Sacrifices made to god of lightning, Sango has not generated 1 kilowatt of electricity – Fashola

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Sacrifices made to god of lightning, Sango has not generated 1 kilowatt of electricity – Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has stated that Sango, despite being the god of lightning and thunder, does not have what it takes to generate one kilowatt of electricity, stressing that all the divination and sacrifices made to the diety has not added a single kilowatt to Nigeria’s power generation.

He stated this while delivering the convocation lecture at the University of Benin, where he urged the graduands to free their minds from fear, and stop deifying resources that can be harnessed for the good of the society.

His words, “Traditional medicine, from herbs, roots, and other endowments of nature have their place of pre-eminence in the assurance of our well-being and good health. I cannot say the same thing about divination and sacrifices.

“We must choose to work our iron ore to produce steel and build skyscrapers, machines and tools like others do instead of worshiping the god of Iron.We must use engineering to manage and control flooding and erosion.

“We must probe the treasures of our forests and depths of our oceans as bastions of possibilities that we must manage and dominate instead of worshipping the god of the sea.

“If we continue to fear the sea, oceans and waters we will perpetuate the practice of sacrifice, instead of undertaking the enterprise of understanding; and dominating them for energy and transport.

“We must approach our rock formations as treasure troves of building materials like marble, tiles and granite rather than treat them as totems of salvation that require animal sacrifice.

“We should stop deifying the moon and stratosphere beyond the visibility of our eyes out of fear. Instead we should develop the courage and resolve to send men and women to land a space craft there.”

While stressing that prayer is good when combined with hard work, he said, “Yes, Sango is the god of lightning and thunder, but all the sacrifices made to Sango has not generated one kilowatt of electric power.

“Electricity is produced by using nature’s gifts , such as gas, water, solar and wind, harnessing their capacity through turbines made from steel to serve our energy needs, not by making animal sacrifices.”