The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said Nigeria is ready to domesticate methanol fuel production for economic development.
The Minister said this when the National Coordinator of the Movement for the Implementation of Methanol Fuel in the Niger Delta (MIMFIND) led by Comrade Stephen Okenarhe, and his group paid a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja, a statement from the ministry said.
MIMFiND is a coalition made up of members of the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality (MOSIEND), Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Niger Delta Liberators, Movement of Niger Delta (MOND), Bakassi, Fighters among others.
“We want to make sure that the mistake the nation made with crude oil is not repeated with methanol, and this requires actual technology by Expatriates to domesticate Crude oil exploration here in Niger.”
The National Coordinator of the Movement for the Implementation of Methanol Fuel in the Niger Delta (MIMFiND) Mr. Stephen Okenrhe, appealed to the government to approve funds from the gas flare penalty purse, to be used to kick start the proper implementation process in affected communities in the Niger Delta Region.
source: dailytrust
