The Federal Government has annouced that the installation of five million solar home systems worth N140b will commence in December 2020. This installation will be in under-served and off-grid communities across the country.

Confirming this development, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande said the work plan for the implementation of the N140 billion Solar Home Systems, a component of the ESP, indicate that the first set of installations will be done nationwide.

“By its design, the programme will cover up to five million households, serving about 25 million individual Nigerians who live mostly in rural communities and not currently connected to the national grid” He said.

Akande also mentioned that the Solar Home System, is an important component of the administration’s ESP and is designed as part of measures by the Federal Government to ramp up power supply across the country by catering specifically for communities not connected to the national grid. It is also part of the administration’s strategy to address the overall challenges and issues in the power sector, as Solar is not only cheaper but considered to be cleaner and renewable.

“Regarding jobs, the ESP 5m Solar installation is expected to create about 250,000 jobs including in manufacturing, assembling, installations, maintenance and payment systems,”