Former Director General, National Energy Commission, Professor Abubakar Sambo has said Nigeria has the capacity to address the electricity deficit in the country by adequately harnessing its oil and gas resources with optimum utilisation of modern technologies.
Similarly, the Professor Emeritus in energy also observed that carbon emissions capture and storage can be controlled with adequate emphasis to promoting tree plantations.
Sambo spoke at the “ Chemistry in Energy +” maiden conference organised by PTDF Professorial Chair in Petroleum Chemistry , Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
Sambo, a former Vice Chancellor of ATBU, Bauchi and President Nigeria Academic of Science, noted that if Nigeria can harness all it gas resources, there would be remarkable improvement in addressing the public demand for energy.
“ We need to explore all mechanisms to facilitate sustainable generation and utilisation of our oil and gas reserves to maximally attain zero level carbon emissions to perfect our Carbone capture for improved energy supply.
“ We also need to increase tree plantation activities to further deepen the GGWP in more organised and sustainable ways,” Sambo said, citing Saudi Arabia as a practical example in that direction.
The theme of the conference was “ Sustainable Chemistry and Chemical Technology in Energy Transmission”
Declaring the conference open, Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto noted that technology and education were critical components that would adequately drive the energy needs of Nigeria to attain sound economic growth through innovations that would foster progress.
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Aliyu Sokoto represented by the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Aminu Abdullahi acknowledged the role of critical stakeholders in the energy sub- sector of the economy and hoped the conference would strengthen avenue for the exploration of new ideas for the advancement of frontiers of sciences for national development.
“ Which is why the state government maintains the ministry of Petroleum and Energy Resources inorder to demonstrate commitment to improving energy and petroleum related activities for public benefit,”Aliyu Sokoto said.
In his keynote address, Mr Mustafa Sugungun, Managing Director, KRPC said Nigeria needed to focus more on how to ensure energy availability, sustainability and affordability through adequate utilisation, conversion and conservation for national development using modern technologies.
“ We need to renew our efforts inorder to sustain chemistry and chemical technology to discover new technologies alternative energy sources fir enhanced sustainable feedbacks.
