The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, has said that the world is exploring environmentally friendly sources of energy and moving away from fossil fuel, noting that Nigeria needs to prepare for the use of electric cars.
According to him, the engagement is part of efforts to ensure that investors coming into the country are not faced with multiple barriers after being licenced by the federal government to do business in the mining sector.
He said, “The world is looking away from fossil fuel, talking of climate change, it is warming up and everybody is looking elsewhere.
“Some countries have set targets in the near future when they will ban fossil fuel vehicles, so all vehicles you will find will be electric cars, so Nigeria needs to prepare well ahead of time for this.”
