Introducing the stove, the Director-General of the NCCC, Salisu Dahiru, on Thursday, in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, described the device as a climate-friendly device that would help address challenges of climate change and reverse environmental degradation in the North-East states.
Speaking at a one-day sensitisation campaign for the Nirth-East on the new cooking device, Dahiru said the stove is aimed at curtailing the use of firewood by 80 per cent.
The NCCC steersman, represented by his Special Adviser, Mahmud Yusuf, said one of the major causes of deforestation in Nigeria is the widespread use of firewood.
This, he said has resulted in the loss of trees and forests, hence the need to involve women to save Nigeria’s ecosystem.
“Women, especially those in rural areas, are very critical to achieving success in the climate change campaigns because of their daily duty of using firewood to cook for the family,” he asserted.
“By embracing Save80 clean cookstoves, Nigerians can make a significant contribution to achieving its environmental safety goals while also saving money for sustainable living,” he disclosed.
The Director of Public Sector, Atmosfair Climate and Sustainability Limited, Abdurrahhman Sulaiman Bawa, said the stainless steel clean stove is designed to use 80 percent less fuel and produce 80 percent less pollution than traditional stoves.
“We, together with To be connected Nigeria, collaborated with other partners, went round the six geopolitical zones and sensitizes women on this, and we plan by next year to go round the 36 states and later on, to the 774 LGAs of the country,” Sulaiman said.
The Chairman, Advisory Board of Atmosfair Climate and Sustainability Limited, producer of the clean cookstoves, said an MoU was signed between the NCCC, Atmosfair Germany, Great Green Wall, and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure to ensure that the environmentally friendly stove cover the nation to prevent afforestation.
The NCCC gave 10 samples each to the Borno State Government and the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar El-Kanemi.
