Sokoto State government has sought extended partnership with the federal government and the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUS) on the harnessing of renewable energy for the improvement of power supply in the state and other scientific undertakings therein.

This was contained in a statement signed and issued to newsmen in Sokoto by the governors' media aide,Muhammad Bello.

Tambuwal made the request Monday when he received the Minister of Power (State), Engr Sale Mamman, his entourage and some university dons as well as stakeholders in the state.

The governor, who specifically asked "for greater collaboration" with UDUS and the Federal Ministry of Power, expressed gratitude to the federal government and the ministry for their successive efforts to address the problems of power supply in the state, premising his call upon the fact that the state has abundant renewable energy resources that would make the collaboration more fruitful.

He gave kudos to the federal ministry of power for the execution of projects under the Independent Power Project (IPP) in the state.

Tambuwal equally applauded the ministry for its re-conducting of the hitherto overloaded
132kv Single Circuit Transmission Sokoto-Kebbi Line with high capacity transmission cable, the ongoing rehabilitation of the electricity line between the state capital and Yabo town.

Read more... https://daybreak.ng/2020/11/24/tambuwal-seeks-more-collaboration-with-fg-udu-on-renewable-energy/

.