FG to buy cooking stoves for women with N9.2bn (see full details here)

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday
approved the purchase of N9.2billion worth of
clean cook stoves and wonder bags for rural
women under the National Clean Cooking
Scheme.
Wonder bag is a non-electric slow cooker invented
by Sarah Collins, a south African eco-
entreprenuer, who came up with the idea six
years ago during a power cut, when she decided
to keep her dinner cooking by surrounding the
pan with cushions.
The council also awarded a contract of
N60.9billion to an indigenous firm, KaKatar CE
Limited, for the provision of engineering
infrastructure for Kyami District, Zone C, Abuja.
Supervising Minister of Information, Dr. Nurudeen
Muhammed; Minister of Environment, Mrs.
Lawrecia Mallam; and Minister of the Federal
Capital Territory, Senator Bala Muhammed,
briefed State House correspondents at the end of
the meeting presided over by Vice President
Namadi Sambo.
Muhammed said the N9.2billion inclusive of Value
Added Tax was approved for the procurement of
750,000 units of clean cook stove and 18,000
wonder bags.
He said the stoves are expected to be delivered
by Messrs Integra Renewable Energy Services
Limited within a period of 12 weeks.
He noted that the stoves which will be assembled
locally, will provide jobs to Nigerians among other
benefits.
The minister said, "The National Clean Cooking
Scheme is an aggressive drive to engender clean
cooking culture amongst the poor rural women,
to reduce and possibly eliminate cooking with
solid fossil which is detrimental to health.
"The scheme is expected to provide 20 million
clean stoves over a five-year period at the rate of
four million stoves yearly which will be distributed
without charge.
"It will also reduce incessant felling of trees which
exposes the country to ecological problems.





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