FG To Buy Cooking Stoves With N9.2bn For Rural Women

The Federal Executive
Council on Wednesday
approved the purchase of
N9.2billion worth of clean
cook stoves and wonder bags
for rural women under the
National Clean Cooking
Scheme.
Wonder bag is a non-electric
slow cooker invented by Sarah
Collins, a south African eco-
entreprenuer, who came up
with the idea six years ago
during a power cut, when she
decided to keep her dinner
cooking by surrounding the pan
with cushions.
The council also awarded a
contract of N60.9billion to an
indigenous firm, KaKatar CE
Limited, for the provision of
engineering infrastructure for
Kyami District, Zone C, Abuja.
Supervising Minister of
Information, Dr. Nurudeen
Muhammed; Minister of
Environment, Mrs. Lawrecia
Mallam; and Minister of the
Federal Capital Territory,
Senator Bala Muhammed,
briefed State House
correspondents at the end of
the meeting presided over by
Vice President Namadi Sambo.
Muhammed said the
N9.2billion inclusive of Value
Added Tax was approved for
the procurement of 750,000
units of clean cook stove and
18,000 wonder bags.
He said the stoves are expected
to be delivered by Messrs
Integra Renewable Energy
Services Limited within a
period of 12 weeks.
He noted that the stoves which
will be assembled locally, will
provide jobs to Nigerians
among other benefits.
The minister said, “The
National Clean Cooking Scheme
is an aggressive drive to
engender clean cooking culture
amongst the poor rural women,
to reduce and possibly
eliminate cooking with solid
fossil which is detrimental to
health.
“The scheme is expected to
provide 20 million clean stoves
over a five-year period at the
rate of four million stoves
yearly which will be distributed
without charge.
“It will also reduce incessant
felling of trees which exposes
the country to ecological
problems.