Jihar Ekiti ta bayar izini ga kamfanoni 14 na wutar lantarki a matsayin wani ɓangare na jawabinsu na rage dogaro da grid ɗin ƙasa da kuma haɓaka samar da wutar lantarki a jihar.
Gwamnan jihar Ekiti, Abiodun Oyebanji, ya bayyana cewa an bayar da izini ga kamfanoni 14, wadanda suka hada da kamfanoni uku na rarraba wutar lantarki (DisCos) da kamfanoni hudu na samar da wutar lantarki (GensCos), a cikin wani taron da aka gudanar a jihar.
Oyebanji ya ce manufar jihar ita ce ta samar da wutar lantarki mai yawa ga al’ummar jihar, kuma izinin da aka bayar za su taimaka wajen kai wa jihar ci gaban tattalin arziki.
Kamfanonin da aka bayar musu izini suna da aikin samar da wutar lantarki ta hanyar off-grid, wanda zai ba da damar samar da wutar lantarki ga yankunan da ba su da wutar lantarki a jihar.
Gwamnan ya kara da cewa, jihar Ekiti tana shirin samar da megawatts 130 na wutar lantarki a nan gaba, wanda zai taimaka wajen kai wa jihar ci gaban tattalin arziki.