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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
House of Representatives has charged the Energy Commission on Nigeria (ECN) to leverage on resources in the country to make it a hub for renewable energy.
The chairman, House Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, Beni Lar, who gave the charge, during an overnight visit to the ECN, noted the commission is the only government agency saddled with the responsibility of driving the United Nations ( UN) climate change Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals in energy sources and usage.
The lawmaker noted that the House Committee has resolved to give the ECN all the legislative support it requires to perform optimally. She noted that the agency has a critical role to play in post crude oil dependent economy in the country.
According to her, “with over four decades of operational existence, this energy think-tank has strategic role of preparing and guiding the nation into the post crude oil dominance era that now steer us in the face. The several quantum leaps in advancement of science and technology are leaning towards renewable and more climate friendly energy sources should alarm leaders in the Nigerian project particularly the ECN as the future of fossil fuel looks very bleak”
Similarly, the Committee, during an oversight visit to the National office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion,(NOTAP) tasked the agency on the need to make the country a technological hub.
Lar noted ” that NOTAP occupies a critical place in the scientific advancement of Nigeria or its continued development, At this point,I wish to state without equivocation that the current DG has repositioned the office towards the realisation of its lofty objectives.”
She explained that the oversight visit would be the first in the series of engagements with the agency, as the committee is focused on seeing it maximize the benefits inherent in technologies available to the country and its compliance with extant laws.
