IBADAN — Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe has broken ground on five interconnected mini-grids in Oyo State with 17.74 megawatts of battery storage, covering communities in Akinyele, Ido, Ibadan North, Egbeda and Lagelu local government areas. The projects are being delivered by the Rural Electrification Agency and Paras Energy with World Bank financing and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. Tegbe said the government has no plan to raise electricity tariffs. He also named three zones targeted for 24-hour supply: Lagos–Ogun, Abuja–Kaduna–Kano and Benin–Enugu–Port Harcourt.