Pres. Tinubu’II ensure 24-hour power supply in tertiary institutions — Presidency
The Presidency has assured that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is committed to ensuring that all higher institutions benefit from a 24-hour power supply to enhance education.
Senior Special Assistant on Students’ Engagement to the President, Comrade Sunday Asefon, provided this assurance during a working visit to the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Abubakar Aliyu, in Abuja.
The FG has spent over N38,965,147 on power generation in several universities in Nigeria as part of the first phase of the Energizing Education Programme.
The recent increase in electricity tariffs has impacted public universities, with some paying between N150 million & N300 million monthly for electricity bills.
To address this, the F.G, through the Ministry of Power & the Rural Electrification Agency, initiated the Energizing Education Programme to provide reliable power via solar hybrid power plants. The programme initially targets 37 federal universities & 7 affiliated university teaching hospitals.
