Federal Government through National Council on Climate Change has thrown its weight behind the initiative to distribute 80 million clean cookstoves free to households.
Designed to solve global climate crisis, environmental challenges and improve livehoods, the initiative is under auspices of Greenplinth Africa, with strategic partners.
The largest clean cooking systems project in the world, according to Greenplinth President, Dr. Olawale Akinwumi, in a statement, said the cookstoves would transform lives, mostly for women and children affected by harmful traditional cooking practices.
This, he added would combat adverse health and environmental impacts associated with traditional cooking methods, such as indoor air pollution and deforestation.
In the remark of the Director General of National Council on Climate Change, Dr. Salisu Dahiru, he noted that the project would result in greenhouse gas emission reduction and lead to forest development and job creation.