Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, the Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, says the institution will complete its power generating plant in October.

Ogunbodede made this known on Monday at the biennial conference of the African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation held at OAU.

The vice-chancellor said the project, which started in 2017, would be ready by the end of October.

He added that the institution was working with a rural electrification agency that would provide a gas-powered turbine that would generate 8.0 megawatts of electricity for the institution.

“Because of the fast pace of the work, the project will be delivered by October ending.

“We are now very sure that by October ending, the university will be generating its own electricity and what that means is that we will be off the national grid,” he said.

Ogunbodede stated further that by the time the project was delivered, the university would be saving between N35 million and N65 million in energy cost monthly.

He said that the university’s daily energy need was below six megawatts, adding that the plant would also power the institution’s teaching hospital.

The vice-chancellor stated that the institution’s neighbouring communities would also benefit from the excess energy that the plant would generate.

The VC had earlier made the disclosure at the weekend during the commissioning of the renovated theatre block and donation of two surgical machines – Anaesthesia and Sunction by Latter-Day Saints (LDS) Charities, the humanitarian arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints.

“We will be generating our own electricity on campus and will no longer be depending on the national grid. OAU will enjoy 24-hour power supply and that is exciting. It will enhance our research output among other developments.

“We also have our dam. It is currently being renovated. We will be generating our own water and our own electricity,” he said.

Maintaining that the future of transportation is air, Ogunbodede said OAU will soon start an Aeronautic Engineering Programme.

“OAU is going to be the first federal university to have an aeronautic engineering programme. The building is under construction and will be ready in four months.

“Our entrepreneurship programme is also been upgraded to serve our students. We are no longer going to produce graduates who will be looking for employment after graduation. We are working to ensure any product of OAU will not only employ himself but also others,” he said.

Appreciating the continued support of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints to the institution, he urged Nigerians with the capacity to support humanity in ways they can. According to him, a lasting impact is one that benefits others.

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Amen

Very good development from Great Ife!

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Something Uniport started doing in 2015.

Good development
Some people here instead to praise this development
they will rush to condemn like the guy above me

Its a welcome development its long overdue

Avoid Talk and Do

and

Adopt Do and Talk.

Very good


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...if only we can get it right as a country as regards our power sector.

Great ife

Opeyemi95:
Great improvement..

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Welcome development

By all indications, I think this VC has been doing a great job.

NICE DEVELOPMENT

Great ife

UniportAgbero:
Something Uniport started doing in 2015.

You mean UNIPORT is independent of NEPA now?

Wow

Aeronautics Engineering with white chalk and black board I guess. That's how Engineering is studied in Nigerian Universities

aeronautical photocopied materials

Now this is what u call school. Nice one

Walk the talk and we’ll talk going forward! Town and Gown relationship should be mutually beneficial in many ways than one!

i hope they already fixed the labs in white house and yellow house first

This is a good development.

If others can emmulate this i think this country will start moving.

Ferdinandu:
Aeronautics Engineering with white chalk and black board I guess. That's how Engineering is studied in Nigerian Universities

Let the course begin before you start your condemnation

Siberia01:
aeronautical photocopied materials

You got that right!

Hope it is not Bookish Find X and Y. aeronautic engineering without any practicals..
That what will used to in Nigeria.

Quite encouraging
Other institutions too should emulate
Not just suicide news all the time





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Sheriman:
Hope it is not Bookish Find X and Y. aeronautic engineering without any practicals..
That what will used to in Nigeria.

Lol........they might be taught by lecturers who haven't come close to repairing a plane .....but nah small small sha