Aso Rock is expected to exit the national electricity grid by March 2026 and switch fully to solar power.
The State House Permanent Secretary, Temitope Fashedemi, disclosed this on Wednesday while defending the State House 2026 budget before the Senate Committee on Special Duties in Abuja.
He said the Villa’s solar power project was completed towards the end of 2025 and has been undergoing testing since December.
“We are hopeful that maybe by March we’ll be able to do a full cutover,” Fashedemi told lawmakers.
He said the move will cut costs and improve power supply at the Presidential Villa.
Fashedemi pointed to the State House Medical Centre as proof the solar system can work effectively.
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“I have to say that since that time, the generator in that State House Medical Centre has not been put on for one minute since May last year,” he said.
He added that the Medical Centre only used “three per cent from AEDC,” while the rest came from solar and battery storage.
The Permanent Secretary also claimed the testing period exposed overbilling by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company.
“What we have discovered… is that there’s been a lot of overbilling,” he said.
“When we’re testing it… they were billing for electricity not supplied.”
Meanwhile, committee chairman Senator Kaka Lawan criticised the N127 million allocation for SUVs in the State House budget.
“It cannot buy even a bulletproof tokunbo,” Lawan said.