The Federal Government has flagged off the distribution of free solar home systems across the country as a way to cushion the adverse effect of fuel subsidy removal.
The Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo while on an inspection visit to Makoko, Lagos over the weekend, said FG had ordered the agency to scale up on the deployment of more free solar systems to homes, schools and hospitals across the country.
This, according to him, was under the Ministry of Power’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy programme.
“We are here on a short inspection visit. REA under the supervision of the Ministry of Power came here as part of our programmes under one of our projects, the Poverty Reduction and Growth and Strategy Programme as approved by the Federal Government.
“We are mindful of the removal of fuel subsidies and have assessed that the solar systems would be more useful in areas like this, where they do not have adequate power supply.’’
