Nigeria to reduce vehicular emission: minister

All is now set for Nigeria to establish emission testing centers for regular testing of vehicles plying the nation's roads, Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, said Monday.

There would be 90 percent reduction in vehicular emission if the centers were established and effectively utilized, the minister said at a forum organized by the National Environmental Standards and Regulation Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in Abuja.

She told her audience that the National Vehicular Emission Control Program (NVECP) was a program designed to control emission from automobiles.

A similar program had also been designed to address emission from stationary sources, particularly the power generating sets, the minister said, noting that the government would set a functional inter-agency committee to drive the process.

Mohammed called on stakeholders to join hands with the government to reduce the growing incidence and menace of air pollution.

The minister advised universities and other institutions to encourage research and dissemination of research findings on air quality including modelling and forecasting.

She told her audience that such endeavor would promote fuel efficiency and emissions reduction. Endit