Propelling the Nations Economic Growth through Critical Infrastructural Development: The Chemical (Process) Engineering Perspectives on the Nigerian Refineries and the Future Energy

Abstract

Muhammad Nuru Idris

The best practice in engineering and technology is through the establishment of workable institutional framework which culminate with quality manpower and efficient maintenance at minimum cost to achieving a higher yield of production and services. However, the advancement of technology has not only improved human life progressively, but has added a meaningful value to it.

A good infrastructural development, excellent maintenance and room for future expansion will help Nigeria and global world to achieving a desirable progress in the social-political and economic development. For instance, the existing Nigerian-refineries need a holistic attention with enacted disciplines of the government and all the stakeholders. The challenges of these refinery infrastructures rested on adequate commitment, poor maintenance, saboteurs and no- current-plan for upgrading/expanding the existing facilities to cater for both domestic needs and possibly foreign supply of refined crude.

The quest of this paper is to driving at ways forward toward improving the Nigerian refineries’ existing infrastructures, collaboration of experts [locally and internationally] and possible expansion projects which will not only address fraudulent activities in the oil sector, but equally increase the nation’s gross domestic projects [GDP]. This paper is calling on the government and policy makers to develop sustainable policies that would wholly address the decaying infrastructures of Nigerian refineries and the future of hydrogen energy.

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