The Managing Director of UNIDO Programme Development and Technical Cooperation Division, Philippe Scholtes has said Nigeria will get 2.6 million dollars to improve its electricity generation from Global Environment Facilities (GEF).
Scholtes made this known on Friday in Abuja when he visited the Minister of Science and Technology, Mr Onu Ogbonnaya in his office. According to him, the fund will be used to boost small scale hydro power to ensure electricity get to rural areas in the country.
He said that the investors in Nigeria would be encouraged to execute the project and expand it to disseminate the kind of technology needed. He also told the minister that UNIDO would like to strengthen its relationship with the ministry to grow necessary areas that would contribute to the growth of the nation.
