The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure’s (NASENI) factory producing solar cells would revolutionize Africa’s response to climate change.
Osinbajo stated this on Friday, at the foundation laying ceremony for the NASENI Solar Cells Manufacturing Facility in Gora, Nasarawa State.
According to him, Nigeria is now among the nations pushing the envelope in the use of climate-smart alternative energy sources, particularly solar power, thanks to the factory, the first of its kind in West Africa.
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The vice president noted that solar cells were critical to the entire solar energy value chain because they determine the sensitivity of solar panels to trap and accumulate solar energy from the sun.
In his words, “For those watching NASENI closely, I am sure you will find the connection between this historic development and the Federal government’s proactive steps to ensure that NASENI gets one per cent of the federation account annually as prescribed by its founding law.
“It is evident that this has heralded a new dispensation for NASENI; one that has given it the financial wherewithal to execute its mandate of delivering technological and innovative interventions across critical sectors of the economy.”
Story was adapted from Enviro News
