The Presidential Villa in Abuja is set to disengage completely from the national electricity grid by March 2026, as the Federal Government concluded arrangements to transition the complex to an independent solar power system.
The State House Permanent Secretary, Temitope Fashedemi, disclosed this on Wednesday while defending the 2026 budget proposal of the State House before the Senate Committee on Special Duties at the National Assembly.
According to details of the session made available to State House correspondents, the solar installation at the Villa was completed toward the end of 2025 and has remained under technical evaluation since December.
Fashedemi expressed confidence that the testing phase would soon give way to a full migration from the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), enabling the seat of government to operate independently of the national grid.
