IBRAHIM QUADRI
The Chancellor and Chairman, Board of Regents Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Dr David Oyedepo has expressed hope that the experience of Canaanland in terms of stable power supply can be replicated in Nigeria.
The highly respected chancellor gave this remark on Friday during the 33rd inaugural lecture, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State.
The inaugural lecture titled, ‘Energy Poverty in the Midst of Abundant Natural Resources: The Agonizing Power Supply,’ was delivered by one of the university’s lecturer, Prof Anthony Adoghe.
In his remark, the Chancellor who was represented by Pastor Niyi Beecroft said, “And I’m happy that we’re studying this in this campus today. In this Canaanland where by the grace of God’s since inception, we see good reforms. Hallelujah! We are far, almost all the time, occasionally it goes off for a while, but it comes back again. We’ve never had a situation where it goes off and then it’s forever. No, we don’t have that at all. And even most of the time it goes off in one part, the other parts are lighted, and we quickly restore the place that it went off, and it’s continued since we’ve been here in 1998.”
In his welcome address, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Timothy Anake said the inaugural lecture, “is not merely a ceremonial tradition, it is a celebration of intellectual excellence. It represents a formal recognition of academic achievement and provides a platform for professors to share the depth and breadth of their research and insights with the university community and the wider public.
“Today’s lecture, focusing on energy poverty in the midst of abundant natural resources, highlighting that agonizing power supply in Nigeria could not be more timely.
“As a university, deeply committed to raising a new generation of leaders and driving development through cutting-edge research and innovation, we are continually engaged with the complex challenges facing our nation, Nigeria, and indeed our continent, Africa.
“At Convenant University, our clear and compelling vision of raising a new generation of leaders is not a slogan, it is a divine mandate. Our commitment is to nurture undergraduate and postgraduate students to redefine fields, shape societies, and influence the world through a unique blend of custom-built courses including a mandatory diploma in leadership. Our mission goes beyond knowledge delivery. It is to equip men and women with a robust blend of character, competence, and capacity anchored on our core values of spirituality, possibility mentality, capacity building, integrity, responsibility, diligence, and sacrifice.”
The lecturer, Prof Adoghe said, “Nigeria power system is characterized by the huge gap between supply and demand, current power demand is estimated at 17.520mw, including latent and suppressed demand against 5.300mw peak generation. As a result about 85 million Nigerians have been reported to have no access to electricity.
Giving the way forward, Adoghe posited, “From our research outcome, it becomes imperative to chart way forward.
To address energy poverty in the country, he proposed: upgrading power infrastructure, need for further unbundling of the current distribution sub-sector, commercial alignment, solar energy, rooftop solar system, battery storage and embracing distributed energy resources among others.
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