By Udeme Akpan
Stakeholders have emphasised the importance of improved electricity access in driving productivity and achieving economic prosperity.
This call was made at the National Stakeholders Engagement Workshop hosted by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in Abuja, yesterday, with the theme, “Unlocking and Scaling the Sustainable Adoption of Productive Use of Energy Technologies Across Nigeria: Harmonising Financing Opportunities and Policy Frameworks”.
At the event, Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, emphasised that the current administration is shifting the focus of electrification from mere infrastructure to tangible economic empowerment.
“Our approach to energy diversification under the administration of President Bola Tinubu reflects a simple but profound truth: rural electrification is no longer about extending wires into communities. It is about extending opportunity, creating prosperity, enabling enterprise, and transforming electricity from a social service into an economic catalyst,” Tegbe stated.
