Chinedu Ogwus, Eur Ing (Amb.) has urged Nigeria to take the lead in Africa’s renewable power transition, calling for daring insurance policies and focused investments that might place the nation because the continent’s hub for clear power manufacturing.
Talking on the 2025 Niger Delta Oil & Gasoline Funding & Safety Summit in Calabar, Ogwus, Regional Director, Africa, Robotics & Autonomous Methods, Society of Petroleum Engineers Worldwide, unveiled a blueprint that mixes renewable power incentives, a gas-to-renewables technique, and stable minerals improvement to safe Nigeria’s power future and drive sustainable industrial development.
Delivering a keynote tackle titled “The International Power Transition and Nigeria’s Power Safety,” Ogwus referred to as for large-scale funding in photo voltaic panel and battery manufacturing, backed by authorities incentives to nurture native industries and guarantee sustainable industrialization.
He proposed a five-year tax vacation for renewable power buyers, modeled after the Nigerian Liquefied Pure Gasoline (NLNG) undertaking incentive that helped rework the fuel sector.
In response to him, the same framework would appeal to non-public capital, spur industrial enlargement, and cement Nigeria’s place on the forefront of Africa’s power transition.
He additionally underscored the position of Nigeria’s huge fuel reserves as vital transitional fuels, recommending that revenues from fuel exports be reinvested in renewable tasks.
Past hydrocarbons, he urged the federal authorities to prioritize the event of stable minerals as a brand new income stream able to financing the nation’s 2060 net-zero goal.
On the often-contentious situation of oil-producing communities, Ogwus pressed for clear dialogue and binding Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) between oil firms and host communities.
He insisted that peace and collaboration, not power stay the inspiration for sustainable improvement within the Niger Delta.
He additionally highlighted the position of robotics and autonomous methods in enhancing oil and fuel operations, noting their potential to spice up effectivity, improve security, and strengthen governance.
“Africa’s power future relies upon not solely on manufacturing but additionally on governance, technological innovation, and sustainable funding,” he stated.
Ogwus additionally linked power reform with human improvement, highlighting the work of his Ogwus Youth Empowerment and Neighborhood Growth initiative, which supplies vocational coaching, enterprise help, and empowerment programmes for ladies and susceptible teams.
He described these interventions as very important for tackling the basis causes of unrest in oil-producing areas.
In recognition of his contributions, he was offered with the Niger Delta Oil & Gasoline Excellence Award for his transformative youth empowerment tasks, which have been credited with boosting productiveness within the oil and fuel sector since January 2025.
Contributors on the summit praised Ogwus for bridging industrial innovation with community-focused improvement, describing him as a part of a brand new technology of African leaders who mix imaginative and prescient, influence, and repair.
The summit, hosted by Cross River State Governor Prince Bassey Otu and Deputy Governor, Peter Agbe Odey, introduced collectively high policymakers, buyers, and business leaders. Among the many dignitaries have been Sunday Benson Agadaga (MON); Senator Ned Munir Nwoko, Chairman, Senate Committee on Oil & Gasoline Host Communities; Eteng Jonah Williams, Chairman, Senate Committee on Crude Oil Theft; Obongemgem Ekparikpe, Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream); as I’mell as Hon. Balarabe Abbas Lawal, Minister of State for Petroleum, and the Minister of Setting.
