FG To Add 1206Megawatts to National Grid To Boost Supply

The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday, March 15, said Federal Government plans have reached final stage to add extra 1,206 megawatts (Mw) of electricity to the national grid.
He said the power would be generated through the concluded 14 frameworks for solar panel projects embarked upon by the Federal Government.
Fashola spoke during a meeting with the French delegates headed by France Minister of Environment and Power, Segolene Royal, alongside her Nigerian counterpart, Amina Mohammed in Abuja.

He said the present administration is committed to adopting renewable energy as part of efforts to convert the nation’s numerous challenges to opportunities.