What would it be like if Nigeria were to host the Olympics game? Would there be an abundance of electric power, or would it be a case of not enough power on ground?
If you watched the introduction ceremony of the Olympics games, I’m sure the lighting marvelled you. Well, it was not just the brightly coloured environment; rather, it was the fact that the electricity was solely powered by renewable energy.
Tokyo broke the world’s record for being the first-ever country to host the game using only solar PV and Biomass.
The nation planned ahead of the games to avoid not having enough power on ground and following clean energy transitions. The officials estimated that over 80,000 people would come from overseas plus the several thousand that will travel internally from the country for such a small city to host. But they did it anyway.
Could Nigeria, a country with abundant power generating resources such as the sun, wind, biomass, biogas and hydro, do the same if it were to host the Olympics? It is funny how a nation that generates power and sells it to neighbouring countries does not have enough power on the ground for its citizens.
Tokyo was able to pull all of its resources, workforce and finance to ensure a reliable and efficient electricity network to transmit the generated power.
In Nigeria, however, the story is different. There are no plans backed up with actions to fix faulty electricity networks; time and time again, there is always one mishap or another with electricity in the country.