MAN, UNIDO Partner on Cleaner, Efficient Industrial Energy
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have partnered to introduce the use of cheaper and cleaner sources of energy to power their operations in the country.
The partnership also aims to address the huge cost spent by manufacturing concerns on power which currently constitute about 40 per cent of the cost of production.
The Environment Expert, United Nation Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Regional Office for Nigeria and ECOWAS, Oluyomi Banjo, said the move was apt considering the world transiting into cleaner and cheaper fuel.
The two organisations, at a workshop, to mark the official commencement of implementation of the ” Improving Nigeria’s industrial energy performance and resource-efficient cleaner production” said project aim to showcase the importance and benefits of the scheme to industrial stakeholders in Nigeria.
Banjo said the project is to introduce the concept of efficient cleaner production and also industrial energy efficiency to Nigerian industries, pointing out it would teach Nigerian industries how to manufacture in a responsible and sustainable manner while also introducing technologies to housekeeping rules.
“It is to teach our industries how to minimise energy usage while also controlling environmental problems. It will also increase Nigeria’s capacity for cleaner production and energy efficiency,” he added.
He pointed out that from previous studies, a minimum of 30 per cent of the cost of production practically goes to energy consumption, stressing that the project has a tendency to significantly lower the cost of production significantly.
“So this means that companies would spend less, make more profit and at the same time, the environment will be cleaner and people’s health can be protected from pollution and emission issues. It will also help our industries to adopt better methods of production and manufacturing of products and services,” he said.
Also speaking, the director-general, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria. Segun Ajayi-Kadiri said there is a need to leverage the opportunity available to improve the efficiency and also reduce the cost of electricity consumption, particularly, the cost of electricity concern.
The DG who was represented by Oluwasegun Osidipe explained that the uniqueness of the project does not lie on energy efficiency alone but it’s important for Nigerians and industrialists to take advantage of the opportunity to benefit maximally.
He urged members of the association, organised private sector operators, LCCI, NASSI among others to take advantage of the implementation of the global environment facility project to maximally achieve their said objectives.
Folusho Agunbiade, an Industrial Chemist at the University of Lagos, said the Nigerian economy is much of a resource-based economy, and it is time to move to a management-based economy which the University of Lagos building human capacity for.
“We do this through research, so we generate quality research that will support knowledge creation to drive the nation’s economy,” he said.
“We would be developing human capacity to facilitate cleaner production. We want to emphasize on production and as we are doing that, we are doing it in a cleaner and sustainable way,” he said.
He added that globally, there is a demand to reduce the cost of energy using renewable sources for energy utilisation
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