FG, REA Launch Training Of 1,500 Youths

The national authorities has launched a nationwide grooming programme for 1,500 young Nigerians connected renewable vigor technologies to hole the state for a cleaner and much sustainable future.
The initiative, implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) nether its Energising Education Programme, commenced successful Maiduguri with 100 students of the University of Maiduguri forming the archetypal batch of beneficiaries.

It is tied to President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which prioritises the electrification of unserved and underserved communities to stimulate economical maturation and amended surviving standards.
Speaking astatine the opening ceremony, the managing manager of REA, Abba Abubakar Aliyu, said the grooming was conceived to physique a excavation of skilled manpower susceptible of driving Nigeria’s ambition to go Africa’s renewable vigor hub.

“This requires much than infrastructure deployment. It demands a caller procreation of young radical who are technically trained successful the operation, attraction and financing of renewable vigor projects,” helium said.
Aliyu disclosed that the grooming was being conducted utilizing renewable vigor facilities already deployed by the bureau crossed the country, giving participants practical, hands-on exposure.

He besides announced that the maiden National Renewable Energy Forum volition beryllium held successful Abuja successful September, and each states are invited to attend.

According to him, Borno State was deliberately chosen arsenic a motorboat constituent due to the fact that of earlier investments successful star sheet assembly plants, which align with the government’s program to beforehand section manufacturing of renewable vigor components.

“For Nigeria to genuinely go the renewable hub of Africa, we indispensable promote section manufacturing of renewable vigor components. This is simply a cardinal precedence of Mr President, and 1 of the areas we are moving intimately with is the backstage assemblage to deliver,” helium added.

Also speaking, the Head of the Nigeria Electrification Programme (NEP), Oluyemi Akinyulere, said the inaugural builds connected earlier efforts during the operation of the Maiduguri star powerfulness plant, wherever 20 STEM students were engaged successful the process from ungraded investigating to works commissioning.

He explained that the grooming would not beryllium constricted to Maiduguri, arsenic akin programmes were planned crossed different campuses covered by the Energising Education Programme. He noted that each participating assemblage volition bid astir 100 students astatine world-class centres equipped arsenic portion of the projects.

Akinyulere added that 15 universities are expected to payment from the existent phase, portion much institutions would beryllium brought connected committee successful consequent phases.