The director-general of the National Council on Climate Change, Dr Salisu Mohammed Dahiru, has said indiscriminate felling of trees has accelerated the effect of climate change in Nigeria.
This he said, automatically made the area where trees are felled to open to soil degradation.
Salisu stated this at the sensitisation programme for women in Kebbi State, representing the North West geo-political on the benefits of Save80 Clean Cook Stove.
Aside from the health benefit of emitting less smoke, Dahiru remarked that the stainless steel stove is durable and affordable, compared to the cost of a gas cylinder, refilling of gas or buying kerosene.
To ease the Save80 Clean Cook Stove purchase, Unity Bank Plc, has thrown its weight behind the project with a funding initiative.
Unity Bank regional manager, Malam Aliyu Moyi, at the sensitisation programme said, the bank will create a database for its customers in accessing the stove with the benefits of spreading payment for a period of twelve months, at no interest cost but a minimal service charge.
Kumden Nanbal, monitoring and database manager, Atmosfair Climate and Sustainability Limited, while demonstrating how the stove is ignited and used mentioned that, the Save80 stove has a package of two stainless pots and a wonder box to preserve the heat from the pot.
Apart from the physical demonstration of the Save80 Clean Cook Stove in boiling water, Dr Suleiman Gambo from Bayero University Kano, BUK, also presented a paper on, Deforestation and use of Clean Cook Stove.
Dignitaries at the sensitization programme include Hon. Faruk Malami Yabo, Nigeria’s immediate former ambassador to Jordan, representative of Kebbi State government and the traditional institution.
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