hit them like electric shocks.

Set awon oloriburuku!

Jollylolly:
It is only informed Nigerians that wont know this is already in motion, the NESP of the Buhari osinbajo admin designed how 5 million totalling 25 million household would benefit from the solar power Naija scheme, targeting areas that are not connected to the national grid, as we know that solar is a cleaner and renewable energy generation.

Judging by your post history, it is clear you work for Osinbajo...892 posts almost all promoting Osinbajo. At least make an effort (have the intelligence) to cover your tracks so it isnt so obvious. Let us at least feel he has smart people working for him. its not encouraging if the people working for him are so sloppy!!! .

...and BTW you meant "uninformed Nigerians"

Patrioticman007:


Hmmm trust any politician at your peril.

The guy you quoted and many of them up there are paid agents.

Beware!

Confused FG
Yesterday it was 21 million jobs, today it's 250 thousand job.
Person wey never chop dey think of solar?

No need
Den don already create beta jobs for northerners
Banditry and herdsmen!

Audio jobs àgain.

Which year? What they couldn't do in 6 years? Will they perform magic?

Juat another chance dor osibanjo to display teeth like brown goat

Osibanjo too like grammars, after six years they are still telling us we will, we are going to.

Na those people that have hope in this good for nothing useless government I pity. Because at the end of their hopefulness they won’t have anything to show for it.

Just like how trader-moni took people out of poverty and nPower