The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency Of Nigeria, REAN, Abba Aliyu, has said that Nigeria’s capacity in the production of renewable equipment like solar panels is still too low to warrant the consideration of a solar import ban.
This is coming after the Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, recently claimed that the government is willing to support domestic manufacturers of solar panels by restricting their imports.
Amid the unnecessary conflicting statements, we cannot help but agree with Abba Aliyu that our dear nation is nowhere near ready to enforce any ban on solar panel importations.