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Niger, NNPCL Sign Renewable Energy Pact

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6 months ago

November 8, 2023

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The Niger State Government has signed a Memoranda of Understanding with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited to develop renewable energy.

The MoU will also lead to the development of low-carbon solution projects including Greenfield Hydroelectric Power, Solar parks in institutions, home solar systems for 250,000 households and the establishment of a 500 million-litre Ethanol plant.

Governor Mohammed Bago’s Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim. disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement in which he said the MoU was in the area of industrialisation, agriculture, solar deployment and renewable energy.

“Maize, sugarcane, and sweet sorghum will be cultivated on 100,000 hectares of land in the state, to produce over 500,000 tons of the crops that will be used to fuel the ethanol plant,” Ibrahim stated.

He also stated that the governor and the Secretary to the State Government, Abubakar Usman, signed the MoU on behalf of the state government while the NNPCL’s Executive Vice President, Gas, Power and New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, as well as its Managing Director, New Energy Limited, Kanayochukwu Odoe, signed for the NNPCL at the corporation’s head office in Abuja.

Bago, who described the signing of the MoU as historic, expressed confidence that Nigerlites will benefit a lot from it, noting that clean energy is one of the targets of the NNPCL and a dream come true for the state, especially in its drive towards clean energy.

He assured all that the state government will continue to take advantage of the water bodies in the state to make green energy a reality.

In his remarks, Ogunleye explained that the leadership of NNPCL is focused not just on projecting clean energy in Africa, but exploring the route and converting it for the prosperity of the country.

He commended the leadership style and commitment of the state governor and expressed optimism that the MOU signed with the state will create the platform to work together in terms of creating a green-energy economy.

Odoe, described the partnership with the state as progressive, adding that the corporation’s objective of making Nigeria a hub of green energy and green economy is realisable.

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Aid Reveals What Peter Obi Discussed With Atiku, Saraki, Lamido During Visits

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May 13, 2024

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The reason behind the visit of 2023 presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi to top political figures such Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki and Sule Lamido has been revealed.

Obi’s spokesperson, Dr Yunusa Tanko, said the visit was in line with the former Anambra governor’s commitment to the peace and progress of the nation.

DAILY POST reported that Obi in Abuja on Monday visited some top political figures, including former Vice President, and PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President Bukola Saraki and the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido.

“At the center of discussion during each of these visits was the state of the nation and how to reduce the suffering of all Nigerians irrespective of class and location,” Tanko said in the statement.

“In particular, the desperate condition of the downtrodden in our midst was highlighted.

“Of particular interest and emphasis in these discussions was the worrisome situation in the Northern parts of the country.”

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Gov Fubara Vows To Probe Wike

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May 13, 2024

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Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Monday announced a plan by his administration to set up a panel to probe previous governments including the immediate past administration of Nyesom Wike.

Governor Fubara who has been in a face-off with Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, disclosed the plan after swearing in Dagogo Iboroma as the Attorney General of the state.

The governor expressed pessimism that the lingering political crisis currently rocking the state cannot be resolved anytime soon.

Apparently referring to Wike, the governor accused his opponents of deliberately sabotaging his administration while he was hopeful that the issue in the state would be resolved amicably.

Governor Fubara vowed to make tough decisions moving forward no matter how they would be perceived by the public.

Fubara also responded to recent comments by former Attorney General Zacchaeus Adangor, SAN, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Works Alabo George-Kelly.

According to the governor, the former attorney general alongside other critics of his administration have been sabotaging the progress of his government by filing nolle prosequi against the interest of the state.