By Chesa Chesa
Nigeria and European Union (EU) have begun discussions on potentials of harnessing the country’s wind energy resources as part of advancing Nigeria’s green industrial revolution plan.
The discussion, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Thursday, was hosted by Nigeria’s Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, when he met with European Union’s Head of Cooperation in Nigeria, Mr. Massimo DeLuca and his team.
After the meeting, Ngelale disclosed to journalists that progress was made on “advancing Nigeria’s pursuit of deepened EU-Nigeria cooperation in the promotion of green industrial investment, local capacity building, and extensive feasibility study on Nigeria’s wind corridors and other important renewable energy sources”.
In a separate meeting on same Thursday, Ngelale had shed light on Nigeria’s climate action and green industrial activities with a strategic network of people-centred NGOs at the launch of Care Nigeria’s Country Strategy, 2024-2030, at the TransCorp Hilton, Abuja.
Ngelale, who doubles as President Bola Tinubu’s spokesman, further announced that “I welcomed Mrs. Heidi Larson and Sir (Prof) Peter Piot, a decorated Belgian microbiologist who helped discover the Ebola virus in 1976, and has mentored many public administrators around the world.
“We assessed opportunities in Nigeria’s value chain localization drive and the industrial nexus between the healthcare industry and renewable energy technologies.
“Later on Thursday night, I joined the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Kwara State Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman, to celebrate France’s National Day at the Embassy. We were joined by the Country Director of the French Development Agency (AFD), Mr. Xavier Muron.”
