The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has raised concern over Nigeria’s heavy spending on imported solar technologies.
This was contained in a report published by LEADERSHIP.
Halilu made the statement while delivering a lecture at the Mustapha Abdullahi Energy Leadership Fellowship in Abuja on the theme, “Energy Infrastructure, Systems and Integration.”
He said Nigeria must move beyond importing renewable energy technologies and begin producing them locally through investments in manufacturing, innovation, research, financing, policy and human capital.
The NASENI boss said the huge amount spent on solar imports represents factories that were never built, jobs that were never created and economic opportunities that were lost.
Here is what Khalil Suleiman Halilu said;
“In 2025 alone, Nigeria spent over ₦400 billion importing solar technologies. In just the first half of 2026, that figure had already exceeded ₦200 billion……See More
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