UN recognises Nigeria for milestones in expanding energy access at lower cost

A caller United Nations, UN study has commended Nigeria for achieving important milestones successful expanding reliable vigor entree astatine a little outgo done innovative subsidy frameworks and strategical off-grid interventions that person connected much than 5 cardinal radical and created implicit 5,000 greenish jobs.

The findings, published successful the UN’s World Social Report 2026: The New Economics of Social Inclusion, item the interaction of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) successful expanding modern vigor infrastructure to underserved and unserved communities crossed the country.

The study besides commends Nigeria and Ghana for starring innovative agrivoltaics projects that integrate star installations straight into moving farmlands.

According to the report, this exemplary allows communities to alteration their nutrient and vigor systems simultaneously by harvesting sunlight doubly connected the aforesaid crippled of onshore to optimise cultivation yields and cleanable powerfulness generation.

Citing the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) arsenic a exemplary argumentation intervention, the UN noted that the strategical subsidisation of agrarian mini-grids has importantly lowered retail tariffs for susceptible populations portion unlocking important backstage capital.

The study revealed that the inaugural has supported the deployment of 125 mini-grids and facilitated the organisation of much than 1 cardinal Solar Home Systems (SHS).

“Through these interventions, much than 5 cardinal Nigerians present person entree to reliable power, backed b...