President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday
expressed delight over the creativity of a 25-year-old Nigerian, Jessica
Matthews, who invented a power-generating football called SOCCKET ball.
Matthews, who is a co-founder and
Chief Executive Officer of Unchartedplay, was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
to present the ball, which can generate three hours of light from 30 minutes of
play to Jonathan.
She also presented an energy-generating
skipping rope to the President.
While congratulating her on her
creativity and innovativeness, Jonathan said he was impressed that Matthews,
who trained as a psychologist and economist, developed herself in the field of
science.
He described her feat as a proof of
the quality of human resource present in Nigeria.
The President said the invention was
useful as a major tool that could be used to mobilise young Nigerians and
encourage them to think more deeply.
Matthews said, “Sometimes power is
lost and you say what can you do to solve this situation and I saw my cousins
and everyone playing football, playing with everything not even with football
alone.
“I say this is amazing and they can
rival Messi. If we can take this kinetic that is generated here and use it to
address the issues that we really have; kinetic energy is used for windmill,
why not the ball?”
She said although the items were
already on sale in New York, she had not started making them in Nigeria.
She, however, said when they would be
made available for sale in Nigeria, the cost would be equivalent to what people
pay for a solar inverter.
Minister of Trade and Investment,
Olusegun Aganga, said the Federal Government was looking at the possibilities
of manufacturing the items in Nigeria and see how to make them cheaper for
Nigerians.
He said, “Jessica is a Nigerian, she
studied at Harvard University, she went to Business School and actually taught
herself Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. So, she is an inspiration to
every Nigerian especially our children in Nigerian universities. This is a
product not only for Nigeria, but a product made in Nigeria by a Nigerian and
for the world.
“The second thing is that the product
is actually versatile, it is not just about the electricity you see, you can
use it to charge your mobile phones, for fans, so there are so many things for
which it can be used.”
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ReplyDeleteWhen d so called Ministers and d executive cannot even solve basic problems of housing, power and infrastructures, a 25 year old is coming up wt these amazing invention! They should be ashamed of themselves...
ReplyDeleteShut up, The responsibility of developing a nation is in the hands of all the citizens.well done Miss.Jessica,may God give u more wisdom and to many more Nigerian youths
ReplyDeleteMiss Jessica well done. U are indeed a blessing to the country. We are proud of u n ur inventions. Pls try to use this ur product to inprove on our country Nigeria even though we know things are not favourable here but we have to be patrotic and God bless u ma'am.
ReplyDeleteWeldone!God bless u Jessica Matthew but be careful wit those people u are wit at dat power house cause they are wicked n dreams killer,they dont haf planns 4 d youths n d country entirely they are just gud at looting our money
ReplyDeleteWelldone miss Mathew,may God c u tru,bt 9ja as wht it is,would those holding the power sector to ransom,would they alow it see d broad day light,God is greater than them.pls mke it cheap to d common man,also if u can convert it to cooking energy it wll b very useful,then we will say we have arrived,9ja 1grt nation.
ReplyDeleteMiss jesica attended Havard University where their lecturers don't go on strike• Oga Jonathan abeg how far with ASUU cos our children need to learn inorder to be creative and invent things• When they sit at home they learn foolish and stupid things from people like you who have nothing to offer our future leaders of tomorrow• Miss Jessica well done• If u can invent wisdom please I think all our leaders will proudly buy it even though they may not need it
ReplyDeleteWeldone jess I only pray mechno and other foreign importers of generators dnt hunt u down n kill u this country knws it problem n evidently its solution...let's c wat hapens wit this ball lolz
ReplyDeleteHahahahaha... All na wash.. I pity our leaders sha. No school she learn am from. Our that has no school celebrating another Man's knowledge and invention. Look at the white guy standing there. He is telling us that she is our property ooo. If the innovation is important Nigeria is not seeing her again including the immediate parent. She already selling it at Europe. Wasteful leaders celebrating nothing. Put our schools in better shape and we will do more than this.
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