The European Union has proposed about $600 million loan to Nigeria and other ECOWAS countries to promote renewable energy.
At a workshop on policy and regulation for clean energy mini-grids in ECOWAS region Head of Cooperation, EU delegation to Nigeria, Kurt Cornelis says there is need to tackle energy deficit in the region.
On his part, Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works and Housing,Babatunde Fashola, renewed his ministry’s efforts to improve power supply in the country.
It is heart warming to know that Nigeria can earn Trillions of Dollars from just a few of the many agricultural products available n Nigeria. However, it is imperative that Nigeria must develop the Iron and Steel to make Agric. Production truly meaningful. Otherwise, the gains from Agric. income would be wiped away by the importation of the iron and steel equipment required in the production of agricultural items.