Author, Reno Omokri has stated that President Bola Tinubu should be commended and not condemned for his idea of introducing solar panels in Aso Rock.
Omokri who spoke via a statement post on X on Tuesday, April 22, noted that it is small-picture thinking to believe that installing solar panels in Aso Rock is tantamount to the President’s lack of faith in the government’s plan to improve electricity generation and transmission in Nigeria.
He added that the White House, which is the seat of the United States Government, has been using solar panels since 1979 under President Jimmy Carter, adding that the panels were replaced and improved under President Ronald Reagan in 1989. Omokri noted that the panels were once replaced by President George W. Bush in 2002, and finally by President Barack Obama in 2013.
According to him, the panels are scheduled to be updated by President Donald Trump. Further, he added that solar panels are scheduled for Buckingham Palace as part of King Charles III’s clean energy project for the British monarchy, while adding that the same ideology is being implemented in France, where the official premises of the French President, the Elysée Palace, are being fitted with geothermal panels that will make that building less dependent on public energy.
Omokri questioned the possibility of the United States Government not having confidence in the ability of the United States Department of Energy to coordinate and provide adequate power for America by using solar panels, even as he questioned the likelihood that the British Royal Family and the French Presidency have no faith in British Gas and Électricité de France to provide power?
He maintained that Solar energy, as well as geothermal power, are the future, and the entire world will eventually transition from fossil fuels and other nonrenewable sources of energy to renewable energy like solar, which does not affect the environment as negatively as current energy sources do.
He stated that like the White House, Aso Rock is not the property of President Tinubu or any incumbent President, adding that it is the abode of the leader of the government and Head of State.
Omokri opined that solar panels provide a cheaper and more affordable alternative to traditional forms of electricity, which in Nigeria are either hydroelectric or generated by power generators. He shared that by installing solar panels at Aso Rock, President Tinubu is leading by example and saving the Nigerian taxpayer money, adding that the more Nigerians use solar energy, the less pressure they put on the national grid, as the grid can then evacuate scarce electric power to where it is most needed, including rural communities and industrial clusters.
Omokri appealed to Nigerians to think things through before jumping on government-bashing trends, adding that it is a total misunderstanding of the issues for anyone to impugn the President and malign the Presidency for an act for which the government ought to be celebrated.
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