ABU Zaria to establish bioethanol factory and solar power plant
Efforts by the management of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to establish a bioethanol factory and solar power plant in the University got moved a step further today when the ABU Renewable Energy Committee presents progress reports to Vice-Chancellor.
The full progress report on the activities of the 10-member University Renewable Energy Committee was presented to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Kabir Bala.
The Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Prof Abubakar Ismail, who heads the Committee’s technical team, led other members in presenting the report.
The report presentation was informed by the need for the Vice-Chancellor to make a well-informed decision on the next line of action for the establishment of the solar power plant.
The Vice-Chancellor, who thanked members of the Committee immensely for the job done, expressed his administration’s determination to find a permanent solution to the institution’s power challenge.
Some of the Committee members present during report presentation include Prof Boyi Jimoh, Department of Electrical Engineering; Prof Suleiman A Karwai, Department of Business Administration; Prof Mohammed Ibrahim Dabo, Department of Chemical Engineering; and Dr Sikiru Tajudeen, Department of Computer Engineering.
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria had earlier in 2016 took a giant step towards independent power generation when it enters into a collaboration with a Hungarian company, to generate power from farm residues and human waste.
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At the groundbreaking ceremony of the project at the institution’s main campus in 2016, Professor Ibrahim Garba, then Vice-Chancellor said that independent power generation became imperative for ABU because it could not sustain the NGN 86 million monthly electricity bills.
With an annual enrolment of around 35 000 students, ABU is Nigeria’s largest university and one of the largest on the Continent. It covers a land area of about 7 000 hectares (ha) and encompasses two campuses along with the largest hospital in Nigeria.
The University seeks to address these issues by building a bioethanol factory and solar power plant.
Earlier this month, the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad pledged his Agency’s determination to help Ahmadu Bello University overcome its electricity problem.
The MD made the pledge when the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof Kabir Bala, visited his office in Abuja yesterday, to seek the agency’s support and collaboration to help the University overcome its electricity challenges.
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