CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
President Muhammadu Buhari’s directives during an audience with a UK based foundation for Good Governance for Development in Nigeria to the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the Ministry of Agriculture to wave the knotty issue of collateral to enable farmers access money to boost productivity had a boost and advice by a renewable energy expert. P.M.EXPRESS reports that Renewable Energy Promotion expert and Researcher, Prince Okedele Timothy Adekola appealed to the Federal Government to extend all loan facilities as well as wavers to renewable energy sector to complement the Agro Sector with functional renewable solar, wind Off-Grid and Hybrid advanced technologies of new alternative power plants in Nigeria.
Prince Okedele stressed that President Buhari’s second tenure should be the period of consolidating on development and with strong morality in the leadership, committed stakeholders in development agenda and renewable Energy sector, it was achievable.
“Without grants or loan facilities, renewable energy researchers may not be able to attain their full potentials and there won’t be NEXT LEVEL in the sector” he said.
He advised the Federal Government to take the advantage of open partnership with researchers in renewable and alternative energy in the country (with track record) for the development and commercialization of Advanced Technologies of New Alternative Power Engineering to boost productivities of all other sectors of the nation’s economy including SMART City and Agric-Tourism.
He noted that the use of One-Stop-Solution System in line with President Buhari’s plan for MSMEs entrepreneurs will enhance the development of the nation economy as being practiced in Singapore, Russia, Australia,Brazil, USA, India and South Korea for boosting their food security, mass employment, attracting foreign investors, investments and equal wealth growth.
“Countries improve Gross Domestic Productivity fast and easy with One Stop Solution and achieve clean Environment/Mobility, Massive industrialization, and Improved their Human Productivity, as well as expanding the nations’ economic activities rooted in the values of One Stop Solution System” Okedele said.
The Osun State born energy expert, MD/CEO, Prince AdeS Oke Int’l Ventures, who said that he has been promoting sustainability of new and renewable energy technology in Nigeria since 2010 with self finance and effort, promised to support the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Agric Bank and Commercial Bank with “One–Stop-Solution system” in facilitating success in their dealing with Micro Small and Medium projects as his team of experts and investors from India, Russia, USA, Singapore have come to the conclusion to assist Nigeria and other African countries in tackling challenges of food, employment, MSME, power, environment, waste and rural community development as well as tone down planet change problems in Africa.
Okedele commended the Federal Government on efforts in agriculture for food sufficiency but pointed that energy deficit or absence in most farms or agro firms have been a serious bane to the growth of the sector, asserting that the new energy sources can ameliorate the plights of the farmers, apart from the loans from his research.
“My visit to Igbimo Rice Mill in Ekiti, Dr. Fish processing operated by “Lovirhap Ventures” both under the Federal Ministry of Science & Technology’s Technology Incubation Centre (TIC) and as well as Manifold Fish Farm at Ado,Ekiti and various sawmills visited in Osun State, revealed the difficulty the farmers (mostly agro-processing sector) and all other sectors entrepreneurs are facing.”
He advised that the government should partner with experienced renewable energy experts and researchers to provide working solar off-Grid/Hybrid energy system to all these farms settlement and milling facilities across the nation as a way to revolutionize agro sector and create massive employment for the youths.