He spoke to CHINEDUM UWAEGBULAM on efforts to meet Nationally Determined Contributions and Short-Lived Climate Pollutants commitments.
In many ways, the lack of access to clean cooking is Nigeria’s silent energy crisis. But the costs are primarily borne by women. In many parts of the country, women and girls are responsible for fetching firewood. This is time that they could go schooling and doing other empowerment opportunities. For decades, we spent huge sums of money subsidising kerosene – a polluting cooking fuel that was mostly imported. This wrong-headed subsidy scheme came at the cost of a preference for cooking gas, or Liquefied Petroleum Gas , which was cleaner and with significant local production.
Smaller under-capitalised companies, weighed down by poor infrastructure, financing and regulation, dominated distribution and retailing. However, if the expansion of access to clean cooking becomes part of the implementation of key national development strategies, Nigeria can surpass these goals and reap the co-benefits in health, growth, environmental sustainability and will address the negative impacts on women.
The Renewable Energy Master Plan of 2005 articulates Nigeria’s vision, targets and road map for addressing key development challenges facing Nigeria through the accelerated development and exploitation of renewable energy. What are the benefits and barriers to low-carbon development and energy access in Nigeria?
The Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cooking is a public private partnership to expand access to clean cooking in Nigeria. It brings together several federal government agencies, such as the Federal Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Energy Commission of Nigeria, National Orientation Agency, together with private sector companies, NGOs and international development partners to pursue the goal of universal access to clean cooking.
Currently, the alliance is working with partners to develop the national policy on clean cooking. It has also secured the commitment of the National Assembly to initiate a Bill for an Act to Expand Clean Cooking Access in Nigeria.
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