Power Minister Directs REA To Extend FG’s Energizing Education Policy To State Universities

Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu has directed the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to explore ways of ensuring that State universities benefit from the Federal Government’s Energizing Education Policy.

This is even as he gave assurances that electricity supply to Borno state would be restored in about six Weeks time.

The Minister spoke while receiving a delegation from Borno State University, led by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Umar Kyari Sandabe, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.

Chronicling the operations of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry
(NESI), Engr. Abubakar said that all efforts are being made to restore Power to Maiduguri and is expected to be concluded in about six weeks’ time.

He said Independent Power Plants projects are being handled through the policy on Off grid and Mini grid adding that the Mini grid will adequately cater for all renewables.

Speaking earlier, the Vice Chancellor, Borno State University, Prof. Umar Kyari Sandabe appreciated the Minister of Power for his unrelenting efforts at reforming the Power Sector.

He disclosed that the institution has been out of power supply since 2020 due to the insurgency, adding that the University has been on generators which takes a huge sum of its funding.

Prof. Kyari Sandabe lamented that the generators, despite consuming huge sum of their funds do not provide the needed adequate power supply for the University operations.

He craved the indulgence of the Minister to ensure that power supply is restored to University, promising that the institution will secure all power projects within its premises.