The Federal Government says it has trained more than 10,000 refrigeration technicians and provided Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and refrigerants’ identifiers in the refrigeration servicing sector, to ensure effective ozone friendly.
The Minister of Environment, Mr Mohammed Abdullahi, said this at the commemoration of World Ozone Day, (WOD), in Abuja.
Abdullahi said that the theme for the 2022 WOD was “Montreal Protocol at 35: Global Cooperation Protecting life on Earth”.
He said the theme highlighted the protocol’s positive impact on the Ozone Layer and Climate over the past 35 years.
The minister said that the theme also recognized its wider impact on climate change and the need for global cooperation to further address the challenges of Ozone Layer Depletion and climate.
He said that the government in line with the protocol’s ODS phase-out schedule, had assisted over 700 Large, Small and Medium Scale enterprises.
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Abdullahi said that the assistance was in foam, refrigeration and air conditioning, aerosols and solvent sectors, adding that the effort was to convert to Ozone friendly substances and technologies.
He said that the commitment resulted in 100 per cent phase out of over 4,000 metric tonnes of ODSs, with high Ozone ODPs.
The Minister said that about 26 institutions, polytechnics and government technical colleges, were identified and equipped to serve as training centres on good refrigeration practices.
“Therefore, we have trained the trainers from the identified centres and developed training manuals on good refrigeration practices.
“These have also led to the training of more than 10,000 refrigeration technicians in the refrigeration servicing sector.
“However, we have trained more than 850 chemical regulatory and enforcement officers on identification of ODSs, to ensure their effective control and provided the relevant agencies with ODSs refrigerants’ identifiers,’’ he said.
