Stakeholders in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta region have picked holes in the global call for an energy transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy, saying that the process and intentions of the West should be interrogated before African countries embrace it hook, line and sinker.
The term “energy transition” implies the movement from fossil-based energy systems, like coal, oil, and natural gas, to renewable systems like solar, wind, biofuel, hydrogen and others.
Alagoa, who was the guest speaker at the event, said that there are many variables, including job loss, the remote communities and the environment, that must be taken into consideration before Africans can fully embrace and benefit from the energy transition. A Governorship aspirant of the Labour Party , Kenneth Imansuangbon, yesterday, asked the court to bar the Independent National Electoral Commission or any other agent from recognising Olumide Akpata as the governorship candidate of the party for the September 21 Edo governorship election.
The Federal Government has opposed the conditions submitted by the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra , Nnamdi Kanu, for the resumption of his trial.Abdulazeez Ganduje, the eldest son of the suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress , Abdullahi Ganduje, paid a visit to the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhyi Rimingado, at his office. Mr. Abdulazeez visited Mr.
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