Hukumar Samar da Wutar Lantarki a Karkara ta Rural Electrification Agency (REA) ta raba kusan Naira biliyan 9 domin tallafawa ayyukan mini-grid a jihohin Taraba, Kogi, Kwara da Neja, a wani bangare na kokarin fadada amfani da makamashin sabuntawa a fadin kasar.
A cewar wata sanarwa, an bai wa kamfanin Havenhill Naira biliyan 7.95 domin samar da kayan aiki ga ayyuka hudu a jihohin Taraba, Kogi da Kwara, yayin da aka bai wa Faraday & Otstred Limited Naira biliyan 1.056 domin ayyuka uku a jihar Neja.
Wannan rabon kudade ya biyo bayan wasu amincewa da aka bayar a baya, ciki har da Naira biliyan 7.4 ga Ventura Logistics Services da kuma Naira biliyan 3.2 ga Zanoplus, wanda ke nuna karuwar tallafin kudi ga bangaren makamashin sabuntawa a fadin Najeriya.
An bayar da wadannan kudade ne karkashin shirin Distributed Access through Renewable Energy Scale-up Programme (DARES), wanda ke amfani da tsarin bayar da tallafi bisa sakamako (Performance-Based Grant), tare da yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna ta Naira biliyan 100 da aka kulla da Lotus Bank.
Manajan Darakta na REA, Abba Aliyu, ya bayyana cewa wannan rabon kudade na nuna yadda ake ci gaba da zuba jari a bangaren makamashin sabuntawa a Najeriya.
Ya ce, “Wannan ba abu ne na lokaci guda ba; wata hanya ce da ke nuna yadda ake ci gaba da zuba jari, ayyuka na tafiya gaba, kuma amincewa da tsarin na kara karfi.”
Aliyu ya kara da cewa wannan shiri na bai wa masu zuba jari damar samun kudade da kayan aiki, yana kuma hanzarta samar da wutar lantarki ga al’umma tare da kara amincewa da hanyoyin samar da kudi na cikin gida.
Ya jaddada cewa hukumar na da niyyar bai wa kamfanonin Najeriya damar samar da hanyoyin wutar lantarki a fadin kasa, yana mai cewa tsarin da ake amfani da shi na bayar da tallafi bisa sakamako na taimakawa wajen bunkasa wannan fanni.
A baya-bayan nan, REA ta kuma raba Naira biliyan 3.2 ga Zanoplus domin ayyukan mini-grid na hasken rana a jihar Bauchi, a wani bangare na kokarin rage gibin wutar lantarki a yankunan da ba su da isasshiyar wuta ta hanyar hanyoyin samar da wuta masu zaman kansu.
