The Federal Government has maintained the need to end the importation of photovoltaic solar panels into Nigeria, saying this has cost 200 billion Naira so far.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, Abba Aliyu, stated this at a roundtable held in Victoria Island between the REA and the Lagos State Government.
According to Aliyu, efforts are ongoing to change the narrative and domesticate the manufacturing of renewable equipment in the country.
He noted that the agency has already crystallised the emergence of PV panel manufacturing plants in Lagos.