The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Aliyu, has announced that steady progress is being recorded under the Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up (DARES) Project, with several construction milestones already met across project sites. This $750 million World Bank initiative is designed to provide new or improved […]
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has secured a $700,000 grant from the ECOWAS Commission to provide solar photovoltaic systems for 15 public health and education institutions. This funding, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Monday, February 23, 2026, marks the official start of Nigeria’s pilot phase under the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access […]
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is supporting a solar panel production asset in Lagos in preparation for an import exit plan by the Federal Government. The government is determined to phase out the importation of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels into Nigeria, after it found over N200 billion spend on solar panel imports. The move is […]
By Haruna Salami The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has presented 2025 budget proposal of over N500 billion with provision of N100 billion for national public sector solarization to reduce cost of governance in Nigeria. The MD/CEO, REA, Abba Abubakar Aliyu who stated this Monday at the budget defence disclosed that solarisation of public institutions is […]
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has directed that the suspension of Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi from her role as Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, be reversed. Ogunbiyi was earlier suspended by the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman. READ ALSO: Ekwunife commends Buhari over Onitsha-Enugu road “Her resignation effective December 31, 2019, has been accepted to […]
As part of efforts to boost education by the federal government, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, yesterday, kick-started the process of building one mega watt capacity solar farm at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. The University is one of the first nine Federal universities that are […]
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 […]