The Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Company (REA), Abba Aliyu, has described photo voltaic power as essentially the most economically viable mannequin of energy.
This was made identified by Aliyu whereas that includes on a Channels Tv programme, The morning transient, on Monday, August 25, 2025.
Aliyu, who was answering query on essentially the most acceptable power combine within the nation, famous that they’re discussing different fashions of energy like wind, biomass and so forth.
The REA boss, nonetheless, revealed that the federal authorities needed to droop motion on biomass once they realized that the tariff was manner above the allowable restrict as a result of processing prices concerned.
What the REA MD is saying
Aliyu identified that they’re holding discussions on wind energy mannequin as they only signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigerian Wind Vitality Council for small wind infrastructure which can be economically viable in addition to inside allowable vary.
Aliyu on the query of power combine mentioned, ‘’To the second query, the combo, essentially the most economically viable mannequin now’s the photo voltaic that we have now seen. There are others that we’re nonetheless discussing, wind, biomass. We tried biomass, however once we see the price of transferring the rubbish from the place they’re being dumped to the processing zone and processing it, the tariff was manner above the restrict that we are able to enable.
‘’And that’s the reason we’re but to incentivize that. However for the wind, we’re discussing, we simply final week signed an MOU with the Nigerian Wind Vitality Council for us to begin taking a look at small wind infrastructure which can be economically viable, that the tariff can be inside the allowable vary. If we get that, we’ll begin deploying different technique of technology.’’
Some rural communities paying extra tariff than Band A
Aliyu had additionally revealed that some Nigerians dwelling in rural communities get pleasure from a secure electrical energy provide and willingly pay for it, even past what Band A electrical energy customers pay. Band A customer pays N209.50 per kilowatt-hour as tariff.
He mentioned that there are areas the place the tariff is between N250 and N280, including that the electrical energy tariff paid by rural communities largely trusted the whole price of infrastructure deployed by his company.
He mentioned, ‘’So there are communities, there are rural areas, rural of the agricultural, that pay tariff rather more than what you might be even paying in band A. And they’re paying. What do you imply by that? There are areas that the tariff is even near 2 hundred and fifty (250), 2 hundred and eighty (280). They usually load with token? Sure, completely, token.
They use their cell phone to pay for the electrical energy, they usually get pleasure from it. However there are different areas that the tariff is lower than what you pay in band A. Like I advised you, it’s subjective on the whole price of infrastructure that we deploy inside these communities. That’s one.’’
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