FG tasks Nigerians on clean energy

The federal government has called on Nigerians, especially the youths, to embrace and support deployment of clean energy innovations and solutions across various sectors of the economy.

The minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Adeleke Mamora, made the call at the Project Inception Workshop of the Global CleanTech Innovation Programme (GCIP) in Lagos.

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While noting that innovative cleantech entrepreneurship played a key role in climate action, he added that Nigeria hoped to adopt the global move towards clean energy for climate change mitigation and adaptation in key sectors of the economy.

Mamora, who was represented by the director of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, in the ministry, Dr Peter Ekweozoh, said the project would be implemented by GCIP-Nigeria over the next three years in three components.

“Component one is to be coordinated by the private sector represented by the Co-creation Hub; component two is being implemented by the public sector driven by the FMSTI and REA, while UNIDO is in charge of component three,” the minister explained.

The regional director, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Nigeria, Jean Bankole, who was represented by the national programme officer in Nigeria, Reuben Bamidele, said the programme would help small and medium enterprises and identity startups to compete on a global market and connect them with potential investors, customers and partners through the global clean-tech network.

The chief executive officer, Co-creation Hub, Bosun Tijani, said the project aimed to harmonise the contributions of critical actors while fostering an attractive business environment for startups, SMEs and innovators.