FEATURE ARTICLE BY DELANO OLAYIDE

Did you know that power can be generated without fuel? Did you know rice can be cooked in cold water? Did you know that violators of the traffic light can now be punished without being caught? Did you know paw-paw could work wonders? Did you know you can pound yam electronically?

Carl Sogan once said ‘Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all wars in history’.  This simply means that science has done more good to us than evil. 

Discoveries in science are called ‘sparks’ which sometimes heralds good news and most times bad news. The sparks that have been discovered in Nigeria is of a good nature which will benefit the society and the nation at large.

If you did not know, I don’t think it is too late, just relax your nerves and flow with me as we discover the five W’s and H(where, why, when , what, who and how) of these sparks.

A Science and Technology development has taken its toll in an ICT driven institution that is owned by the educational arm of the Living Faith Commission at Ogun State in Nigeria.

In an interview with the Director of Research and Development Centre (an invention arm of the University), Professor John Bull Onyekachi Echeme, he divulged recent scientific discoveries in that have either been commissioned or patented in the University.

During the course of the interview, we were enlightened on the fuel less generator invented in the University and it is a 500KVA generator. This idea has been brought about by different intelligent minds who have paved the way in this discovery.

The institution as a whole has been working on this project which is now a reality for quite some time and it will be commissioned by the president of our nation (Nigeria); Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

A discovery is hinged on solving problems. This discovery was made to solve the problem of epileptic power supply through electricity in Nigeria.

Rhetorically we can say happily that good can come out from Zion.

More to these discoveries has been the discovery on granular rice. Most people cannot do without eating rice in a week; it is the major source of carbohydrate and this is highly appreciated nutritional wise. Science has made it easier for everybody to eat and enjoy, rice in a granulated form which makes it easier for digestion.

It also ensures that the major nutrients of rice is not lost even when not cooked with hot water. This is also under the umbrella of Covenant University and also the school is the first to initiate this spark, as relates with health and nutrition.

Every day is for the thief, and one day for the owner. This is the latest adage the covenant university research team has brought to life. Many people in Nigeria have violated traffic lights countless of times and has gone away with it scot free; some leading to fatal accidents and probably death.

Covenant University has also savaged the incessant rise of accidents and deaths by discovering and developing a new technology called the ‘traffic light invention’ which will be used to combat both licensing and sanctioning violators of traffic light.

But this has not been patented by the Nigerian government. Efforts has been made to make this a reality, soonest the deal will be done.

The traffic light invention works in a way that if the violator is caught, the electronic system automatically registers your number and your car will be booked before moving a quarter of a kilometer. No official need not run after the offender, because the car will be stopped automatically by the devise.

Fruits have their healing power they say, and that is why the covenant university platform have come again with the wonders of fruits by using paw-paw.

The other one is what we call the “nutrient ega” an indigenous nutrient ‘ega’ has been developed is an invention from here that has been patented already by the Nigerian Patent Law.

Finally, a student from Covenant University also discovered how to make the local pounded yam electronically without the much stress the mothers go through. this indeed we say is a great invention from a great mind.