Students of Federal Polytechnic Bida have developed a “mega solar energy panel” to boost electricity supply to the institution.
The project, which was undertaken by students of the department of
Electrical Engineering and their lecturers, was also meant to provide
skilled manpower to the country.
Dr Abubakar Dzukogi, the Rector of the polytechnic said on Tuesday
after inaugurating the project in Bida that enhanced power supply would
raise the academic performance of students.
Dzukogi said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that
the management would encourage other departments to also contribute more
meaningfully to Nigeria’s quest for technological development.
He said that the project was initiated by the students and staff of
Electrical Engineering department of the polytechnic to address the
problem of power failure in the department.
The rector said that the management would support those involved to
extend the scope of the project to cover the entire polytechnic.
” We have already set up a committee to look into the possibility of
harnessing the solar energy potentials of the institution with a view to
utilizing such potentials to power the entire polytechnic.
“We hope as soon as the committee on solar energy finished its
assignment, the entire polytechnic is likely to benefit, and the problem
of power outage would be a thing of the past ” Dzukogi said.
NAN
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