As part of the World Bank’s recently stated plans to increase people’s access to electricity in Nigeria, the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) will receive an additional $750 million in funding from the international financial institution.
This declaration was made by Ms. Elizabeth Huybens, who is the Director of Strategy and Operations for the Western Central African Region of the World Bank. While she was reviewing the 60 KiloWatts Mini Grid project in the Kilankwa Community of the Kwali Area Council of Abuja, she made the announcement.

She made the following statement: “This is our first national electrification project, and it has approximately $350 million in value; it is coming to an end; and we are preparing a successor project that will be $750 million.” We are unquestionably going to increase our assistance for a cause that we think is of the utmost significance, and Nigeria is currently at the vanguard of nations around the world when it comes to the creation of tiny grids.

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According to Huybens, the nation will be able to provide access to energy to a bigger number of people more quickly with the assistance of the Kilankwa project than it would have been able to achieve by just extending the national grid. This is because the Kilankwa project will be located in a remote area of the country.

She claimed that the bank was interested in the project because they considered that giving everyone with access to power was one of the most vital goals that any nation should strive to attain. She stated that this was one of the reasons why the bank was interested in the project.

It will not be possible for us to make the switch to utilizing electric vehicles if we do not have access to dependable sources of electricity. In point of fact, in the event that there is no energy available, you will not even be able to charge your mobile device.

It is consequently challenging for me to envision what contemporary life would be like without electricity, and it is similarly difficult for me to envision how poverty could be alleviated in the absence of universal access to electricity. consequently, it is difficult for me to conceive what modern life would be like without electricity. “We need to help them provide access to electricity for its population because the World Bank’s overarching goal is to assist countries in eradicating poverty,” Huybens said. “We need to help them provide access to electricity for its population because of the World Bank.” Since the primary mission of the World Bank is to alleviate poverty in the world, this is one of its primary areas of focus.

In addition to businesses, Ahmad Salihijo, the Managing Director of REA, stated that the project is now offering its services to around three hundred families at this time. He explained that the NEP’s Performance-Based Grant program was responsible for providing the funds for the initiative, which was devised by the World Bank.