“Without developing adequate infrastructure as the necessary platform for sustainability of Nigeria’s gas expansion program and other alternative energies, including electric mobility, we are just wasting resources”.
That was the summation at the end of the presentation of Mr Kelvin Emmanuel at the one day stakeholders knowledge meeting organized by Businessday and Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), held earlier today.
Taking it measure by measure, Mr Emmanuel, who is the CEO of Dairy Hills Limited, advocated for increased investment in both gas infrastructure and electricity generation to boost the adoption of gas and electric mobility options.
“With less than 2000km of pipeline infrastructure in Nigeria, how do you deliver on the gas expansion programme? Through trucking? And for how long and at what distances?”
This, he opined is unsustainable.
“Without adequate investment in infrastructure,especially at the midstream, Nigeria can not deliver on the National Gas Transition Programme”
Basing his presentation on what he termed the realities on ground, the energy analyst also advocated for policy coordination and political will to deliver on the energy transition.
He also cautioned on adopting wholesale such technologies without providing the necessary implementation framework and supporting infrastructure to support their adoption.
This was echoed by several other speakers, who emphasized on the need to critically address how to sustain Nigeria’s energy security.
According to the energy experts, the problem is not in formulating policies but in acknowledging that policies do not work independently of each other but are rather interdependent.
They especially lamented the fact that most policies are not reflective of on-the-ground situations; insisting that policies on alternative fuels must be reflective of socio-economic realities.
