Russia has signed agreements with Nigeria to build and operate a nuclear
power plant in the oil-rich West African nation that has a deficit of
reliable powersupply. Feasibility studies for the plant and a research
center construction will include site screening, capacity, financing,
and time frames of the projects, state-owned Russian nuclear company
Rosatom said in an emailed statement.
Representatives from the firm and
the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission signed the deal. The nations in
2009 signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field
of the peaceful usage of nuclear technologies. Nigeria in 2015 was in
.
Nigeria have long held the ambition of a nuclear facility used for peaceful purposes. Security concern amidst corruption has always been a source of concern for many of its citizen. Nigeria is currently fighting Boko Haram terrorist group in the north eastern region of the country.
Nigeria being a country of 180million people is grossly under powered with out put hovering a little above 5000 megawatts
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