With the country's employment rate at 23.9 percent, the revelation that the Oando OGAS 3kg cooking stove initiative has the potential to create a minimum 36,000 jobs is a welcome development. The cooking stove which is a three-in-one bundle that comes with burner, cylinder and gas was introduced by Oando Marketing PLC to alleviate the suffering associated with using unwholesome fuels such as firewood, charcoal etc. for cooking.
This disclosure was made during the Oando/ACCESS AFRICA (Agriculture, Climate Change and Entrepreneurship Support Services) summit held in Abuja recently with the theme "'LPG as a climate control tool in Africa: The Sustainability Agenda". The summit which brought together many thought leaders was aimed mobilizing commitment towards the adoption of LPG as the preferred cooking fuel was attended by Ministers, law makers, representatives of DFID, USAID, Christian Aid, Africare, World LPG Association, Nigerian Labour Congress, Shell Nigeria, Renewable Energy Commission, Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cook stoves, NLNG, Alitheia, LAPO, Wellbeing Foundation amongst others was chaired by Her Excellency, Justice Fati Abubakar, former First Lady and Founder Women's Right Advancement and Protection Alternative, (WRAPA).
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