The
former Minister of Power, Prof. Bartholomew Nnaji has emphasized the need for
government to speedily implement the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, saying its
passage would help improve the power sector.
Speaking
at the General Electric, GE, Conference on the challenges facing the power
sector and how GE, innovative machinery has helped improved the epileptic power
in the country; he said the incentives that should attract investors to boost
gas supply and help power reform are imbedded in the PIB.
Nnaji
noted that, “Oil majors in the country should give room for small companies to
manage and develop oil wells that are lying fallow”.
According
to him,
“Investors are fast patronizing the oil and gas sector and in five to
10 years if the bill is passed, the country will be exporting gas product to
other countries”.
Also
speaking, Senior Performance Monitor, Nigeria Intergrated Power Project, NIPP,
Engr. Chike Madueke, said there is great quest for human capital development in
the country.
“We
lack human capital to boost the sector, but a good make-up in human resources
and manpower that can help transform the oil and gas sector in the country.
“The
Ministry of power and environment should come together to form a policy that
would guide their operations. There is a bit of over-regulation in the gas
sector and all of this is addressed in the PIB.”
He
argued that the state of education especially in the tertiary institutions in
the country is in chaos and needs urgent attention.
“The
solution to inefficiency in the power and gas sector is rooted in the aged and
un-upgraded use of equipment facilities that would meet up with international
standards.
“There
is also the urgent need to revitalize the educational infrastructure in the
country and also the deployment of advance technologies that will improve power
supply in the nation” he said.
Meanwhile,
in the midst of shortage of power supply currently witnessed in the country,
two senior secondary students, Samuel-Alli Eveshorhema and Akaeze Kpakpando of
Doregos Private Academy at Agbara, have invented a device that could ease the
pressure on oil.
The
device called “Urine Power Generator” makes use of urine and other waste
products such as ionized water, waste oil and little drop of petrol to power a
generator.
According
to Akaeze, “A lot can be done if we stop complaining instead, we should try to
improve on what is often a challenge and proffer a solution. The invention can
reduce the consumption of fuel or diesel in the Nigeria”.
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