BY FESTUS OKOROMADU, ABUJA
The Niger State government says it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NNPC Limited to develop renewable energy and low-carbon solutions projects.
The Governor of Niger State, Mohammed Umaru Bago, disclosed the development in a post on X (formerly known as tweeter) last week.
“I had the honour alongside the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abubakar Usman, to, on behalf of the Niger State Government, sign the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on ‘Cooperation in the prevention and development of renewable energy and low carbon solution projects,” the post read.
Speaking during the signing ceremony, the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Usman, said the project will among other things, bring about the development of a Greenfield Hydroelectric power project, solar parks in institutions, home solar systems for 250,000 households and establishments of a 500 million-litre Ethanol Plant.
He also said Maize, Sugarcane, and Sweet Sorghum will be cultivated on 100,000 hectares of land in the state to produce over 500,000 tons of crops to be used to fuel the Ethanol plant.
The Niger State government has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with NNPC Limited to develop renewable energy and low-carbon solutions projects.
Also speaking, NNPC Limited’s Executive Vice President of Gas, Power, and New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, and the Managing Director, NNPC New Energy Limited, Kanayochukwu Odoe, who signed the MoU on behalf of NNPC Limited, said the company is not just focusing on clean energy generation but exploring the route of converting country’s abundance resources to create prosperity.
