Ministry, Stakeholders Collaborate On Low Sulphur Fuels

The national ministry of situation is collaborating with different authorities ministries, departments, agencies arsenic good arsenic the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and different cardinal stakeholders to plan the modulation into the usage of low-sulphur fuels successful the country.

The curate of environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal who revealed this during the commemoration of the 3rd planetary time of cleanable aerial for bluish skies which was held successful Abuja, besides explained that the International Day was a time acceptable speech for the United Nations to emphasise the value of cleanable air.
Lawal said the lawsuit offered the ministry and its partners an important accidental to bespeak connected the dangers of aerial pollution, renew dedication to sustainable practices arsenic good arsenic enactment collectively to guarantee that contiguous and aboriginal generations bask cleaner and healthier air.

The curate expressed interest that globally, aerial contamination is recognised arsenic the starring biology wellness hazard that causes implicit 7 cardinal deaths annually, adding that it was much unsafe than malaria and HIV/AIDS. He lamented that Nigeria shares this load of aerial contamination done cases similar stroke, bosom diseases, lung cancer, pneumonia, cataract, dementia and truthful galore different diseases.

While emphasizing that the medication of President Tinubu was committed to promoting cleanable aerial by discouraging the importation of aged vehicles and encouraging section manufacturing arsenic good arsenic advancing the adoption of alternate fuels specified arsenic CNG and LNG, the curate revealed that they were advancing policies that would support children and youths.

“The national ministry of situation is advancing a nationalist argumentation connected aerial prime absorption alongside the youth-led nationalist cleanable aerial programme nether the slogan #BreathEasyNigeria.

With enactment from the Pediatric Association of Nigeria, UNDP, Bhushan Energy and Environmental Services, we are raising consciousness utilizing credible information and engaging young radical whose fragile lungs merit protection. Today, the section of contamination power and biology wellness is signing an MoU with the Environmental Health Council of Nigeria to widen cleanable aerial advocacy to each 774 section authorities areas,” helium said.

While advising that citizens should perpetrate to conscious choices that reduces aerial contamination particularly successful their regular activities astatine home, Lawal besides charged the participants to support successful caput that the planetary time of cleanable aerial for bluish skies is aimed astatine raising nationalist consciousness connected the indispensable relation of cleanable aerial successful survival, productivity arsenic good arsenic maturation and biology sustainability.

In his introductory message, the imperishable caput successful the ministry, Mahmud Adam Kambari, stated that the lawsuit symbolised Nigeria’s committedness to tackling aerial contamination done argumentation reforms, nationalist sensitization, and the adoption of cleaner technologies.

He said the juncture would witnesser the authoritative motorboat of the National Clean Air Programme and the unveiling of the #BreatheEasyNigeria Campaign which helium explains is coinciding with the commemoration of International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, 2025.