The Federal Government on Tuesday said it had opened bids for the construction of a nuclear power plant that would generate 4,000 megawatts of electricity for the country.

Dr Yau Idris, Director General, Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), made the disclosure while speaking at the ongoing Nigerian International Energy Summit (NIES) in Abuja.

Idris said: “It is wrong to think that Nigeria can’t manage a nuclear power plant. There are mechanisms put in place that ensure any country can build a nuclear power plant.''

“Nigeria is trying to deliver 4,000MW of electricity through nuclear power. We are trying to construct four units and we are at the bidding stage.”

He said Nigeria had been trying to diversify its energy sources since 1977, stressing that the additional 4,000MW would increase the country’s generation capacity to about 13,000MW.

Idris said the regulatory agency has signed agreements with Russia, Pakistan, France and South Korea to build the capacity of its staff in manning the nuclear plant.

Rostikol:
Something tells me the Nigerian leadership has been looking at this Russian invasion of Ukraine and thinking, ''we better go nuclear, starting with power plants first, then later on the bomb, to avoid this vulnerability to external attack as seen in Ukraine.''

Because this nuclear power plant issue has been in the back burner for some years, occasionally spoken about in official circles, but never seriously pursued.

Until now - just a couple of days after Putin invaded Ukraine, and is now threatening to obliterate them with nuclear weapons.

Suddenly Nigeria opens bids for nuclear power plants.

It's too much of a coincidence.

I think Nigeria is making a geo-political strategic move here.

This Putin invasion of Ukraine has made them jittery.

We seem to be in a world now where anybody can just wake up and invade you for no cogent reason.

4ckyou:


Nigeria already have an agreement with Russia to build to nuclear power plant, one in kogi and the other in Delta state I guess

nzeobi:
What about transmission and distribution capacities cos those are the areas we are falling short now

Rostikol:


Check out the Siemens deal. It deals with transmission and distribution.

9182736455O1999:
Abeg Nigeria no suppose to get nuclear weapons, as we all know say too many werey them nai full this country.

Afamed:

They are talking of Nuclear power not Nuclear weapon. Lazy youth

Rostikol:


Check out the Siemens deal. It deals with transmission and distribution.

9182736455O1999:

typical Nigerian, one of the werey i'm talking about, can you not correct me without insulting me?

bitter youth like you

9182736455O1999:

typical Nigerian, one of the werey i'm talking about, can you not correct me without insulting me?

bitter youth like you

PIMPAR:

[s]You are the mad man here. Where did you see Nuclear weapon in the post?
Did you bother to read the thread before you posted your rubbish.

He's right to have referred to you as typical lazy youth
It was everywhere in the post, 4,000mw power but because you are too lazy to read[/s]

Afamed:

Did you not read the post before commenting? It was clearly stated in the post Nuclear power.
The question is , most of you, are too lazy to read.
Typical lazy youth