Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has said that  almost 40 per cent of Nigeria’s population lack access to energy. The minister said this when he signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese Company, Mutual Commitment Company (MCC) Limited,  on the eve of the opening  of the African-China Co-operation Summit, in  China. The MoU was facilitated by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), an agency of the Federal Ministry of Power. Adelabu said the MoU event was important and will go down as a memorable day for Nigeria. He congratulated  REA and the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) for the event as it goes a long way towards achieving Nigeria’s vision for the renewable energy subsector of the entire electricity sector value chain. He said the MoU signing is important for several factors. “I know Nigeria and China have a lot of things in common one of which is the fact that Nigeria and China are both high population countries and with a country with high population,  you have so much pressure. The first pressure is that of energy access and the second being job creation.

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