Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya alongside the Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, (REA) , Ahmed Salihijo Ahmed commissioned the 85-Kilowatt Isolated Solar Mini Grid Power Plant in Dakkiti community of Akko Local Government Area of the state with a call on the people of the area to own and protect the project for their own benefit.
The project was delivered under the Federal Government’s Rural Electrification Fund (REF), being implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency.
Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya noted that the project is in line with the REA’s mandate and the Federal Government’s next level Agenda to improve access to electricity by Nigerians, especially those living in rural communities and expressed the hope that such project will be extended to other parts of the State.