In a decisive move toward advancing Nigeria’s clean energy future, the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP), convened a high-level stakeholder consultation in Abuja to review the draft Guidelines for Interconnecting Solar Mini-Grids to Distribution Networks.
The one-day forum brought together major players across the power value chain, including the Federal Ministry of Power, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Distribution Companies (DisCos), Rural Electrification Agency (REA), solar developers, and renewable energy associations, to harmonize perspectives and strengthen the framework for safer, smarter, and more sustainable grid integration.
Declaring the session open, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Power, Alhaji Mahmuda Mamman, commended NEMSA, GIZ, and their partners from the European Union and German Government for organizing what he described as a “timely and forward-looking dialogue.”
He emphasized that achieving universal access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable electricity remains a national imperative, reaffirming the government’s goal to achieve 30% renewable energy contribution to Nigeria’s electricity mix by 2030 under the Energy Transition Plan.