How Senate debated bill seeking adoption of electric cars in Nigeria
The Senate has rejected a bill seeking to phase out the use of petrol-powered cars in Nigeria and adopt those powered by electricity.In the bill, the lawmaker had argued that it would be cheaper to use electric-powered cars than the current petrol cars being used in Nigeria.
The lawmaker further explained that maintaining electric cars is cheaper than maintaining petrol-powered cars. Barau noted that Nigeria need not make any law compelling Nigerians to use electric cars following the economic challenges many Nigerians are facing.
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