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October 31, 2017 at 08:58AM
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- Nigeria has signed agreements with Russia to build and operate a nuclear power plant
- Feasibility studies for the plant and a research center construction will include site screening, capacity, financing and time frames of the projects which will be built in Nigeria
- Nigeria had signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of the peaceful usage of nuclear technologies with Russia in 2009
Agency reports monitored by NAIJ.com indicates that Nigeria and Russia have signed agreements on the construction and operation of a nuclear power plant.
Also in the works is the building of a multi-purpose research center in Nigeria, Russia's Rosatom state nuclear corporation said in a statement on Monday, October 30.
According to the reports, the agreements were signed on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting on the peaceful use of nuclear energy held in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of United Arab Emirates, along with a road map for cooperation in the field of peaceful use of nuclear technologies.
The Russian government led by Vladimir Putin spreading their tentacles to Nigeria. Photo credit: iworld.city
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The vice president of the marketing and business development department of Rusatom Overseas, said the projects will strengthen Nigeria's position as one of the leading African countries in terms of technology.
His words: “These are large-scale projects of strategic importance, which will determine the relationship between our two countries in the long term.
“The development of nuclear technologies will allow Nigeria to strengthen its position as one of the leading countries of the African continent.”
NAIJ.com checks revealed that Nigeria had signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of the peaceful usage of nuclear technologies with Russia in 2009.
Meanwhile, the managing director of Ibom power company limited, Engineer Meyen Etukudo, has stated that a lot of money is still needed to be pumped into Nigeria's power sector.
Etukudo made the comment after he was conferred with the highest honour of the engineering profession in Nigeria (fellowship) by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) on Friday, October 20.
Speaking to NAIJ.com at the event, Etukudo lamented that there is not enough money pumped into the power sector.
He also faulted the privatization process, stressing that it has not improved the financial capacity of power companies across the nation.
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