Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has emphasised the need for Nigeria to give serious consideration to renewable energy as the solution to its energy challenges.
According to a statement by the corporation’s group general manager, group public affairs division, Ohi Alegbe, the minister, while speaking during an interview on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit currently holding in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, acknowledged that crude oil and gas are exhaustible resources, noting that the way to make energy accessible to Nigerians in every nook and cranny of the country is the exploit of renewable energy sources.
“We need to refocus a lot more effectively on alternative energy resources, particularly solar energy.
There is really no reason a country like Nigeria should not have more of its power supply from solar. President Muhammadu Buhari is very focused on this.
This is something we are going to apply a lot more energy to in the days ahead,” Dr. Kachikwu stated.
Source: National Mirror Online News
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