The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has said Nigeria’s energy transition plan is not well thought out because the federal government wants to align with the west.
APWEN said the plan which is a borrowed idea does not suit Nigeria’s peculiarity as the country still has over-dependence on fossil fuels and energy poverty, hence, the conversation of energy transition should be looked into from the Nigerian perspective rather than the western perspective.
The submission which was contained in a communique issued at the end of its annual conference in Abuja at the weekend noted that it is too premature to start talking of energy transition as Nigeria needs to take control of the narrative.
“Historical, content or per capita basis most of the Hydrocarbons is from the developing world. Africa’s carbon production is 3.5% and Nigeria is less than 0.5%, the big question is how do we engineer our country to achieve carbon neutrality?”
It said Nigeria must therefore move away from being an exporting country to an energy utilizing country by processing and utilizing crude oil and gas for domestic energy needs in order to drive industrialization and create jobs and provide electricity for over 200million Nigerians.
While underscoring the importance of technology acquisition for the transition, it said over 18 million jobs must be created for the energy transition plan created by the government to be achievable.
