93 Million Nigerians Lack Access To Electricity - NGO Laments - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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August 22, 2019
ANon-Governmental Organization, Clean Tech Hub, which focuses on research,policy development and consumer awareness on climate resilience, says 55 percent of Nigerians lacked access to electricity.‎
Speakingat a workshop on the topic “promoting citizens access to clean energysolution in Nigeria: A Gender Approach”, the facilitator  Mark Amaza said that ninety three millionNigerians lacked access to electricity.
Headded that the figure represents fifty five per cent of the total number ofNigerians that lacked access to electricity in the country.
Amazasaid that the workshop was organised to increase awareness on the negativeimpacts of the use of the various sources of dirty energy, socially andmentally.
Accordingto him, many people still rely on firewood for cooking, pushing the rate ofhealth risk and deforestation to alarming level.‎‎
Hepointed out that training women, particularly food vendors across the countrywill drastically reduce the high demand for firewood for cooking and other industrialuse with its accompanied health risk and smoke related illnesses.‎‎