Imagine trying to learn, heal, build a business, or tell your story without power supply, how feasible can that be? Yet, for over 80 million people in Nigeria’s rural communities, that’s not imagination. It’s daily reality.

Reliable and stable power supply remains a distant dream. Access to electricity is more than a convenience; it is a basic human right. Everyone deserves consistent and affordable power, whether it’s a rainy or sunny day. The era we are in permits it. Instead, the persistent lack of access in Nigeria has become a barrier to education, expression, communication, economic opportunity, and basic human dignity.

The idea that access to electricity is a fundamental human right is has gained a global traction. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has affirms that every citizen deserve access to reliable power. Without it, rights to education, healthcare, safety, and expression are undermined. And without urgent innovative and scalable action, these rights remain out of reach.

This is where innovation meets advocacy. For this reason, the Taraba Human Rights International Film Festival (TAHRIFF) has teamed up with Attahgani Engineering Limited, a Nigerian company innovating sustainable energy solutions in a groundbreaking partnership that’s shining both literal and metaphorical light across communities.

This partnership is not just about connecting wires and bringing power supply to places, it’s about empowering people, stories, and futures. Indeed, it is the Social intervention we desperately need.

On one side, TAHRIFF brings with it a deep commitment to advocacy through art and storytelling as a form of social change, while the Attahgani Engineering Limited offers practical, tech-driven solutions, specializing in solar energy, security systems, and electrical infrastructure. Together, they form a partnership that is both visionary and grounded in action, redefining how energy solutions are delivered across communities.

Through this partnership, communities gain more than access to energy, especially the rural areas. More deeply, they gain access to expression; they gain their rights, their voices, they can happily and proudly envision the future. Film screenings powered by clean solar energy bring critical conversations about justice, identity, and resilience into communities that might otherwise be overlooked. Youth training programs can now operate in areas without grid power, allowing young dreamers, entrepreneurs and filmmakers to learn, create, and share their vision with the world.

This partnership is more than a project—it’s a model. It shows how social advocacy through film and solar power can work hand-in-hand to energize both minds and machines. This marks a turning point, a moment of real, tangible change driven by local innovation."

In every story told through TAHRIFF’s lens, there’s a voice that needs to be heard. And thanks to Attahgani’s innovative solar technology, that voice now reaches further.

This is the future we should fight for: where power fuels not just devices, but dreams.
REMEMBER; Where There Is Power, There Is Progress!

By
GANCHOK CYNTHIA NGWETAR
CHIEF CREATIVE WRITER
TAHRIFF
2025