{"id":2211,"date":"2026-01-22T15:13:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/?p=2211"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T15:13:15","slug":"president-barrow-to-inaugurate-nationwide-electricity-access-projects-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/?p=2211","title":{"rendered":"President Barrow to Inaugurate Nationwide Electricity Access Projects \u2013 February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines (MOPEM), in collaboration with NAWEC and funding partners, is pleased to announce the official inauguration of newly completed <strong>Electricity Access Projects<\/strong> across The Gambia. These ceremonies will be officiated by <strong>His Excellency, President Adama Barrow<\/strong>, from <strong>7th to 15th February 2026<\/strong>, as part of the Government\u2019s commitment to universal electricity access.<br \/>\nThe projects, implemented under <strong>GERMP<\/strong>, <strong>GEAP<\/strong>, and <strong>ECOREAP<\/strong>, will benefit <strong>719 communities nationwide<\/strong>, enhancing access to <strong>reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity<\/strong>. This milestone supports national goals for<strong> socio-economic development, improved livelihoods<\/strong>, <strong>and inclusive transformation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd53 <strong>Ceremony Schedule<\/strong>:<br \/>\nDaily from <strong>4:00 PM to 7:00 PM<\/strong>, across all regions.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd<strong>Featured Locations Include:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Njongon (ECOREAP) \u2013 North Bank Region<br \/>\n\u2022 Panchang (GEAP) \u2013 Central River Region<br \/>\n\u2022 Jah Kunda &amp; Kumbija (GERMP) \u2013 Upper River Region<br \/>\n\u2022 Boiram &amp; Sutukung (ECOREAP) \u2013 Central &amp; Lower River Regions<br \/>\n\u2022 Kampassa &amp; Pirang (ECOREAP) \u2013 West Coast Region<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d <strong>Funding Partners<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\u2022 <strong>World Bank<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 European Union (EU)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 European Investment Bank (EIB)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 ECOWAS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 African Development Bank (AfDB)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senior government officials, funding partners, local authorities, community leaders, and the general public are invited to attend and celebrate this landmark achievement.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc4 Download the full Joint Press Release via the link below:<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Electricity-Access-nationwide-inauguration-2026.pdf\">Electricity Access nationwide inauguration 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines and NAWEC extend their sincere appreciation to <strong>His Excellency the President<\/strong>, all funding partners, and stakeholders for their continued support in advancing universal electricity access in The Gambia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines (MOPEM), in collaboration with NAWEC and funding partners, is pleased to announce the official inauguration of newly completed Electricity Access Projects across The Gambia. These ceremonies will be officiated by His Excellency, President Adama Barrow, from 7th to 15th February 2026, as part of the Government\u2019s commitment to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,19],"tags":[219,310,126,191,31,243,311,192,183,206,162,30,215,214,10,29,83,75],"class_list":["post-2211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investor-relations","category-latest_news","category-electricity-press-releases-in-the-gambia","tag-afdb","tag-african-development-bank","tag-ecoreap","tag-eib","tag-electricity","tag-electricity-access","tag-electricity-access-projects","tag-eu","tag-european-investment-bank","tag-european-union","tag-geap","tag-germp","tag-gotg","tag-government-of-the-gambia","tag-nawec","tag-the-gambia","tag-the-world-bank","tag-world-bank"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 01:14:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2220,"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions\/2220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nawec.gm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}