The National Agency for Science and Engineering infrastructure on Monday said it was targeting to generate 7.5 MW solar power annually to serve as alternative energy in the country.
The Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Haruna, said this while declaring open the agency’s 2018 Solar Installation and Maintenance Training programme for two batches of 20 trainees each in Abuja.
Haruna, who was represented by the Director of Policy, Planning and Analysis, NASENI, Nonye Onyechi, said that the training was conceived for unemployed Nigerians and would provide alternative power solutions in Nigeria.
Haruna urged the trainees to explore the opportunity that the training provided, describing it as a suitable platform to build their capacity in installation and maintenance of solar system in homes and offices as well as improving power supply in the country.
Source:Â The Eagle