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The Federal University of Technology, Akure has embarked on the fabrication and installation of locally-produced traffic lights on campus.

The Head, Department of Electrical Electronics Engineering, Dr. Samson Oyetunji, said the pilot project, which would be installed on one of the roads on the campus, would boost the institution’s prowess in technology for self-reliance.

According to the Project Manager, Mr. Sola Oladiran — a technologist in the same department – the university management has entrusted the project to the department, with the mandate that it should harness locally-fabricated equipment to control traffic within the campus.

Oladiran said the project, which already had its pilot stand on the Middle Belt road, was a one wholly designed, constructed and installed by the Department of EEE. He added that the solar inverter-powered project was designed to retain charge for a period of seven days at a time.

Commending the project team, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, pledged the support of the university, saying that steps would be taken to replicate the project at other levels after the successful completion of the pilot scheme.

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