Nigeria Needs More Capital For Clean Cooking Transition — Minister

The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has called for increased investment in Nigeria’s clean cooking sector, saying the country needs substantially more capital to accelerate the transition from traditional cooking fuels to cleaner energy sources.
Lawal said financing must be diversified to address the scale of the challenge and expand access to affordable cooking technologies, particularly for low-income households.
The minister spoke at the Nigeria Clean Cooking Forum 2026, themed “Clean Cooking Energy Nigeria: Unlocking and Diversifying Finance for Nigeria’s Clean Cooking Transition”, in Abuja on Wednesday.
Represented by the Deputy Director of Climate Change in the ...