The Nigerian Society of Petroleum Engineers (NSPE) and the Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China have reached a consensus tow ork towards transitioning to cleaner and renewable energy and sustainability of same in the real estate sector.

This consensus was reached at the just concluded annual general meeting (AGM) of the NSPE in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where My-ACE China, gave a speech as one of the sponsors.

Chairman of the NSPE Port Harcourt Zone, which comprises Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and the South-East States, and all the universities in those States, Abiye Pedro said that the partnership was aimed at pushing further on sustainability, applauding the innovative ideas of the Mayor of Housing.

“We want to say big kudos to the Mayor of Housing, especially, for the AGM. We believe that his tips and ideas about a place where people will live even after many years is novel. I think people should embrace it.”

On his part, the Assistant Co-Chair, Students Affairs for the 2024/25 session, Patrick Ezenaji explained that the sustainability partnership will see the two parties working together in boosting activities on cleaner energy, clarifying that the sustainable development goal (SDG) 17 is all about partnership.

“Interestingly, the Mayor of Housing is very much interested in generating clean energy in the area of housing and real estate. The partnership will harness young minds who are innovative thinkers to collaborate with the Mayor of Housing so that we can solve that housing problem in Africa and the world.”

The sustainability and cleaner energy enthusiast averred that the partnership would attempt to solve energy crisis by trying to utilize renewable energy such as solar, wind, and hydro, pointing out that the best place to try out the results could be in new housing estates, expressing his happiness to work with Mr. China on cleaner energy and sustainability.

Speaking at the session, the Mayor of Housing, My-ACE China said he was impressed with cleaner energy being the focus of the NSPE Annual General Meeting, noting that “talking about estates and clean and green energy, Shell’s Residential Area has emotional value for me. It is clean and green, 60 years after it was built.”

In that guise, he said, the proposed Alesa prototype estate must be like the Shell Residential Area in Rumukwurushi, Port Harcourt with clean and green environment, saying that there could be cleaner products in petroleum, praying that Nigerian engineers should continue making new discoveries in the energy sector.  

He observed that there was a divide between the elites with technical professional knowledge and the deliverables in the housing sector which can deliver technically savvy smart buildings, adding that because his firm was building a sustainable city that not only has to do with cleaner and greener energy, it has to do with state-of-the-art thinking and smart technology.

“We have to just come and marry the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) whose mantra is cleaner energy. Nigeria can lead cleaner energy drive.

“We have come to let them know that it (clean energy) has come home, and, they should watch out for what we are doing; the Alesa Highland Sustainable City.”

“I do not tell people to believe me when we are starting, I tell them to believe me when we are done. This is because we are going to do something that will not only make them want to partner with us but they would want to export us as one of those that are bringing the dream home.”