On February 18th 2020, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in collaboration with the World Bank, held the 3rd Performance Based Grant Roundtable under the Solar Hybrid Mini grid component of the Nigerian Electrification Project (NEP) in Abuja, Nigeria.
In his opening remarks the MD/CEO REA, Ahmad Salihijo commended the great work of NEP and declared total commitment in ensuring adequate support and enabling environment will be created for mini grid developers in order to protect their investments and returns while impacting the lives of Nigerians with clean, safe, reliable and affordable electricity in the off-grid communities and empowering them into productive use of energy.
The main objective of the 3rd PBG Round Table event was to bring private developers, NEP project management unit (PMU), and the implementing Agency (REA) together to provide clarifications on application requirements as related to NERC, Odyssey platform, Environmental and Social Safeguards and relevant questions pertaining to the PBG, as well as share challenges that developers face in the field to enable the REA PMU provide guidance and answers to ensure there is synergy between all parties.
