The managing director, Siemens Energy West Africa, Seun Suleiman, Monday, said Nigeria still requires a centralised power system despite her quest for different solutions to end the nation’s energy crisis.
He said such centralised power system when fully developed and functional can still be sold out by the government to other vendors.
Suleiman spoke at the plenary session of the 3rd Faculty of Engineering and Technology International Conference (FETICON) of the University of Ilorin, North-central Nigeria.
The theme of this year’s conference is ” Revitalising Communities: The Role of Indigenous Technologies in Addressing Food Security, Energy and Economic Challenges for Sustainable Future.”
The Siemens MD also asked governors to take advantage of Nigeria’s Entergy Act to decentralise power generation and distribution in the country.
“Nigeria requires a multi- approach solution including centralised and decentralised power to solve the country’s energy crisis.
“The governors should use electricity act to decentralise power, it is a multi approach, both centralised and decentralised power is what we need to solve power problem in Nigeria,” he said.
In his keynote address, professor of Biosystem Engineering at Gyeogsang National University (GNU), Jinju ,South Korea, Hyeon Tae Kim, canvassed for the adaption of smart farm technology to boost food security in Nigeria.
He said Nigeria, unlike South Korea, has comparative advantage in agriculture practices, but has not adequately deploy technology to drive the system.