By Maduka Nweke
Desirous to use their ingenuity to solve the problem of housing and electricity in Nigeria, Dr. Kennedy Okonkwo of Nedcomoaks Ltd and his wife Ichechi Okonkwo, CEO of Victoria Crest homes have unveiled a solar-powered estate, the Citadel View Estate (CVE) in Nigeria.
In an interview with Saturday Sun, Okonkwo said that CVE will provide 5,000 powered housing in five years which represents 1000 housing powered solar electricity every year across Africa. “It is a very big feat to accomplish but we are determined to do that. We are doing that with different partners we have signed with this particular project. We have partners that ensure that we are supplied with all the needed iron.”
The provision of solar energy, according to him, will ensure uninterrupted power, without noise and air pollution, adding that the homes in Citadel Views Estate are designed with scalable solar solutions that allows each household to get its own power while still being connected to the national grid and central gas-powered backup generators.