How many homes really get connection when light wire reach one community? Na one of di questions wey face people wey dey oversee $225 million electricity project as dem meet for Abuja. For report wey e release on 3 November, ECOWAS Commission talk about household connections for Gambia and Guinea-Bissau and how Mali ask for more time.
Di commission say dem don connect about 43,090 households for 400 places wey electricity don reach for Gambia. E estimate say 344,720 people get access to electricity wey dem no get before or get better access. Di figures measure two different things. Plenty people fit use electricity through one household connection. Na why di number of people plenty pass di number of connections.
For Guinea-Bissau, di commission report more than 20,788 household connections for 90 places. About 145,000 people get access to light. Na results wey dem gather over di time wey di project don run. E no mean say hundreds of thousands of people get light for di first time on di day of di meeting for Nigeria.
For Gambia, President Adama Barrow don already commission electricity facilities earlier dis year. Di official series of ceremonies start for Njongon on 7 February, and e cover other electricity projects too. You no fit just take old figure wey join different programmes together use am as result for only dis regional project.
Di two-day meeting of di committee wey dey guide di work open on 2 November. Dem plan make di project close on 31 December 2026. Mali national energy director talk about security and contract problems and ask for at least 30 extra months. World Bank need approve di request. Di commission no report say approval don come or give new date for di project to close.
Wetin e mean for you. Dem meet for Abuja because ECOWAS dey coordinate di project. Na Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Mali di project cover. So headline about light connections wey dem announce for Abuja no mean say household for Nigeria fit apply for one or say im light bill go change.