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Nigeria: Nigeria Needs More Capital for Clean Cooking Transition - Minister

AllAfrica30 October 2026, 04:47 UTCNigeria

[Leadership] The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has called for increased investment in Nigeria's clean cooking sector, saying the country needs substantially more capital to accelerate the transition from traditional cooking fuels to cleaner energy sources.

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