REA’S STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS: ADOPTING A PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO DELIVER CAPITAL PROJECTS
The Rural Electrification Agency's (REA) strategic interventions are highlighted in this report for the year 2022, particularly the agency's adoption of a programmatic approach to delivering capital projects
The deployment of solar mini-grids (high-capacity productive use), solar water pumps (irrigation schemes), and solar home systems (low-capacity productive use) across the six geopolitical zones of the nation are among the electrification programs included in the preliminary needs assessment and implementation framework for 2022
A pathway to sustainability for the 2022 pilot programmes and an emphasis on the forthcoming programmatic budgeting exercise for the year2023 were also included in the report.
Before the strategic interventions, some of the baseline conditions and challenges of the beneficiaries included access to electricity and water, petrol consumption patterns, security conditions, employment conditions, gender inclusivity and major crops produced. After the interventions, an assessment exercise was then conducted to determine the social, environmental, and economic impact on the livelihoods in the beneficiary communities.
The exercise relied on primary data collection using questionnaire-based surveys. A methodology also adopted the SEforALL mini-grid emissions to estimate the carbon emissions and reductions.