 It is such a great pleasure to join you here today to witness this pioneering effort of Nasseni as it sets and seeks to transform Nigeria's power and energy sector by establishing the first solar cell production factory in West Africa. But let me pause to bring you the very warm felicitations of the chairman of the Nasseni Governing Board, President Mohamed Abu Hari, who sends his very warm congratulations to you all. This landmark achievement places Nigeria within the ranks of countries pushing the boundaries and the use of climate smart alternative energy sources, particularly solar power. And as we've heard, this project is building on 10 years of work. Ten years ago, Nasseni established its 7.5-megawatt solar panel production plant, and the capacity is now 21-megawatt. For those watching Nasseni closely, I'm sure you will find the connection between this historic development and the federal government's proactive steps to ensure that Nasseni gets the 1% of the federal account annually as prescribed by its founding law. And I think that while, as the executive vice-chairman has said, a bit of that has been achieved in that the 1% of the federal government's own contribution is already coming into the coffers of Nasseni. But we are still expecting the 1% of the states, the 36 states, that should come into the coffers of Nasseni in order to boost the capacity of Nasseni to do what it has been created in law to do to lead the production of manufacturing equipment and manufacturing ideas and to lead ideation generally in development in Nigeria. Is evidence that this collaboration and very active work that Mr. President has done has launched Nasseni into a new dispensation, one that has given it the financial muscle to execute its mandate of delivering technological and innovative interventions across the critical sectors of the economy, including agriculture, health, defense and security, power and energy, solid minerals, additive manufacturing, smart fabrications, factories, even unmanned aerial vehicles and virtual manufacturing. For over 10 years, Nasseni has been consistent in championing solar power as an alternative to hydro and fossil fuel power sources. It was to this end that the agency established the Nasseni solar energy in Kashi, federal capital territory, with a mandate to deliver alternative solar energy to homes and businesses in Nigeria. The development and maturity of the Nasseni solar energy limited, whose operations have been driven with the veem and zest of a tech startup, forecast an increase in local content on solar energy production system in Nigeria, leading to an ever-increasing production of solar cells. As we've already heard, solar cells are critical to the entire solar energy value chain because they determine the sensitivity of solar panels to trap and accumulate solar energy from the sun. But perhaps more importantly, given the urgency of climate action today and the importance of developing African green energy manufacturing and solutions, Nasseni's solar cell production factory in Nigeria will be a game changer in Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, $50 billion worth of diesel is used every year, with diesel generators producing more energy than the entire energy grid in 17 countries in the region. The resultant emissions of carbon monoxide has become a major and worrying source of pollution. In Nigeria, for example, generator emissions are equivalent to emissions from all of the countries in 11 million cars put together. So this is clearly unsustainable and calls for a significant shift. Our energy transition plan, the first of its kind in Africa, which was approved by the Federal Executive Council last year, sets out our pathway to decarbonization by 2016 and achieving universal energy access by 2030. The Nigeria energy transition plan projects an increase in the use of solar power in the Nigerian energy mix, surpassing even gas by 2035. So this factory could not have come at a more crucial time. Not only is the beneficiary model that it has adopted innovative and consistent with the Africa Union's energy transition plan in the face of global warming, its output at full operational capacity will further impact the solar energy value chain in Nigeria through the low production costs of solar panels. In due course, this will in turn attract new investments both local and foreign for the establishment of solar panel manufacturing plans across the whole of Nigeria. The prudent decision to site the factory here in Gora, Nassarau State, leverages all the transnational researchers that have already taken place into the biogeography, geological surveys, the mining, cadastral reconnaissance that has already positioned Nassarau State as the home of solid minerals in Nigeria. The major raw materials requirement for the production of solar cells, which is silicon and silica, are naturally occurring in abundance in this area. So we're grateful to the good people of Nassarau State for hosting this important project. I congratulate you in advance for the positive boost that it is certain to bring to the local economy. So on behalf of President Mohamed Buhari, I congratulate Nasseri on the leadership role that it has played in bolstering our national science and technology and innovation ecosystem and commend the agency for its transformational advances across the country. I must also commend the dynamic Executive Vice Chairman of Nasseni, Engineer Professor MS Haruna, and his team. His leadership has launched Nasseni into a new phase of accelerated progress. Very well done indeed. So to the glory of the Almighty God and for the benefit of our dear nation, we will today in a few minutes lay the foundation stone of Nigeria's pioneer solar cell production factory in Gora, Nassarau State, and trust that it will meet and surpass all expectations when it becomes fully operational. Thank you very much. God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.