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Nigeria's Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has stated that the country is ready to start producing nuclear energy.
“This thing has protocols and standards; we are already in it; we are not venturing into it; we started a nuclear programme 17 years ago. We have gone through the training level; we have produced 25 graduates of master’s level under certification by the International Atomic Energy Agency," he said.
“We have found the sites; the sites have been approved, two sites have been approved by International Atomic Energy Agency. We have started the design for the financing; that is the stage we are now; once we conclude that, we move to the design for the construction.
“If all things go well, by quarter four of next year – that is the schedule that I met – we should have started construction, so that is what I meet,” he added.
He spoke on Wednesday at a forum organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
“This thing has protocols and standards; we are already in it; we are not venturing into it; we started a nuclear programme 17 years ago. We have gone through the training level; we have produced 25 graduates of master’s level under certification by the International Atomic Energy Agency," he said.
“We have found the sites; the sites have been approved, two sites have been approved by International Atomic Energy Agency. We have started the design for the financing; that is the stage we are now; once we conclude that, we move to the design for the construction.
“If all things go well, by quarter four of next year – that is the schedule that I met – we should have started construction, so that is what I meet,” he added.
He spoke on Wednesday at a forum organised by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
