FG Signs Pact for 1,000 MW Solar Power Farm in Kogi

WORK is set to commence on a 1000 mega watts solar power farm in Kogi State.

Already, the implementers of the project have sealed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kogi State government on 2,700 hectares of land to site the solar farm.

The private sector partners have assured that the work would commence on the project within three months once the necessary government approvals have been gotten.

To hasten the implementation of the scheme, the federal government yesterday signed an MoU signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Firstgate Business Intermediaries Limited and its South Korean technical partners to construct the 1,000megawatts (mw) solar farm.

Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, assured at the signing of the agreement in Abuja, that government would work towards assisting the investors in facilitating the project, especially on acquiring the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), EIA and other documents.

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