A non-governmental organisation, the Hope Hossana Foundation, is collaborating with the DG-Integrated Energy services, to train 10,000 youths in the Federal Capital Territory in the energy sector.
The training project, tagged, “Lightup FCT”, is in line with the foundation’s vision to provide alternative solutions for the country’s power sector.
Speaking at a briefing in Abuja, the Managing Director, DGIS, Chibuike Onyejeitu, said the national grid could no longer cater for all Nigerians, adding that the sun was the best source of energy for Nigeria.
He said, “The time to connect everybody to the national grid is over, because we do not have the political will and infrastructure to connect everybody to the grid.
Nwachukwu Mary, who represented the Hope Hossana Foundation, expressed optimism that the organisation would reach its 10,000 trainees mark by the end of the programme.
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