Akwa Ibom State Elders Caucus has called on the federal government to have a rethink on its plan to establish a
nuclear power plant at Itu local government area of the state.
Briefing journalists yesterday in Uyo, Senator Anietie Okon, on behalf of the group, described the proposal as a monumental disaster-in-waiting for the people of the state.
Okon explained that the federal government’s plan did not conform to international standards guiding the implementation of civil nuclear programmes across the globe which impose collective safeguards and serve as a check on the quality, health and environmental safety of the proposed projects.
The project, he said, would put several communities in the state and the lives of millions of people at risk more so in a country like Nigeria, with a poor track record in the management of power infrastructure. “We have every reason to be disturbed,” he said.
According to him, the process is shrouded in secrecy and appears bent on bypassing procurement rules as details of an agreement entered with the Russian company, Rosatom, since 2012, has since not been made public.
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