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FG approves $750m World Bank loan for rural electrification project
The Federal Government has approved a $750m World Bank funding for the construction of 1,200 mini-grids in rural communities across Nigeria.
The Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, disclosed this Tuesday, May 21, at a forum in Lagos.
According to Aliyu, the loan was approved to close the gap between Nigerians who have electricity and those without electricity.
He added that 23% of the 85 million unelectrified Nigerians will be provided with electricity when the project is completed.
“The Federal Government, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu approved the Biggest public sector-funded off-grid project across the entire world.
It is a $750m project where REA will use that funding as a capital subsidy to incentivise the private sector to electrify 23% of the total unelectrified Nigerians, and we are very clear about how we want to achieve that.
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