Letter to the Sec- Gen of The UN by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth, London, England
You are a secretary and a general the worlds most impossible job if i am to go by Dag Hammarskjold
I am the secretary for Nigeria , Tesla society of New york city, today happens to belong not to Tesla but to michael Faraday father of Electricity september 22 1791 he was born here in UK and Nikola Tesla as you might already know , is referred to as the father of the 20th century because of his contribution to the development of the electricity industry, precisely alternative current,you made a first class degree in electrical engineering! Awesome! So we are in safe hands,
Mr Guterres we have 6000 megawatts of electricity in nigeria we need 300,000. Call it an energy crisis, youmay be right. What has been advanced decades ago is a center for total energy studies to be located at the university of ibadan and ibadan reminding of new york city is the world's largest indigenous black city,and the political nerve center of the black world,
Mr Gutteres , I would like to tell your 77th assembly that Our problem in is sustainable development goal number 7 especially as it concerns manufacturing in nigeria, the headquarters of the manufacturers association of nigeria happens to be at 77 obafemi awolowo,way ikeja lagos . I see the Governor of Lagos state , Babajide Sanwo olu is there with you in New York city.He has his base at Ikeja.
Obafemi awolowo founded the unity party of nigeria this day september 22 , 44 years ago with the logo of a candle lighting up nigeria. that candle is metaphysical, the Nigerian electric power authorityNEPA, long after became NEPA plc and people termed that to mean quite cynically, PLEASE LIGHT CANDLE. For several years running as you know, michael faraday gave a series of lectures, the christmas lectures under the title the chemical history of a candle
. Michael faraday rejected the presidency of the royal society and obafemi awolowo became the best president nigeria never had. The university named after him, obafemi awolowo university used to have the best programme in west Africa in electronics and electrical Engineering.today the story may be different.
On manufacturing,we have a home grown solution in professor Banji Oyelaran oyeyinka, Nigeria's first PhD inTechnologymanagement and industrialization policy, like you, a first class degree holder but a chemical engineer The Chemical Engineers described as the universal engineers, they have the strongest work load as undergraduates second only to the Architecture students, oyeyinka oyelaran also doubles as the adviser on industrialization to the president of the African development bank. DR Akinwuni Adesina,Call him Mr Africa.very progressive.
Today also is the Birthday of another Michael, Professor Micheal Faborode a top notch Agricultural Engineer and ex vice chancellor Obafemi Awolowo university. The agric engineers have been compared with the Aerospace Engineers because of the complexity of things that they do
So we are made to understand that Agriculture or agro allied industries are a stepping stone to full blown manufacturing and we have a home grown solution in the sPecial agro processing zones as advanced by Professor Banji Oyelaran Oyeyinka. I think for the sake of Africa you and the new york crowd should be regularly in touch with professor Banji Oyelaran oyeyinka and professor Micheal Faborode who was recently secretary- General, just like, you but of the committee of Nigerian vice chancellors, an impossible job like yours. Faborode has also been a member of the committee of Deans of Engineering African universities. And president of the African body of agric engineers. Mr Guterres with just these two men we need not import tractors and stuff like that, we need not be just consumers of everything and anthing
In the words of Obafemi Awolowo, One of the badges of poverty is the inability of men to invent and maintain machines, this speaks to the need of people like Professor Oyelaran Oyeyinka and Professor Micheal Faborode. I rest my case. Thanks you
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