The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu, is set to detail the agency’s plans and strategies for rural electrification in Nigeria using homegrown technologies.
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as Conference of the Parties (COP28), is holding at the Expo City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Halilu will deliver the opening remark on December 3rd, 2023 and also 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) will hold 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 Presidents and Heads of State, government officials, business leaders, investors, development partners, civil society organizations, academics and media.
Halilu, NASENI’s EVC/CEO 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.
COP28: NASENI EVC, Halilu to unveil agency’s plans, strategies for rural electrification
