FG Urges Collaboration For LPG Use In Households

The Federal Government has called for a joint collaborative effort in ensuring that Nigerian households convert from the use of inefficient cooking fuels such as fuelwood, charcoal and kerosene to  the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and other efficient cooking fuels.
Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Kunle Salako, made the call at the Two-Day 2023 Nigeria Clean Cooking Forum, themed “Clean Cooking Energy for All in Nigeria- Advancing Public Private Partnership”, in Abuja, Last Thursday.
The forum, which brought together key policymakers, investors, private sector leaders, research institutions, civil society stakeholders and international partners, aimed at supporting an enabling environment to expand access to clean cooking, strengthen supply and enhance demand.
Salako said, “in Nigeria, lack of access to clean cooking has resulted in high mortality rate among women and children. According to WHO, the traditional cooking method is claiming about 100,000 lives annually and after Malaria and HIV/AIDS, it is reported to be the third highest killer of women and children in Nigeria.
“Statistic has it that emissions from the domestic cooking alone represent about 55 million metric tonnes CO2e and about 700,000 metric tonnes of PM2.5 emission which is a major source of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs).
“Today, we face a moment of truth as over 75% of the population still relies on solid fuel for their household cooking and heating needs, while only one in every ten households in Nigeria cook with clean cooking energy sources and technologies, such as electricity, LPG or improved biomass stoves.
“Emissions from energy sector account for about 60 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, according to Nigeria’s Revised NDC 2021.
“Nigeria’s domestic sector contributes over 50% of national total emissions of Green House Gases and how we produce and use energy is the main cause of the climate crisis.
“Therefore, we have a double imperative – to end energy poverty and to limit climate change and the answer that will fulfil both imperatives is affordable, renewable and sustainable energy for all”.
He said the Federal Ministry of Environment has over the years supported the implementation of several programs on clean cooking in order to help the nation reduce its GHG emissions by distributing thousands of clean cooking stoves across the country.