Kano and Kaduna State Governments have concluded plans to generate electricity from solid waste.
Environmental officials in the two states gave the indication in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Malam Ahmed Salihu, Director of Environment, Kaduna State Ministry for Environment, said that plans to generate electricity from domestic waste had gone far.
According to him, the plan is to transform waste into huge employment opportunities.
“We have already entered into discussion with the Federal Ministry of Environment and had shown interest to partner us to make the project a reality.
“The waste generation has become a major challenge to the state and we need to be taking advantage of the situation.
“The large volumes being generated daily has become a nightmare to the government, residents and even the environment as the population of the state increases.MORE
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