Mawakin gwamnatin Najeriya sun tabbatar cewa ƙasar ta yi iyakar da zama ta hedikwatar Africa Energy Bank, bayan nasarar ƙasar a zaben watan Yuli 2024. Wannan bayani ya zo daga sanarwar da Nneamaka Okafor, Sakataren Musamman na Media da Communication ga Ministan Jiha na Albarkatun Man Fetur (Mai), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, ta fitar a ranar Satumba, 2 ga Novemba, 2024.
Lokpobiri ya tabbatar wa’adin ƙasar Najeriya wajen kafa bankin a taron 46th Ordinary Session of the Ministerial Council of the African Petroleum Producers Organisation da aka gudanar a Yaoundé, Kameru. Ya ce, “Muna shirin da zama ta Africa Energy Bank, kuma himmar da mu ke yi wajen inganta tallafin kudin ga masana’antar makamashin Afirka har yanzu ba ta koma baya”.
Bankin Africa Energy Bank ya yi niyyar wajen rufe gaggarar tallafin kudi a masana’antar man fetur da gas a Afirka, kuma ta yi aiki don ci gaba a masana’antar makamashin a fadin kontinental. Lokpobiri ya ce gwamnatin tarayya, karkashin shugabancin Shugaba Bola Ahmed Tinubu, ta ɗauki manyan matakai don shirya ƙarfin gudanarwa don manufofin bankin.
“Gwamnatin Najeriya ta bayar da gudummawar dala miliyan 69.1 a cikin kudaden shiga don kafa bankin, wanda ya nuna rawar gudummawa da mu ke takawa wajen goyon bayan ayyukan makamashin muhimmi a kontinental”. Lokpobiri ya ce haka.
“Sai dai ina kira ga sauran ƙasashe mambobin APPO da su sauri da biyan kudaden shiga da aka raba musu ga bankin. Tare, za mu iya samun ci gaba mai mahimmanci a masana’antar makamashin mu da kuma kafa mu a matsayin tsakiyar makamashin na kontinental”, ya fada.
