By Chibisi Ohakah, Abuja
Nigerian and Morocco have concluded plans to implement a solar power project in Jigawa state to increase energy availability in the northwest zone and other parts of the country.
The solar power project is a Moroccan government initiative to improve electricity supplies in Nigeria, he said, adding that the project is conducted in collaboration with Nigeria’s federal government and Jigawa’s state government.
Unveiling the collaboration at the Jigawa State Correspondent Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Media Engagement Forum at the Manpower Development Institute in Dutse, Jigawa State’s commissioner for land, housing, and Urban and Regional Planning Sagir Musa Ahmed, said the project is at the initiative of the Moroccan government.
The commissioner said a 200,000-hectare land in the state’s Gwiwa local council has been earmarked to host the solar power project. The ambitious solar project is expected to supply, and improve electricity generation in Zamfara, Jigawa, Katsina, and Yobe states.
Morocco’s cooperation with Nigeria illustrates the kind of mutual benefits Nigeria’s minister of science, Ogbonnaya Onu, named “intra-Africa cooperation.”
It will be recalled that on October 25, Morocco and Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding for the research and development of biotechnological products and processes, including the manufacturing of bio-fertilizer and bio-fungicide.
Nigeria and Morocco are working to boost cooperation in the field of science, technology, and innovation (STI). Nigeria is willing to utilize STI to take full advantage of its abundant natural resources to increase employment and GDP.
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