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FG TO DEPLOY SOLAR PANELS ON BUILDINGS


The Ministry of Science and Technology says it will play a leading role in resolving the nation’s perennial power crisis through the deployment solar energy in public buildings.

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who said this in Abuja on Monday at a press briefing, added that the ministry was tapping into various forms of renewable energy, including solar and thermal sources of power.

Already, according to him, four agencies under the ministry were working with other government bodies to harness solar energy to provide electricity across the country.

He listed the technology agencies as Energy Commission of Nigeria, Nigeria Building and Road Research Institute, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure and Project Development Institute.

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