FG intends to provide MSMEs with solar-powered power in 2024

Femi Onasanya
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The administration of President Bola Tinubu is dedicated to finding alternate power sources for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs), according to Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and MSMEs.

 

He clarified that by providing them with at least eight hours of power each day, the project aims to help MSMEs overcome the existing hurdles caused by Nigeria’s unstable electricity supply.

 

Adekunle-Johnson said yesterday in an interview with Channels Television that the administration was making a concerted effort to offer dependable power choices. He states that MSMEs are strategically important to Nigeria’s economic growth and stability, and this is acknowledged by the Federal Government.

 

“I am aware that we are in deep discussions with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to ensure solar power access for MSMEs across many markets,” he stated. “So, what we are doing is trying to power those markets to ensure that these MSMEs some into their business daily and have a guaranteed 8-hour light.” in a market with a cluster of small businesses, perhaps a thousand or so.

 

“I am aware that this will be greatly increased before the second quarter of 2024. He recalled that a comparable programme had been put into place in the Ariaria market in Abia State, namely, during the government of Muhammadu Buhari.

 

He disclosed that the government and other stakeholders were in continuous talks about expanding the programme so that several market clusters in other parts of the nation might benefit from it. He states that the goal is to offer substitute power sources that are especially designed for the market clusters.

 

According to the President’s adviser, MSMES were paying high daily costs to run generators to provide electricity. He emphasised the importance of this change by pointing out the high daily costs that business owners bear when they have to use generators to produce electricity and by arguing in favour of switching to solar power.

 

 

 

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