The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) yesterday launched and distributed 3,000 Save 80 Energy stoves for women, Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) and flood victims.
The agency said the stoves are over 40 percent saving in cooking time and environmentally friendly.
NASENI also said the stoves will reduce harmful emissions, check desertification and save the nation’s climate
It said the fuel from the stoves will come from agricultural wastes.
NASENI added that the production of the stoves will create thousands of employments.
The executive vice chairman and chief executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof. Mohammad Sani Haruna, who unveiled the new innovation, said the stoves will be handed over to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management & Social Development for onward distribution to IDPs.
He said: “This agency has launched and will distribute 3,000 units of the NASENI-Atmosfair Save 80 Energy Efficient Stove, jointly designed and manufactured by NASENI and Atmosfair to reduce harmful emissions, reduce desertification and, hence saving our climate. “There is also over forty percent (40 per cent) saving in cooking time and environmentally friendly compared to firewood and charcoal fueling methods, with increasing energy efficiency.
“With consideration to Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets for emission reduction by 2030, the use of energy-efficient cooking stoves provides a very high potential for emission reduction.”
Haruna, who listed the benefits of Save 80 Energy Stove, clarified why the agency has gone into the production of it.
He added: “This Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will improve the agency’s eco-friendliness and carbon footprint, a positive contribution to climate change and service to humanity.”
“Some of these stoves will be handed over to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management & Social Development for onward distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and those that have been affected by the recent flooding in the country,”.
