The experts, who included, the Chief Executive Officer, ATNIG Lightning Protection Technologies, Mr. Christopher Ilo, an engineer and the managing Director of the company, and Mr. Babalola Olusanya who called for a more collaborative efforts to checking lightning in the country, as Nigeria had a lightning density of between 100-140 strike days in a year.
According to the experts, when lightning strike on the building over the years without protection, cracks naturally set in, resulting to building collapse most of the times.
Ilo, who was speaking on the launch of its latest technology in lightning protection systems at Ikeja, Lagos, said that the company had introduced a cost effective and high quality technologically advanced solution within the area of lightning protection into the Nigeria market.
The products ranged from external lightning interceptors and accessories, over voltage protection to earthing exothermic welding and preventive protection (storm detectors).
He also stated that record also revealed that hundred more survived lightning strikes but sufferred from a variety of lasting symptoms, including memory loss, dizziness, weakness, numbness and other life –altering ailments.
He regretted that most incidences of death and injuries caused by lightning frequently went unreported and might be four to five times greater than stated.
But Olusanya described lightning as one of the most devastating natural phenomena, admitting that there was no device that could prevent lightning formation.
According to him, what lightning protection system did was that it conducted lightning discharges to earth through a safe path to avoid damages.
He said: ”We are aware that most corporate, government and private buildings may have earth rods buried in the ground with salt and charcoal. What we want is merely a opportunity to access building /facilities, which will enable our company and the client to know the level of risk of their structure, electrical facilities and loved ones to lightning discharges from lightning storms.”
According to him, with an increasing climatic changes and the nature of the African technological backwardness, it had become imperative for corporate bodies, government agencies and private individuals to take pre-emptive measures by protection not just themselves but their investments from sudden destruction by lightning strikes.
While assuring prospective clients that the offering from the stable of ATNIG Lightning protection technologies in partnership with the world leading experts in lightning protection technology, Aplicaciones Technologicas of Spain are produced in accordance with relevant international standards.
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