#TheREAImpact: Energizing Eka Awoke Community, Ebonyi State:
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through its Implementing Agency – Rural Electrification Agency (REA), commissioned a 100KW solar hybrid mini grid power plant in Eka Awoke Community, Ikwo Local Government Area, of Ebony State
This completed project in Eka Awoke community is one of twelve solar mini grids under the Rural Electrification Fund – Call 1 programme and will provide clean, safe, affordable and reliable electricity for the community members
The MD/CEO Ahmad Salihijo said "I am delighted to announce that with the solar hybrid mini-grid commissioned today, homes, businesses and the entire community will now have access to clean, safe and sustainable energy. This automatically enhances productivity and provide jobs in the community –
One of the ways that we accomplish our mandate as an agency is through off-grid electrification initiatives. Eka Awoke, here in Ebonyi State, is one of the communities that will benefit from the first set of grants under the Rural Electrification Fund – "