On Tuesday, March 7, ZENITHBLOG.com reported that Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki will lead a five-man delegation of the Nigerian Upper House of legislature, on a three-day visit to the German parliament, the Bundestag.
Saraki publishes photos of powerful Senate delegation in Berlin, their mission could change Nigeria forever (Photos)
The trip is to be aimed at promoting improved economic relations between Nigeria and Germany and also for peer review purpose.
The Senate President has given photo proof of the mission to Berlin, one in which he lead four other prominent legislators including: Senate deputy majority leader – Bala Ibn Na’allah, chairman of foreign affairs committee – Monsurat Sunmonu, chairman of the committee on power Enyinnaya Abaribe and chairman, committee on defence, Abubakar Kyari.
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Saraki publishes photos of powerful Senate delegation in Berlin, their mission could change Nigeria forever (Photos)
Saraki gave deeper insight of the trip, via a statement on his Facebook wall.
He said: “Yesterday, As part of my official visit to Berlin, Germany. I visited a German Village, Feldheim, where residents combine efforts and local resources to produce clean and renewable energy.
Power supply remains top in the agenda of the Senate as it is a key instrument for eradicating poverty and unleashing the potentials of the people.
That is why we had a workshop on power sector last month. It is also why we are here to see the experiment and success of the people of Feldheim and see what our people can learn from it.
Saraki publishes photos of powerful Senate delegation in Berlin, their mission could change Nigeria forever (Photos)
We have to amend the laws to allow communities to generate energy that is more than 10 megawatts and even the laws about power transmission and distribution have to be amended to allow more creativity and involvement from the private sector.
While briefing the delegation, Project Manager of the facility, Werner Frohwitter said the project was one in which “citizens take their energy supply into their own hands” as they contributed money to build bio-gas plants which use slurry and manure from their pigs and cows and wind farms.
Saraki publishes photos of powerful Senate delegation in Berlin, their mission could change Nigeria forever (Photos)
He added that though the village has a population of 140 people, it hosts about 4,000 visitors yearly comprising students, politicians, researchers, scholars and journalists who want to learn about how the people’s efforts led to the generation of 10mw of electricity, from which they sell the excess to the national power grid.
Frohwitter said Feldheim is now a community which produces “safe, local, economic and ecological supply of heat and electricity organised by and under the responsibility of the citizens independent from the grids of conventional power utility companies”.
Saraki publishes photos of powerful Senate delegation in Berlin, their mission could change Nigeria forever (Photos)
The Senate delegation, on return to Berlin on Wednesday night, also had a discussion with Mr. Thomas Silberhorn, the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development on how to foster economic exchange between the European giant and Nigeria.
Saraki publishes photos of powerful Senate delegation in Berlin, their mission could change Nigeria forever (Photos)
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