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We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by 1Dray(m): 2:40pm On Sep 23, 2023
NSUKKA – The Dean, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, Prof. Emenike Ejiogu, on Thursday, proposed to inject 7,000 megawatts of electricity across the 774 local government areas in Nigeria through the gasification plant.

Prof. Ejiogu who is also the Director, Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development, ACE-SPED, further said that Nigeria must adopt energy mix in order to stave off energy crisis crippling the economy, adding that the conventional national grid has proven to be insufficient in meeting the country’s energy needs.

He spoke as the 190th Inaugural Lecture of the University of Nigeria at the Princess Alexandra Auditorium, UNN, adding that through gasification plant, 10,000 megawatts of electricity can be injected into all the 774 local government areas in Nigeria through distributed energy generation.

While presenting the topic of the lecture titledMy Engineering Odyssey: Energy Security, Energy Sustainability and Bringing Power to the People,’ he explained that the gasification plant is an engineering system which is designed and fabricated locally with 100% local content, and which converts organic solid materials into synthetic gas for electric power generation and other uses.

The conventional power industries in Nigeria with huge generating plants, produce huge amount of power and transmit it at a long distance. The disadvantage of this is that you have to cover the entire country with transmission lines which would result in huge financial losses. The technical manpower is not equally there to maintain this power arrangement because most of the materials are imported.

“In this situation, the best thing to think of is distributed-generation of energy. This can be done by creating micro and mini grids across locations in Nigeria so that we can generate power and distribute locally. Gasification plant is one of the enabling technologies that can help you achieve this. The advantage of distributed-generation is that you can generate your power locally and manage it locally.

“When you have a lot of these micro and mini grids, you can begin to tie them together so that in the end, you will have a network. With this arrangement, you can infuse huge amount of energy into our power sector without huge investment in transmission lines and other materials. This is an enabling technology because you can easily go into the 774 local government areas across the country and give each of them 10 megawatts of power which would result to 7,740 megawatts of power. This is already more than what our national grid is generating and transmitting. If the political will is there, you can infuse huge amount of energy in our sector within a period of two to three years. It is only the gasification technology that can give you that flexibility because we would be producing fuel from waste materials and coal which are in abundance in this country
,” he explained.

He also said “With the current epileptic power supply in the country occasioned by the frequent collapse of the national grid, this is time to give proper attention to alternative power source.

“Our designed gasification plant converts solid wastes into gas, just like the refineries which turns crude oil into petrol and other products. What we need is the fund to mass produce it.

“Organizations can comfortably depend and run on it, what is required is to change the already existing diesel generators and modify them to run on gas and it will serve as mini-grid.

“Depending on public power supply alone has negatively impacted on production outputs and services of organisations in Nigeria, which as well have affected the national economy because some organisation can no longer operate under the epileptic power supply with price of diesel always on a high side,” he said.

In his address, the Vice Chancellor of UNN, Prof. Charles Igwe, who was also the chairman of the occasion, said that Nigerian universities cannot really be autonomous if the managements can produce services which would make them self-sustaining.

He described Prof. Ejiogu’s lecture as germane, especially as the country is still grappling with epileptic power supply, adding that keying into the lecturer’s alternative power generation would save Nigeria some cost of running only on the conventional power.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/09/energy-security-we-can-power-774-lgas-in-nigeria-within-24-months-unn-don/

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Wisereborn: 2:44pm On Sep 23, 2023
Will the government allow it

There will be no avenue for them to borrow undecided

They are the greatest problem we are having in this country undecided

Protect yourselves and light up your immediate environment first

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by accordadoga30(f): 2:45pm On Sep 23, 2023
Hehehe

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by inoki247: 2:48pm On Sep 23, 2023
Lol naso he dey sweet for mouth....


Before we starts have you been able to Provide UNN 247 electricity first let's start from dere we need someone to confirm that first....


We av seen almost all this big Churches from RCCG, Winners generating derr Power dem sef when will all this Schls stop depending on DiSCOS...

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by duro4chang(m): 2:52pm On Sep 23, 2023
He should start from one local government so that we will all see

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Brendaniel: 2:53pm On Sep 23, 2023
I feel like saying a lot of things here about this power issue but....
Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by banku: 3:01pm On Sep 23, 2023
Thank you Professor.

All the old universities were empowered with brain, know-how and technical abilities of solar, gas and wind power available in their laboratories to extend it to local governments.

What happened?

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Jennieee4(f): 3:03pm On Sep 23, 2023
Nice
Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by 1Dray(m): 3:13pm On Sep 23, 2023
Wisereborn:
Will the government allow it

There will be no avenue for them to borrow undecided

They are the greatest problem we are having in this country undecided

Protect yourselves and light up your immediate environment first

They obviously won't, for obvious reasons.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Utsmandanfodio: 3:19pm On Sep 23, 2023
He should do it in one local govt first

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by 1Dray(m): 3:21pm On Sep 23, 2023
Utsmandanfodio:
He should do it in one local govt first
With which fund?
Find him and see if won't do it.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by 1Dray(m): 3:22pm On Sep 23, 2023
duro4chang:
He should start from one local government so that we will all see
With which fund?
Fund him and see if he won't deliver.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by banku: 3:23pm On Sep 23, 2023
We know those we elected. Moreover, we cannot blame governments on everything.

Private ventures, eg pharmaceuticals drugs, agriculture in Kwara or Mayflower High School even space ventures come out of universities. Many universities even support themselves from the profits.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by duro4chang(m): 3:25pm On Sep 23, 2023
1Dray:
With which fund? Find he and see if he won't do it.
Ok

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by GeneralPula: 3:27pm On Sep 23, 2023
Wisereborn:
Will the government allow it

There will be no avenue for them to borrow undecided

They are the greatest problem we are having in this country undecided

Protect yourselves and light up your immediate environment first
Tell them to power Abia state first before the whole Nigeria. Electricity generation and distribution has been deregulated by Buhari. Every state can generate it own electricity..

I’m sure Alex Otti will allow it..

Btw... the greatest problem we’re having is this federalism! We should just go back to regionalism!

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by RepoMan007: 3:53pm On Sep 23, 2023
What he is saying is quite simple and the trendy way of power generation advanced nations are embracing. Distributed generation tied together by a bigger grid but personal greed is not helping issues.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Bukola94(m): 3:59pm On Sep 23, 2023
Wisereborn:
Will the government allow it

There will be no avenue for them to borrow undecided

They are the greatest problem we are having in this country undecided

Protect yourselves and light up your immediate environment first
Solar energy with this innovation will make our homes and environment light up

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Racoon(m): 4:19pm On Sep 23, 2023
In so much that alternative and more efficient energy source away from oil to non-oil renewable energy sources is the modern trend, the utilisation of solar panel is a potential Nigeria have not effective employed. I guess if the government is willing and able, the this can be achieve.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by illicit(m): 4:22pm On Sep 23, 2023
🤸

Dey play
Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Gadafii: 4:34pm On Sep 23, 2023
Govt will definitely not allow this to happen

Terrorism and power are one of the major, sources of embezzlement in this country

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by christejames(m): 4:38pm On Sep 23, 2023
What a great lecture by the don, it's now left for the govt to think towards this research...





UNN is indeed ahead!

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Budare: 4:38pm On Sep 23, 2023
Kumid:
Pointing at lack of institution as our main problem in Nigeria
really
Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by SpecialAdviser(m): 4:38pm On Sep 23, 2023
Nonesense noisemakers everywhere. I recently visited UNN my alma mater and found out everywhere was dark.

Let this efulefu power UNN first. UNN is rapidly losing its glory in the hands of it's latest fraud managers.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Funkyswagzz(m): 4:38pm On Sep 23, 2023
Lol as if they take your idea our government is allergic to local manufacturers.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Nairalander248: 4:38pm On Sep 23, 2023
Na Ghana go soon supply us light

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by Femich18(m): 4:39pm On Sep 23, 2023
Good

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by saphiere(f): 4:39pm On Sep 23, 2023
Now you people won't show me love. When you hear Sarah is gone you will start a gofundme in my name.

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Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by odenkirk: 4:39pm On Sep 23, 2023
he is just looking for a way to cashout. anyway who will help me with 500 so that i will not sleep with again
Re: We Can Power 774 LGAs In Nigeria Within 24 Months – Prof. Emenike Ejiogu by fabolouz1(m): 4:39pm On Sep 23, 2023
Power enugu first.

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