The executive vice chairman/chief executive officer, National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr Khalil Suleiman Halilu, is set to detail the agency’s plans and strategies for rural electrification in Nigeria using homegrown technologies.
At the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, though officially opened November 30 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mr Halilu will on December 3 deliver opening remarks and participate at a panel session titled ‘Advancing Sustainable Rural Electrification through Homegrown Technologies’
The COP28 also referred to as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) is holding from November 30 to December 12, 2023 and is intended for governments to agree on policies to limit global temperature rises and adapt to impacts associated with climate change.
The event will be graced by government officials, business leaders, investors, development partners, civil society organizations, academics and media.
Halilu, during the panel session to be moderated by Al Amin Idris, CEO of Interface Africa, will speak alongside Gunther Beger, Managing Director of the Directorate for SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation, UNIDO; Gov Mohammed Umar Bago, Governor of Niger State, Nigeria; and Miklós Veszprémi, Climate & Sustainability Expert Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
The NASENI boss is expected to discuss the roles which NASENI currently is playing, back home, to promote development and adoption of homegrown technologies for rural electrification in Nigeria as well as other initiatives undertaken to advance sustainable rural electrification in the country.
