With Trump and Putin unable to reach an agreement on Ukraine, how about President Tinubu steps in and tries to cash in on the situation

Ayo Akinfe

[1] After the Ukrainian war broke out, a European Union delegation visited Abuja and said they want Nigeria to replace Russia as their main gas supplier. President Tinubu needs to firm up they deal with long term supply contracts and a masterplan that would guarantee at least $50bn in income

[2] If Nigeria wants to replace Russia in the international market, we simply need to build a similar sized plant to Russia’s Surgut-2 Power Station. It is the largest gas-fired power station in the world with an installed capacity of 5,597MW

[3] American multinational conglomerate corporation General Electric, manufactured and supplied the generators that Russian power the plant. President Tinubu needs to open talks with them about supplying similar generators for our planned plant. He should ask President Trump to throw his weight behind the deal

[4] Nigeria has announced plans to build the Ethiope Energy Ogorode Gas Fired Power Plant in the Niger Delta. It is planned to generate 2,800MW. As a people, we must insist that this project goes ahead and the standard is up to what exists in Russia

[5] E.ON Russia runs the Russian plant and E.ON is the majority stakeholder of OGK- 4 and currently holds 78.3% stake in the company. German giant E.ON, runs one of the world's largest investor-owned electric utility service providers. Maybe we should invite them to be a major stakeholder in our planned gas-fired plant

[6] Nigeria currently flares 17.2bn cubic metres of gas today. Surgat uses 5.9m cubit feet of gas a year, so Nigeria could supply it about three times over

[7] Surgut's turbines have an efficiency rate of 55.9% which is 33% higher than the turbines currently functioning in other Russian power plants. It is a very environmentally-friendly plant. Nigeria as a nation needs to start thinking green as she expands industrially. Is anyone thinking about our carbon footprint at all?

[8] Surgut currently employs 1,249 persons. Just imagine how many ancillary jobs a similar sized power plant could create in Nigeria. If we had three of such facilities, we are looking at mega employment for our people

[9] Can someone please tell me when a Nigerian delegation will replicate this Russian site in the Niger Delta. Just imagine the impact of one of these being built at Degema, Buguma, Patani, Yenagoa, Ahoada or Nembe

[10] Nato has warned that the Russia/Ukraine war could last for several years. Nigeria should set herself two main gas targets before this war ends - Become the leading global exporter of natural gas and generate 50,000MW of electricity from gas-fired power plants.

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