President Muhammadu Buhari committed to laying sold foundation for energy infrastructure – Abubakar
Oru Leonard
Hon. Minster of Power, Engr. Abubakar D Aliyu, has affirmed the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari at ensuring solid foundation for energy infrastructure is laid down to upscale the energy provision and attract more investors to Nigeria.
This is contained in a press release made available to News Dot Africa by the Assistant Director, Information/ Press, Odutayo Oluseyi.
Abubarkar who made the statement at Abuja in Nigeria today, 13th October, 2022 when the coordinator of the US Government’s Power Africa Programme, Mr. Mark Carrato and his team paid him a courtesy visit, said the energy transition programme of the Federal Government is to increase the operational capacity through the vision 30-30-30 in which 30% of Nigeria energy would be renewable.
He thanked the delegation for their willing to align with the Nigeria Energy Transition Programme stating that Nigeria’s hope at attaining 0% fossil energy by 2060 is on course. He stated that the Federal government will continue to work frantically to abate the security challenge which is yielding results so as to attract more investors.
While thanking USAID for their continuous technical support, Abubakar said various areas of interventions in the power sector are opened for investors and would be spelt out in the course of further discussions.
Speaking earlier, the coordinator of the US Government’s Power Africa Programme, Mr. Mark Carrato said USAID Power Africa Nigeria Sector Program (PA-NPSP) has worked closely with Nigeria over the years. He said the five-year USAID Power Africa Nigeria Sector Program (PA-NPSP) is a pointer to their commitment to increase electricity availability, access and reliability. He assured of continuous engagements to actualize the goal of Power Africa.
