TRENDING: 22-year-old Nigerian ‘invents’ generator whose fuel is water – not petrol
If you have memories of the past few months when you spent N200 or N300 or even more on a litre of petrol, and you’re already worried about your survival should another spell of petrol scarcity resurface, well, it does seem half of your problems have been solved.
The story has been online for a few days, and it is fast gaining traction: a Nigerian has sensationally “invented” a generator powered by water – rather than petrol, that fuel that sometimes is almost as expensive as gold. In the real sense of it, an invention as this does not entirely render petrol useless; but if you no longer have to worry about petrolling your generator, why not?
The biodegradable-waste machine
From Baltimore, United States, Karo Kanye Akamune shared photos of both the inventor and the invention, supported with a post that reads:
“A Nigerian, Emeka Nelson, creates an electricity generator that is powered by water. He also invented what he calls the ‘MGBANWE C12’, a machine that turns non-biodegradable wastes like plastics, waterproof nylon, etc into petrol, kerosene, diesel and some other heavy oils and interlocking stones. In the pictures: L-R: the Hydroelectric Generator and MGBANWE C12.
Nelson, the ‘inventor’
“Creative and inventive minds in Africa should be identified, supported and celebrated. Instead of marrying a 3rd wife or building a 4th house you would hardly ever sleep in, invest that money in people like Emeka Nelson. African ‘angel investors’ must arise!
“You may not have money to invest. But you can share this post. You can spread the message in different ways. You can petition your elected officials to do more in ensuring the growth of the Science & Technology sector of the economy. Always remember, a country that does not produce man-made goods and services will always lag behind. Choose prosperity today! And WORK for it!”
Well, this is not the story. Just a teaser for minds working at such first-class curiousity as ours here, while we fetch you details of what exactly Emeka Nelson has been up to!
Emeka has again tell to the world the creativity of the Igbo and what they can do if the chance is given to them as a whole entity. We thank God we know ourselves and the Igbo leaders should be ready to profer help to our Igbo youths. Emeka is a great mind similar to Albert Einstein the great thinker.We bless God for you. Please do not forget to come and pick me up I want to come and join this inventive trend.
You won’t go anywhere in life with your tribalism mindset
like…thank u
That’s a good one and it means that petroleum products price will stilltake a downward plunge for good,I need emeka’s details to make the Nigerian govt not only to recognise him but to provide support
Chiso, can we just celebrate Emeka’s creativeness and ingenuity and desist from delving into this nauseating ethnocentric puffing and gloating. There are geniuses all over Nigeria my brother. By the way, am proudly Igbo.
Chiso…dont be narrow-minded bro…..creativity is all over…just look around.
Condemning Chiso for having pride in his tribe is shameless and stifling in my opinion. Chiso managed to extol the virtues of his tribe without having to belittle others. I do not know why that is a bad thing, he isn’t being narrow-minded, you all are.
@Post, we hope to grow these sorts of inventions but we need to have better details; how does the generator work and what output does it have? Where is the man? etc..
Let anyone that have the contact details of the young man send them to 08026065928. I am interested in helping source funding for him as soon as I can verify the claims. This is really a very good news for Igbo race and Nigeria. Just text message is fine. No calls please.
Please where is your location and how much is the hydro-powered generator.
I honestly and i seriously need it.
Thank You.
comments made on youtube about this post suggest he has not invented a generator but a ‘invertor’ – converting power from DC to AC through a mechanical process. Is this correct?