Biomass is certainly a key RE source, but the sustainability of its
production needs to be clearly understood. Nigeria which has
abundant biomass resources just like South Africa and Malaysia
(which has similar weather, vegetation and at similar equatorial
disposition with Nigeria) should make use of its oil palm products,
woods, municipal waste, rice and sugar cane husk for biogas
energy production. Most especially, sugar mill companies in the
country can make use of their cane residues and waste, while
paper and packaging mills can use waste biomass to generate
process steam, as it is done in Malaysia and South Africa. This
biomass energy could be converted to liquid fuel for cooking
rather than fuelwood, thus reducing GHG emissions remarkably.