Wushishi (Niger) – Alhaji Suleiman Zungeru, the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger, has called on the state government to ensure the completion of the Wushishi-Zungeru electrification project. Zungeru made the call in an interview on Monday in Zungeru, adding that the project would address the poor […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has spent $197 million out of its $230.2 million expenditure for 2017. Its total income for the year budget stood at $267.9m. Of the expenditure, the Commission spent $146m, its parliament spent $19.86m; the Community Court of Justice $17.2m; West African Health Organisation, $33.1m; and the Intergovernmental […]
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) – an agency of the federal government tasked with connecting rural people to electricity supplies, has initiated a new drive that could strengthen the capacity of rural communities to own and operate power supply systems in their localities. Christened the Rural Electricity Users Cooperative Society (REUCS), the REA said it […]
The Sokoto state government said it is connecting a number of rural households with solar power to deepen energy usage and enhance rural electrification in the state. Already, a pilot scheme has started in Kurdula, a rural settlement of Balle town in Gudu local government area of the state. Speaking to reporters in Sokoto on […]