Nigeria and India reached agreement Friday to site a solar power facility in Bida.
It will be the first of a series of power plants planned to be sited
in Niger State to provide additional megawatts of power for the
national grid.
With the agreement signed at the power ministry headquarters in Abuja,
the Indian firm, Bharat Heavy Electricals will begin preliminary
studies ahead of siting independent solar-powered plants in selected
locations in Niger.
Power permanent secretary, Godknows Igali, who signed for the Nigerian
government, said the country's power sector would remain open to
investment in hopes of unbundling the sector's potential.
Sutanu Behuria, secretary of the government of India, who led the
Indian side, expressed his country’s interest in the provision of
funds in various forms for the development of Nigeria’s power sector.
He said Bharat had garnered experience from its operations in 12
African countries.
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