On November 22, 2021, the "Training Course on Water and Hydropower Construction and Management in Nigeria", sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and jointly organized by the Institute of Rural Electrification, Ministry of Water Resources (Asia-pacific Small Hydropower Research and Training Center) and the International Center on Small Hydro Power, was successfully concluded. Ms. Huang Yan, Deputy Director of the International Centre on Small Hydropower attended and addressed the closing ceremony. Ms. Wu Xianhong, Senior Project Officer and Head of Training Business of South-South Cooperation Department of International Center on Small Hydro Power hosted the event, and Mr. Dong Guofeng, Division Chief of South-South Cooperation attended the event.
Mr. Adoyi John Ochigbo, Director, Water Resources Division, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Nigeria delivered a national report entitled "Potential, Challenges and Recommendations for Small Hydropower Development in Nigeria". Mr. PETER TAIWO, Environmental Assessment Officer, Ministry of Environment, Nigeria introduced the development status and demand of renewable energy in Nigeria. The two officials agreed that capacity building was crucial and hoped that there would be more such training activities to help Nigeria develop small hydropower and other renewable energy sources.
Mr. Isa Buba, Director, Renewable Energy, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Nigeria delivered a speech, expressing his heartfelt thanks to the Chinese side for holding the training course, saying that he had learned a lot of new knowledge and broadened his horizon. He looked forward to strengthening the communication between the two sides in the future, promoting the progress of the specific projects of the current cooperation between the two sides, and continuously reserving more cooperation projects in the field of renewable energy.
Deputy Director Huang Yan made a summary of the training, on behalf of the International Small Hydropower Center, the co-organizer of the training course, she expressed her sincere thanks to the Ministry of Commerce and The Department of Commerce of Zhejiang Province for their careful guidance and strong support to the training course, and extended her warm congratulations to all the participants for their fruitful learning achievements. She hoped that the participants would closely integrate their learning results with their working practices and play an important role in the development and utilization of small hydropower and renewable energy in Nigeria.
More than 120 trainees participated the 14-day online training course. The training focused on the development and utilization of small hydropower, design, construction and management of hydropower projects, and guided the participants to inspect China Water Conservancy Museum, Nari Group and Tianhuangping Pumped Storage Power Station by online "Cloud Tour", which was highly praised by the participants.
