The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) states the Federal Government will sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysian Government to establish palm biomass in the nation.
Amb. Alphosus Inyang, President of NPPAN, revealed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja.
Inyang recognized palm biomass as a multi- billion dollars economy.
“Biomass just implies farming waste and we are discussing turning waste to wealth.”
The president stated NPPAN was dealing with its equivalent in Malaysia to reproduce what was occurring in Malaysian palm biomass and other biomass, in Nigeria.
He stated that advancement of palm biomass might contribute 10 billion dollars to National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) within 4 years and produce over 5 million tasks within 5 years
Inyang stated that Nigeria created countless farming waste yearly, including that finalizing MoU would allow the nation to produce commercial items, produce electrical power, produce medication and fertiliser to name a few as suitable in Malaysia.
He stated the majority of the furnishings products being imported like the high density fiber wood, medium density fiber wood and other items being produced from biomass might be produced within the nation when the MoU remained in location.
“This gesture will assist to restore our environment since the majority of these things are being tilled back into the soil and assistance to get carbon credit for Nigeria; it will likewise assist in maintaining our forest, saving our environment and produce tasks.
“The palm tree is 90 percent biomass and 10 percent palm oil.
“So, the palm tree, the trunk, is a biomass, the palm kanel shell comprises fiber, the empty lots, palm front and numerous other parts of the tree are biomass which are presently been squandered in Nigeria.
“But in Malaysia, it has actually ended up being a multi-billion dollars economy.
“They are utilizing this biomass to produce electrical power, to produce furnishings product, produce natural fertiliser, medication and a great deal of things.
“We have actually gone round a number of these factories in Malaysia and they have actually accepted sign MoU with our federal government to duplicate very same thing in Nigeria,” he stated.
The president stated that the association was presently dealing with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment for the advancement of National Biomass Master Plan for Nigeria.
Inyang recognized the strategy as a design template or policy file that would work as a guide to the application of palm biomass.
According to him, the MoU is in between the Malaysia Biomass Industry Confederation and NPPAN.
Inyang stated that the master strategy would remain in put on or before June.
He, nevertheless, interested the Ministry of Industry, to help with the advancement of the National Biomass Master Plan for Nigeria.