Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has stressed the need for the African continent to accelerate its industrialisation drive in order to move millions of the citizenry out of poverty line.

In a keynote address, in Abuja, Osinbajo noted that Nigeria has a crucial and strategic role to play in the transition to a more sustainable energy future for the continent and the rest of the world.

Osinbajo further stated that Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan was a bold and innovative move that calls for the ramping up of solar deployment to about 5.3 gigawatts per year until 2060.