By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
THE Federal Government has said that not less than 30% of Nigeria’s electricity supply will be from renewable energy sources by 2030.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Thursday in a message delivered virtually at the commissioning of a 1.12 MW Captive Solar Hybrid Power Plant at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.
The Vice President explained that renewable energy sources have become the most sought after of all electricity sources in recent times, adding that its value would continue to appreciate as time goes by.
He said with the commissioning of yet another solar hybrid power plant at ATBU, Nigeria’s energy transition plan to renewables continues to remain on course.
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And this is in line with the globally endorsed Climate Change agenda and the Buhari administration’s effort to connect more communities to off-grid power and reliable energy sources, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
Professor Osinbajo stated this on Thursday in a message delivered virtually at the commissioning of a 1.12 MW Captive Solar Hybrid Power Plant at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi.
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The Nigeria Labour Congress on Friday knocked the Federal Government for issuing conflicting statements on the increment in the electricity tariff.
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission had blamed the 50 per cent tariff adjustment on inflation and movement in foreign exchange rates, but the Minister of Power, Engr Saleh Mamma, denied the increment.
However, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, in a statement on Friday, faulted the claim credited to the minister, in which he described media reports on the increase in the cost of electricity by the regulatory agency as untrue.
The labour leader insisted that the contradictions in the minister’s statement succeeded in reinforcing the anxiety by Nigerians that “we yet again face a year where the biggest pre-occupation of government appears to be the deflection of the worst economic vicissitudes on citizens.”