The Rural Electrification Agency has secured a $700,000 grant from the ECOWAS Commission to electrify 15 public health and education institutions across the country using solar photovoltaic systems.
The funding support followed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the agency and the ECOWAS Commission on Monday, under the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project.
According to a statement by the agency, the agreement provides grant funding from ECOWAS for the electrification of public health and education facilities located in the Federal Capital Territory, Niger State, and Nasarawa State.
Following the signing of the MoU with ECOWAS, the REA was said to have also entered into a separate agreement with the Niger State Government to facilitate state-level collaboration and co-financing for selected project sites within the state.