FG Solicits Sakeholders’ Collaboration On Energy  Potential

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Sen. Adeleke Mamora, has solicited energy stakeholders’ collaboration to maximally harness the nation’s energy potentialities for development.
Mamora made the call when he declared open a 3-day expanded stakeholders’ engagement and interactive consultations on the proposed 30 megawatt hybrid pilot wind farm projects  in Sokoto, recently.
The Tide source  reports that the projects are located at Jaredi Town and Shagari Earth Dam in Shagari Local Government Area.
He said the stakeholders’ engagement and consultation was intended to, among other things, seek to highlight and chart a way forward for the country to deepen, grow and develop the energy sector for sustainable development.
“Our abundant renewable energy resources need to be harnessed effectively. I understand that we have experts from relevant fields that will share with us. I am excited, my ministry is having a very good working relationship with international, regional and relevant stakeholder-energy organisations to facilitate the needed development in the sector”, he said.
Mamora added that the just-concluded COP 27 in Egypt came at a critical moment in the fight against climate change and had emphasized on the need to expand our energy access, decarbonise the global energy system and transform the approach to economy.
According to him, the choice of Sokoto State cannot be over emphasized as all available data reports suggested it had favourable renewable energy potentialities.
The Minister lauded the State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, for his encouraging policies on energy resources and commitment to economic rejuvenation, which were intended to drive Federal Government’s drives.
“President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration since 2015 strived to provide an enabling environment for private investments into the energy sector and renewable energy deployment”, he said.
In his remark, Tambuwal, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Mainasara Ahmad, reiterated the State Government’s determination on exploring energy potentials.
He noted that the State Government established the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Resources besides the Ministry of Science and Technology to key into global best practices on providing needed energy for socio-economic activities and enhancing productivity.
Earlier,  the Vice-Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto,  Prof. Lawal Bilbis, commended the Federal Government on the drives,  adding that  more experts were available in the country to conduct researches and translate them into actions to achieve maximum benefits of country’s energy sector.
Bilbis, who spoke via  the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation, Prof. Lawal Sa’id, said a combined synergy between stakeholders would surely facilitate the achievement of the desired impacts.

The Tide’s source reports that Director General, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Jidere Bala, Director General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Dr. DanAzumi Ibrahim, Sokoto State Commissioners for Energy and Petroleum Resources and Science and Technology, Alhaji Balarabe Dandin-Mahe and Hajia Kulu Haruna respectively delivered goodwill messages.
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