Expert advises FG to encourage domestic refining of bio-fuel

Mr. Hussaini Solomon, a bio-fuel practitioner, has urged the Federal Government to adopt a policy to encourage the masses to take interest in refining biofuel to reduce dependence on petroleum products

Solomon, the Managing Director of Biodiesel Nigeria Limited, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja yesterday that it was easy to establish biofuel refineries because it did not require heavy machinery or intensive capital to start.

According to him, every home in Nigeria can have a bio-fuel refinery, thereby halting the over-dependence on petroleum products.

Solomon said Nigerians had no business being idle or unemployed.

Solomon said, “Every household can own a biofuel refinery. I have a farm in Dekina, Kogi State, and the electricity is generated from my plants; from producing bio-fuels, power my farm and my whole community.

“The technology is not cumbersome; all that is required is policy, will of government and the private sector and we are good to go.

“We supply places like MTN and for years we’ve not had any complaints because another thing is that it burns slower.

“We can have resource control domiciled in each family in the country. It can be planted on 10 hectares and four million could be made every year for 50 years without replanting.’’

Solomon urged the millions of unemployed undergraduates and corps members in the nation to key into the project, saying “it is profitable and sustainable”.