WOMEN groups and some stakeholders in Niger Delta region have urged renewable energy legislation to help boost the nation’s depressing economy. The groups, under the auspices of Just Energy Transition Coalition, stated this yesterday in Port Harcourt during a joint meeting conveyed by Environment Rights Action (ERA). The Head, Environment and Conservation Unit of the Centre for Environment and Human Rights Development, Dr. Kabari Sam, said if the nation must recover from its depressed economy, there was need to develop deliberate policy that could guard a switch from dependence on fossil fuel to renewable energy. Sam said that when the policy is achieved, it would reduce hazardous carbons threatening the region’s environment, create jobs, improve quality of living and ensure good health, among others. She also urged the President to support the use of renewable energy by encouraging the transformation of the energy systems from the local council level and provide tax and financial incentives to enable long-term acquisition plans for renewable energy.

Source: The Guardian July 22, 2020 03:56 UTC