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EnergyActive· REA

Rural Electrification Strategy and Implementation Plan, 2016

REA mandate; mini-grids; solar home systems.

Statutory basis

Electric Power Sector Reform Act 2005

Implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency. Principal financing vehicles: the Rural Electrification Fund (statutory), the World Bank Nigeria Electrification Project ($350m, 2018), and the Energising Education Programme (8 federal universities + 1 teaching hospital under solar hybrid mini-grids). REA has commissioned mini-grids serving an estimated 220,000 additional connections nationwide by 2024.

Other Energy policies

Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.