FG, U.S. sign $1.1m grant for electricity development /
The Federal Government and United State Trade and Development Agency have signed a 1.1million dollar grant to support electricity infrastructure development in Nigeria.The theme of the summit is :Widening the integration Circle :Technology, Knowledge, Sustainability Partnership.
“Nigeria is the largest population in Africa and we are proud investing in the energy sector in the largest African nation to provide power to the rural communities,” Hardy said. He said the grant would help to ensure that power was delivered to Nigerians for economic growth and development. ” We have gas in abundance, we must create infrastructure that will help create gas for power generation.
” The grant will provide the in depth technical economic and financial analysis necessary to develop a major new source of energy and exciting one thousand three hundred fifty megawatt natural gas power plant here in Abuja.
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