FG to buy cooking stoves with N9.2bn
The Federal Executive Council on
Wednesday approved the purchase of
N9.2billion worth of clean cook stoves and
wonder bags for rural women under the
National Clean Cooking Scheme.
Wonder bag is a non-electric slow cooker
invented by Sarah Collins, a south African
eco-entreprenuer, who came up with the
idea six years ago during a power cut,
when she decided to keep her dinner
cooking by surrounding the pan with
cushions.
The council also awarded a contract of
N60.9billion to an indigenous firm, KaKatar
CE Limited, for the provision of engineering
infrastructure for Kyami District, Zone C,
Abuja.
Supervising Minister of Information, Dr.
Nurudeen Muhammed; Minister of
Environment, Mrs. Lawrecia Mallam; and
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,
Senator Bala Muhammed, briefed State
House correspondents at the end of the
meeting presided over by Vice President
Namadi Sambo.
Muhammed said the N9.2billion inclusive of
Value Added Tax was approved for the
procurement of 750,000 units of clean cook
stove and 18,000 wonder bags.
He said the stoves are expected to be
delivered by Messrs Integra Renewable
Energy Services Limited within a period of
12 weeks.
He noted that the stoves which will be
assembled locally, will provide jobs to
Nigerians among other benefits.
The minister said, “The National Clean
Cooking Scheme is an aggressive drive to
engender clean cooking culture amongst
the poor rural women, to reduce and
possibly eliminate cooking with solid fossil
which is detrimental to health.
“The scheme is expected to provide 20
million clean stoves over a five-year period
at the rate of four million stoves yearly
which will be distributed without charge.
“It will also reduce incessant felling of trees
which exposes the country to ecological
problems.

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Assembling of stove .......
SMD