By Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade The Chief Executive Officer, Egbin Power Plc, Mr Mohktar Bounour says global transition to cleaner energ and sustainable environment are achievable, as long as there is strong synergy and commitment among stakeholders in the value chain. He spoke during the maiden edition of Asharami Square in Lagos. This is an initiative introduced and implemented by the Sahara Group, in order to amplify discourse on energy sustainability through media advocacy globally. He said: " Having analyzed the percentage of global greenhouse emissions attributed to sectors including electricity/heat production, agriculture/forestry and transportation, we are realised that there is need for synergy and renewed commitment among stakeholders". According to him, Egbin Power has unwavering commitment to reduce carbon emissions and promotes sustainable energy sources, stressing that the need to depeening engagement and advocacy among stakeholders in
Drivers refuse to work By Akinola Ajibade Nigeria may experience a more daunting economy, if the threats by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN),to down tools over the lingering fuel scarcity soon, is anything to go by. Penultimate week, PENGASSAN through its President and General Secretary, Comrades Festus Osifo and Lumumba Okugbawa respectively threatened to embark on a national strike, in the event that the Federal Government and other relevant authorities in the nation's petroleum industry, refuse to stop the on-going r as racketeering in the fuel supply chain and further put an end to acute shortage of fuel, which has entered its third months in Nigeria. According to a statement, signed and issued to the News Mirror yesterday ( Monday), the body does not see any justification for increase in price of fuel and the attendant agony imposed on majority of Nigerians. The group further carpeted oil marketers for selling fuel to