A review of the 2025 budget has revealed that the Bola Tinubu administration earmarked N10 billion for the solarisation of the Presidential Villa — a move that would disconnect the seat of power from the national grid.
A budget disclosed that while N10 billion is devoted to powering the Villa with solar energy, each of Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones has been allocated only N5 billion for transformers, cables, and polling infrastructure equipment, entirely dependent on the fragile national grid.
That translates to just N833 million per state for electricity distribution infrastructure in 2025, compared to the lump sum for a single location—the Villa.
In stark contrast, the national grid suffered its second collapse in 2025, plunging cities like Lagos and others into prolonged blackouts.
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Critics have described the solar project as excessive and insensitive, given that many Nigerians still lack basic access to electricity..
The World Bank estimates that only 32.9% of rural residents have access to power, while over 85 million Nigerians—more than 4 in 10 people—are completely disconnected from the grid.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, claimed that 80 million Nigerians currently live without electricity.
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