[Stoves] News: Nigeria cookstoves project

Cookswell Jikos cookswelljikos at gmail.com
Sun Feb 12 11:17:18 CST 2017


Hi Nikhil,

Thanks, I saw this the other day (they keep a good social media account at
https://twitter.com/4lowthemoney?lang=en) am I right to understand that the
unit cost of each stove is about a dollar and half?* ''**the contract was
at a unit cost of N464.00'' *wow!

Thanks for sharing, hope allswell in your neck of the woods.

Teddy










On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 8:06 PM, Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Teddy:
>
> I see you raised some concern about a Nigeria project back in 2015. Here
> something more:
>
> Reps to investigate Jonathan’s N9 billion ‘Clean Stove Project’
> <http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/221460-reps-investigate-jonathans-n9-billion-clean-stove-project.html> Premium
> Times, 24 January 2017.
>
> Says, "contract for the supply of 20 million units of clean stove and
> wonder bags under the clean stove scheme for rural women. .. the contract
> was at a unit cost of N464.00, amounting to about N9.287 billion."
>
> At the then-exchange rate, that was around US$60 m.
>
> Seems as if the allegation is that only 750,000 stoves were delivered for
> distribution, not that all $60 m went missing.
>
> It is noteworthy, though, that "The committees would also determine
> whether or not the clean stoves and wonder bags project had assisted in
> eradicating desertification in Nigeria."
>
> Fat promises? Irrational exuberance is an old disease of the "stove
> sector". Another example - Partnership Cooks Up New Solution to Poverty
> and Climate Change
> <http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/partnership-cooks-up-new-solution-to-poverty-and-climate-change-116779303.html> 23
> Feb 2011. Envirofit claimed, "Clean cookstoves are the most viable
> solution to Indoor Air Pollution (IAP), the toxic smoke that claims one
> life every 16 seconds in the developing world. The partners aim to deliver
> two million improved cookstoves to Nigerian households over the next seven
> years."
>
> It's nearly six years into that seven-year dream, but I don't see anything
> on Envirofit website about Nigeria sales, just an office address.
>
> So much for the carbon credit gung ho-ism of C-Quest Capital.
>
> Nigeria is a "Focus Country" for GACC, whose Nigeria webpage
> <http://cleancookstoves.org/country-profiles/focus-countries/3-nigeria.html> shows activities
> so far limited to small grants.
>
> Follow-the-Money has a new audio post on Facebook -
> https://soundcloud.com/follow-the-money-129876762/
> followthemoney-discusses-women-cookstoves.
>
> Naira devaluation has changed cooking economics suddenly
> http://tribuneonlineng.com/residents-stop-cooking-
> gas-resort-coal-stoves-kano/
>
> Nikhil
>
>
>
> *From: *Cookswell Jikos <cookswelljikos at gmail.com>
>> *Sent: *Thursday, June 4, 2015 13:03
>> *To: *Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
>> *Reply To: *Discussion of biomass cooking stoves
>> *Subject: *Re: [Stoves] Regenerative Capitalism (Jock Gill)
>>
>> By the way have any of you been following the progress of the 9.2billion
>> Nira stove distribution project that is ongoing in Nigeria - (some amazing
>> photos here from this excellent NGO (Aptly named 'Follow the Money' -
>> https://www.facebook.com/followthemoneyng).
>>
>> It seems to be generating quite alot of controversy -
>>  http://www.punchng.com/opinion/the-fraud-called-clean-cookstoves/
>> <http://www.punchng.com/opinion/the-fraud-called-clean-cookstoves/> and
>> also Nigeria: How Graft Stalled Distribution of N9.3 Billion Clean Cook
>> Stoves <http://allafrica.com/stories/201505201261.html> about why, how
>> and which stoves will be distributed.
>>
>> It seems that in this case the voices of 750,000 cooks are not as well
>> heard as the voice of a certain Mrs Lawrencia Laraba-Mallam
>> (Min. Environment).
>>
>> Does anyone know where all this cash came from?
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Teddy
>>
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