REA

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) says it has gotten approval to establish a renewable asset management company that will sustain its interventions. The Managing Director of REA, Mr Abba Aliyu, said this at the signing of a…
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The Rural Electricity Agency (REA) will build a 12MW solar plant as a grant to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. SolaceBase reports that it is an intervention towards addressing the institution’s electricity challenges and enhance…
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday, re-arraigned Abubakar Sambo, the Director of Finance and Account of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for alleged N1.84 billion fraud.Sambo was…
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A report by the Auditor-General of the Federation has exposed irregular payments for contracts totalling over N197.72bn across various ministries, departments, and agencies, raising serious concerns about systemic lapses in financial…
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in an acting capacity. SOLACEBASE reports that the appointment followed the suspension of the REA Managing Director,…
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President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo, alongside three Executive Directors of the Agency, indefinitely. A statement signed by Tinubu’s…
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In an effort to provide the nation’s ivory towers with uninterrupted electricity, in 2019 the Federal Government commissioned its solar hybrid power plant at Bayero University Kano (BUK), a multi-billion-naira investment awarded to a German…
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By Adebayo Aare In 2021, the Federal Government appropriated N49 million to improve the power supply in nine communities in Ogo Oluwa/Surulere federal constituency in Oyo State. Only three have been powered, leaving six in total…
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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated a 7.1 megawatts Solar Hybrid power plant in Bayero University Kano (BUK), to ensure sustainability in power supply. Osibanjo said that the project would benefit thousands of students and other…
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