DAILY TRUST
Hassan Muhammad Nawad and Hussaini Muhammad Nawad are Kano-born twins currently tapping into the limitless opportunities of global technological innovations. The 14-year-olds have designed a cooking stove that uses petrol and water to provide fire that cooks for over five hours.
The battery-powered stove has an engine which the battery energizes to propel the water and petrol to produce fire.
In an interview with Daily Trust Saturday, the twin brothers said they have been planning to use their brains to design something that will be useful to people. According to them, they usually share ideas while they are about to sleep or when they are playing, and their parents have been very supportive with advice and counselling, which has shaped their imaginations and ideas, and translating them to realities.
Hassan said the idea of designing the cooking stove started about five years ago (while they were still in primary school). “I been thinking of how gas is used to produce fire for cooking, and the possibility of doing something that will even ease the process by using an electronic method to provide the fire through the use of water and petrol. We started from there and here we are today.
“However, in this case, the petrol and water will not reduce. A litre will take months without even reducing. You can only change it if you notice that it has turned black which can take almost a year. The battery and small engine attached will just propel the water and petrol to give a flammable air which will give the fire,” he explained.
The other twin Hussaini also explained that “The water is not normal water, it is mixed with alum and salt. Inside the box, you will see a small engine that provides the wind that passes through the water and petrol.”
He said with the present economic situation of the country, their initiative can reduce the people’s burdens and contribute to economic growth if utilized properly.
“We want to initiate a transformation among the youth circle in northern Nigeria. We noticed that we are being left behind, but we have the talent. All we need is to be productive enough so that we can create employment opportunities and provide sustainable and easier means of living for people.”
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