Nigerian Panyam community, in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, is to benefit from a $150m solar plant power project expected to take off before the end of this year, All Africa reported. When completed, it is expected to generate over 70 MW of electricity, which will be sufficient to sustain Plateau and neighboring states.

As This Day Live wrote, Siemens is the technical partner of the solar farm, which is expected to be completed in about 18 months, and will cover a land space of about 103 hectares, where the solar radiation is excellent, and will add-up to Nigeria’s efforts to generate needed power to its citizenry.