The Minister of Steel Development, Shuaibu Audu, has performed the groundbreaking ceremony for a 20-megawatt mini-grid power project in Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
This was contained in a statement issued on Saturday by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, Lizzy Okoji.
The project, expected to be the largest mini-grid power project in North Central Nigeria, was held on Friday, while two other mini-grid projects in Kogi East were also commissioned: a 700-kilowatt mini-grid in Offa Community, Olamaboro Local Government Area, and a 400-kilowatt mini-grid in Emewe Efopa Community, Dekina Local Government Area.
Audu said the projects, valued at over 100 million dollars, form part of the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to deliver the dividends of the Renewed Hope Agenda to the people of Kogi State.
He noted that the “Light Up Kogi” initiative, which he
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