As part of efforts to improve electricity supply in Nigeria, the Federal Government has appealed to the Brazilian Government to invest in the power sector.

This was disclosed by the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo while receiving the Brazilian Vice-Minister of Development, Industry and International Trade, Mr. Ricardo Shaefer.

The minister urged that Brazil should assist Nigeria in ensuring that all her nationals are connected to electricity.

“Brazil has not penetrated enough in our on-going sales of power assets. We are prepared to link you with Nigerian partners, so that we can benefit from your expertise in generation, distribution, technology access and capacity building.”

“Brazil has done well in many aspects of electricity especially in big hydro, biomass, solar, wind and coal. Nigeria intends to learn from the experience of Brazil, as the country has already leap frog in the attainment of development goals.

Speaking earlier, the Brazilian delegation commended Nigeria’s commitment to the revitalisation of the power sector.

Mr. Ricardo  said the mission of the group is to identify the challenges faced by Nigeria in the sector with a view to assisting in proffering workable solutions.