Witwicky: President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday
expressed delight over the creativity of a 25-
year-old Nigerian, Jessica Matthews, who
invented a power-generating football called
SOCCKET ball.
Matthews, who is a co-founder and Chief
Executive Officer of Unchartedplay, was at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja to present the
ball, which can generate three hours of light
from 30 minutes of play to Jonathan.
She also presented an energy-generating
skipping rope to the President.
While congratulating her on her creativity
and innovativeness, Jonathan said he was
impressed that Matthews, who trained as a
psychologist and economist, developed
herself in the field of science.
He described her feat as a proof of the quality
of human resource present in Nigeria.
The President said the invention was useful as
a major tool that could be used to mobilise
young Nigerians and encourage them to
think more deeply.
Matthews said, “Sometimes power is lost and
you say what can you do to solve this
situation and I saw my cousins and everyone
playing football, playing with everything not
even with football alone.
“I say this is amazing and they can rival
Messi. If we can take this kinetic that is
generated here and use it to address the
issues that we really have; kinetic energy is
used for windmill, why not the ball?”
She said although the items were already on
sale in New York, she had not started making
them in Nigeria.
She, however, said when they would be made
available for sale in Nigeria, the cost would be
equivalent to what people pay for a solar
inverter.
Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun
Aganga, said the Federal Government was
looking at the possibilities of manufacturing
the items in Nigeria and see how to make
them cheaper for Nigerians.
He said, “Jessica is a Nigerian, she studied at
Harvard University, she went to Business
School and actually taught herself Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering. So, she is an
inspiration to every Nigerian especially our
children in Nigerian universities. This is a
product not only for Nigeria, but a product
made in Nigeria by a Nigerian and for the
world.
“The second thing is that the product is
actually versatile, it is not just about the
electricity you see, you can use it to charge
your mobile phones, for fans, so there are so
many things for which it can be used.”

soloxxng: picx pleaz.. I go like see the ball and the girl. Wonderful achievement

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