FEDERAL Government of Nigeria has
reiterated its commitment towards the diversification of the nation’s electricity
generation to nuclear energy as against the present regime of electricity
generation.
In a
statement issued today (Thursday) by Mr Timothy Oyedeji, Director
Press, Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Abuja, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN)
reiterated on the federal government’s determination to diversifying its energy
mix beyond traditional sources of gas, oil and Hydro to include nuclear and
other renewable sources like solar, biomass and wind.
According to
the report, the minister stated this when he received the Director-General of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr Yukiya Amano, in his office
charging experts in the industry to embark on enlightenment programmes on the
usage of nuclear technology for power.
“You must begin to break down the seeming
complex issues around nuclear power into simple terms and language that our
people can understand. We must try to demystify issues around nuclear power in
Nigeria”, Fashola reportedly said.
The
statement also indicated that the outlines in respect of the procurement for
the first nuclear power plant with generation capacity of 1,200MW of power to
the national grid by 2025 remain as scheduled and added that it would be a
collaborative venture of the private-public initiative.
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