Mustapha Abdullahi, Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) says the agency plans to cut down carbon emissions in the country to net-zero by 2050.
Mr Abdullahi made this disclosure on Saturday in Abuja at the maiden sensitisation campaign of using improved wood stove in rural areas held at Kurudu Village, Karu Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this campaign is to promote the adoption and use of improved cook stoves in communities across the country.
He said that the country has not achieved a 100 per cent cut down of carbon emissions but it has so far been reduced to one per cent.
The director-general explained that the improved wood stoves were designed to burn fuel wood more efficiently and cleanly, reducing fuel consumption and harmful emissions.
He said that the campaign was not just about providing a new product, but about creating a new culture of clean cooking.
He said that they can also save time, money and labour for the users as well as improve their health and well-being.
He said the commission would provide a feedback mechanism for all to give a review of their experiences while using the cook stoves.
Meanwhile, he said that cooking with a traditional biomass stove was a major source of household air pollution, which causes millions of premature deaths every year, especially among women and children.
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