The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has signed a $700,000 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission to electrify healthcare centres and 15 public universities in the federal capital territory (FCT), Niger and Nasarawa states.
In a statement, the REA said the MoU, signed on Monday, falls under the regional off-grid electricity access project (ROGEAP) and is supported by grant funding from ECOWAS.
“The ECOWAS partnership marks the formal commencement of Nigeria’s pilot implementation phase under ROGEAP which is a regional initiative supported by the World Bank to expand off-grid electricity access across West Africa and the Sahel.
“Under the agreement, ECOWAS will provide a grant of $700,000 to support the installation of solar PV systems in rural health centres and schools located in the FCT, Niger State, and Nasarawa State. The project will be implemented by REA as the technical and financial implementing agency,” the statement reads.
To ensure effective implementation, REA said a dedicated project implementation unit (PIU) will be set up within the agency to work closely with the ROGEAP project implementation unit and the established steering committee.
