By InfactNG
President Muhammadu Buhari, who struggles to end fuel scarcity in Abuja said on Friday, that Nigeria will end the use of kerosene lighting by 2030.
Buhari said it is part of the efforts to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
President Buhari, was quoted to have given the assurance during a virtual meeting, hosted by President Joe Biden of the United States, on the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change (MEF).
He also listed the increase in the use of buses for public transport and reduction in burning of crop residues as parts of the plan.
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu on Friday, said President Buhari informed the international community that Nigeria had submitted an updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, to replace the interim contribution of May 27, 2021.
Buhari’s assurance is coming 10 years after the federal government, in collaboration with stakeholders in the petroleum industry, commenced drafting a new policy to phase out kerosene and firewood usage and replace them with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) otherwise known as cooking gas.
The proposed policy tagged National Strategic Policy for LPG had a five-year timeline to tactically phase out kerosene usage in the country.
