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Nigeria’s rural electrification programme reaches five million people

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Nigeria’s rural electrification programme reaches five million people

Nigeria’s rural electrification programme has provided access to electricity for more than five million people and helped create over 5,000 green jobs, according to the United Nations’ World Social Report 2026. The scheme has supported 125 mini-grids and the sale of more than one million home solar systems, the UN report says.

Nigeria’s rural electrification programme has helped provide electricity access to five million people, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ (DESA) World Social Report 2026, P.M. News Nigeria reports. The report cites the programme as an example of using targeted subsidies and private investment to serve underserved populations.

According to earlier World Bank data cited by the UN, the programme supported the creation of 125 mini-grids and the sale of more than one million home solar systems.

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