FG installs solar systems in Lagos rural communities

FG installs solar systems in Lagos rural communities

The Federal Government has installed solar systems in rural communities in Lagos State.

This, it was learnt, was to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy on rural dwellers.

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) installed the solar systems in schools and public health facilities at Makoko in the Yaba area of the metropolis.

Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Salihijo Ahmad, confirmed this on Saturday during an inspection tour of some of the beneficiary schools and hospitals.

Ahmad said the deployment was a project captured under the FG’s National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy.

He said though the agency’s role was to provide access to electricity for unserved and underserved areas.

He added that the role being played now was more of a social service to mitigate the environmental and economic challenges of the community.

According to him, the visit was part of a larger visit to the South-West region with sites at Osogbo, Osun and Ijebu-Ode in Ogun states respectively.

“We are offering rural dwellers free solar power as part of the ongoing efforts to alleviate the impact of fuel subsidy removal on the underprivileged Nigerians,” he said.