Nigeria has earned recognition in a new United Nations report for expanding access to affordable, reliable electricity through rural electrification programmes that have connected more than 5 million people and created over 5,000 green jobs. The findings appear in the UN’s World Social Report 2026: The New Economics of Social Inclusion, which highlights the Rural Electrification Agency’s (REA) role in extending modern energy infrastructure to underserved and unserved communities. The report also identifies Nigeria and Ghana as leaders in agrivoltaics projects, which combine solar installations with active farmland. The approach enables...