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Bennett Oghifo
Representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the cooking energy sector have agreed to develop a clean cooking policy to promote clean cooking in Nigeria.
According to data, cooking with unclean energy source like firewood or charcoal leads to serious health problems like acute lower respiratory infection in children. It causes chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease and lung cancer. “Smoke from the kitchen in Nigeria leads to 78,000 premature deaths and about 55 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents are emitted from the same source.”
This was the outcome of a clean cooking governance workshop funded by Heinrich Boll Stiftung with the theme “Improving Clean Cooking Policies and Institutional Framework in Nigeria,” held in Abuja, recently.
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, will canvas for investment into the oil and gas sector at the 2021 Annual Sub-Sahara Africa Oil and Gas Conference in Houston, Texas, USA.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who had said a road map document that would drive investment in the sector would be unveiled in the next six months is expected to speak to investors at the conference.
A document made available to journalists showed that Sylva would among other issues intimate investors on the need to leverage the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) alongside his Technical Adviser, Gas Business & Policy Implementation, Justice Derefaka, who would focus on “Nigeria’s Pathway to Gas Economy through Nigerian Gas Flaring Commercialisation Programme (NGFCP).
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Peter Uzoho
The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources has unveiled plans for the fifth edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES) 2022.
Formerly known as the Nigerian International Petroleum Summit (NIPS), NIES is scheduled to take place in Abuja, from February 27 to March 3, 2022.
The summit, with the theme: “Revitalising the Industry: Future Fuels and Energy Transition”, aims at driving a new narrative around energy transition.
“Energy transition is real. That is the direction the industry is moving globally and Nigeria cannot afford to be left behind,” Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said.
In line with the new focus, the scope of NIES 2022 has been expanded to incorporate the latest industry trends and topical issues that are driving the global energy transition agenda.