Access to constant power supply in educational institutions and healthcare facilities in Nigeria has been identified as a major challenge as well as a barrier to effective learning, institutional operations, student residency and access to quality healthcare.

Considering the role of arguably the most important sectors in driving socio-economic development in Nigeria (i.e. Education and Health), the Federal Ministry of Power through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), resolved to embark on viable projects to ensure the availability of reliable, sustainable and affordable power to Federal Universities and University Teaching Hospitals across the country.

In view of the foregoing, the ‘Energizing Education Programme’ (EEP), an Initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), was approved by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, in 2016, with an aim to provide reliable, affordable and sustainable power to thirty-seven (37) Federal Universities and seven (7) Teaching Hospitals within Nigeria.

The EEP Phase II will see to the implementation of this initiative in seven (7) Federal Universities and two (2) University Teaching Hospitals, across all 6 geopolitical zones. The EEP Phase II beneficiary institutions are as follows

S/N	Location	State	Region
1.	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta	Ogun	South-West
2.	Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike	Abia	South- East
3.	University of Calabar & Teaching Hospital	Cross River	South- South
4.	University of Maiduguri & Teaching Hospital	Borno	North-East
5.	University of Abuja	F.C.T	North Central
6.	Federal University Gashua	Yobe	North-East
7.	Nigerian Defence Academy	Kaduna	North-West

Funding breakdown of the EEP Phase II

The FGN through the support of the World Bank, has earmarked $105 million for the implementation of the programme. This is to cover; the Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) of the power plants, provision of streetlights to improve security within the universities, rehabilitation of existing distribution infrastructure within the universities, one-year operations and maintenance of the power plant, and the construction of a world-class workshop & training centers

In addition to the provision of a reliable source of power to the beneficiary institutions, The EEP includes the following sub-components:

The EEP Phase II will also provide a platform where twenty (20) female Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students from each of the seven (7) beneficiary institutions will gain hands-on practical training and experience in the design and construction of power systems, throughout the construction phase of the projects.