Nigeria is Ready for Nuclear Energy – Fashola

The Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday said that Nigeria is ready to start producing nuclear energy.

Fashola made the comment on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at a forum organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

“This thing has protocols and standards; we are already in it; we are not venturing into it; we started a nuclear programme 17 years ago. We have gone through the training level; we have produced 25 graduates of master’s level under certification by the International Atomic Energy Agency,” he said according to a report by Vanguard.

“We have found the sites; the sites have been approved, two sites have been approved by International Atomic Energy Agency. We have started the design for the financing; that is the stage we are now; once we conclude that, we move to the design for the construction. If all things go well, by quarter four of next year – that is the schedule that I met – we should have started construction, so that is what I meet,” he added.

The minister blamed the electricity challenges in the country on the activities of Niger Delta militants.

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