The Federal Ministry of Power has unveiled 10 electric-powered motorcycles.
The project which was funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development was launched by the Director, Renewable and Rural Power Access Department, Federal Ministry of Power, Abubakar Ali-Dapshima, on Thursday in Lagos state.
Ali-Dapshima stressed that electric mobility was very important to the socio-economic development of rural and peri-urban communities.
The motorcycles were deployed to Gbamu-Gbamu mini-grid solar community in Ogun State to transport goods and agricultural produce under the pilot phase of the programme.