Characterised by limited access to modern energy services with majority of the population relying on the traditional solid fuels (biomass) to meet their cooking and heating needs, the villages of Gaya Silkami and Fa’a Gaya are beneficiaries to a power non-grid rural communities with solar based energy services.
Courtesy of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) under the Sustainable Energy for All (Se4All) initiative, the two neighbouring rural communities in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State who are still smarting from the effects of an attack last year by the Boko Haram sect, have been given an energy lifeline that is improving health services, providing potable water, illuminating the community and boosting mobile communication.
Outdoor community lighting in Gaya SilkamiSolar panels on the roof of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) Arewa Diocese Gartsanu Maternity Clinic, Gartsanu GayaSolar fridge-freezer at the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) Arewa Diocese Gartsanu Maternity Clinic, Gartsanu GayaSolar freezer at the Gaya Silkami Primary Health Care CentrePatients at the Gaya Silkami Primary Health Care CentreWater supply in Gaya SilkamiAlhaji Abba Saleh, a representative of the Head of Service of Hong LGA (left) with Manaseh Gachanunaya, a junior community health extension worker (JCHEW) at the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) Arewa Diocese Gartsanu Maternity Clinic, Gartsanu Gaya
Project signpostYoung faces at Gaya SilkamiL-R: Mallam Ja’afaru Biyma, a representative of the village head in Gaya Silkami; Alhaji Abba Saleh, a representative of the Head of Service of Hong LGA; Javan Zakaria, clinic-in-charge at the Gaya Silkami PHCC; and Sunday Igoche, project contractorOkon Ekpenyong, an engineer and deputy director with the ECN (right) sharing a point with Mallam Ja’afaru Biyma (left) and Javan Zakaria
