Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu said that Nigeria should exploit to the maximum, the full benefits of peaceful nuclear energy.
He stated this on Thursday during stakeholders engagement on the Nigeria Energy Calculator 2050 (NECAL2050), in Abuja.
According to Onu, “when Nigeria peacefully maximises Nuclear energy, it would help build a stable power supply base and would benefit many socio-economic areas such as medicine, agriculture, education, manufacturing and overall national economic growth.”
The Nigeria Energy calculator 2050 is an energy planning model which will offer choices in the energy development to be examined alongside its environmental consequences.
On safety concerns on the use of nuclear energy, the minister called on the active participation of the organised private sector (OPS), to research and develop nuclear technology for the overall benefit of Nigeria.
He called on Nigeria, to partner other countries willing to help in the development of necessary expertise in nuclear technology.
The minister called for efficient and effective use of energy resources, to guarantee rapid national industrialisation.
Read him: “Nigeria has enormous energy resources; therefore, the task facing us is to efficiently and effectively utilise these resources to guarantee rapid industrialisation of the nation.”
The minister further emphasised that the nation needed a development pathway that can help the country achieve sustainable national development, adding that the nation’s factories, offices, laboratories, businesses and homes must have sufficient power to run them.
According to Onu: “I am optimistic that our dear nation will pursue the right combination of different sources of energy including renewable, fossil fuel as well as nuclear energy.”
Earlier, the Director General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Eli Jidere Bala, said the United Kingdom partnered the commission to develop the Nigeria Energy Calculator 2050 (NECAL2050), which is a key energy planning tool.
He further added that the Nigeria Energy Calculator 2050 (NECAL2050) would help promote global warming mitigation.
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