Niger hands solar equipment worth 86 million FCFA to Poudrière hospital
The energy and health ministries say uninterrupted power protects mothers and newborns at the Niamey regional hospital, which treats hundreds of patients daily.
Niger's Minister of Energy, Colonel Seyni Alzouma, handed solar power equipment worth about 86 million FCFA to his health counterpart, Colonel Major Garba Hakimi, on Friday, 12 November 2026. The equipment, financed by Istithmar West Africa, is for the Poudrière Regional Hospital in Niamey.
Alzouma said electricity is a basic condition for safe care in a hospital, especially in maternity and operating theatres. He listed the functions it supports: biomedical equipment, lighting in delivery and operating rooms, the storage of vaccines and medicines, and emergency treatment.
The hospital receives several hundred patients a day, mainly in gynaecology and paediatrics. Alzouma said the government plans to electrify 80% of health centres by 2030 to cope with power cuts and the high cost of running generators.
Why it mattersPatients in maternity and paediatric wards at the Poudrière hospital gain a secure power supply for delivery rooms, operating theatres and vaccine storage.