IBILE Oil, first lady partner on boy child workshop
IBILE Oil and Gasoline Company (IOGC) collaborated with The Workplace of the First Girl of Lagos State, Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, to champion clear cooking on the Boy Baby Empowerment Workshop as a part of its dedication to sustainable power.
The three-day residential workshop, held from February 16-18 at Lagos State Mannequin Faculty, Ikorodu, aimed to equip younger boys in colleges with important life abilities beneath the theme: ‘Empowering the Boy Baby to be a Properly-Rounded Particular person for the Future.’
IBILE Oil and Gasoline Company (IOGC), Lagos State’s business oil and fuel entity targeted on making certain power safety alongside the power worth chain, supported with clear cooking options, selling fuel for cooking on the workshop’s culinary abilities phase.
The culinary abilities supplied contributors with hands-on coaching in protected {and professional} cooking methods utilizing clear power options. This sensible expertise highlighted the advantages of fuel cooking, equipping younger boys with useful life abilities whereas selling more healthy and extra sustainable cooking strategies.
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Talking on the occasion, Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the First Girl of Lagos State, . emphasised the significance of fresh cooking options: “Our dedication to elevating well-rounded younger males contains equipping them with sensible abilities whereas instructing them about more healthy life-style decisions. By introducing these younger boys to scrub cooking with fuel, we’re not solely instructing culinary abilities but in addition demonstrating how cleaner power improves well being by lowering indoor air air pollution, enhances security by eliminating hearth hazards, and protects our surroundings by decreasing carbon emissions. This workshop represents our funding in each the way forward for our kids and the sustainability of our state. We deeply admire IOGC’s partnership, which has made this useful studying expertise attainable.”
In response to a 2024 Nationwide Bureau of statistics report, it indicated that roughly 67.8 % of Nigerian households depend on fuelwood as a supply of power. Cooking with firewood exposes girls and kids to dangerous smoke that causes severe well being points. This smoke fills kitchens, stains pots, and pollutes indoor air, rising the chance of respiratory issues like coughing, chest ache, and lung illnesses.
Abiola Ibine Crew Lead, Sustainability, representing the managing director of IBILE Oil & Gasoline Company, Doyin Akinyanju strengthened IOGC’s dedication to scrub power advocacy: “At IBILE Oil and Gasoline, we acknowledge the significance of introducing younger minds to scrub power options early. Our help for this competitors isn’t just about offering sources however advocating for a safer and more healthy future for Nigerians. With tens of millions of deaths globally attributed to family air air pollution attributable to conventional cooking fuels like firewood and charcoal, it is crucial that we proceed to advertise the adoption of fuel as a cleaner and extra sustainable various.”
Nigeria continues to advance its clear power agenda according to the worldwide push for net-zero emissions. The Federal Authorities has pledged to realize carbon neutrality by 2060, with a powerful give attention to transitioning to cleaner power sources. By supporting initiatives like this, the Workplace of the First Girl, along with IOGC, is enjoying an energetic function in lowering Nigeria’s reliance on dangerous cooking fuels and contributing to broader local weather motion efforts.
