EU To Spend N4bn On Solar Energy For Adamawa Hospitals

European Union will spend 10 million Euros (over N4 billion) in providing solar energy to some health facilities in Adamawa, the EU Head of Cooperation, Mr Kurt Cornelis, said.

The EU official made this known during the launch of the project in Yola on Friday.

He said “We are here today because of the partnership between Adamawa State Government, DFID and the EU to
launch a project that will help to provide access to sustainable energy to power hospitals that are off the grid in the state.

“The project — Solar Nigeria — is not new; it has proven to be successful in its first and second phases in Lagos State and in
Kaduna State, which was fully funded by DFID.

“The EU is scaling this project now by committing 30 Million Euros to support Kano, Kaduna and Adamawa States and
additional 7.5 million Euros in Borno State.

“In Adamawa, we are investing 10 million Euros out of the overall project budget to provide sustainable energy to eight
health facilities across the state using solar PV. This includes five General Hospitals, one tertiary health institution and
two primary healthcare centres.”

The state Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, lauded EU for the interventions which he said would bring relief to communities
ravaged by insurgency in northern part of the state.