Engineers of Kwara State University`s Centre for Sustainable Energy have successfully converted a petrol-engine bus to an electricity driven one.
The Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh while presenting the bus to the Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday, August 24, 2023 at the State Government House in Ilorin said the University was constantly in tune with realities in the society through the innovation of products and ideas to support the vision of the State Government to advance the lives of the peoples. Prof. Jimoh added that the bus was conceptualised and designed with the realities of electricity supply in the country, which made the bus more efficient and effective.
The Governor who was visibly excited, described the innovation as "a clear indication that we are fast turning the corners as our country steadily joins the world to reduce over-reliance on fossil fuel and adopt cleaner energy". Mallam AbdulRahman noted that the innovation was coming at an excellent time, especially when governments at all levels within the country were making different efforts to ease the challenges brought by the removal of subsidy on petrol. He commended the university's leadership and engineering team led by Abdulaziz Akande, Head of Technology at the Center for Sustainable Energy and Chief Engineer of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information for accelerating the realization of electric bus. “I commend the acting vice-chancellor, Professor Shaykh Lukman Jimoh, who led the team to the Government House on Thursday morning, all in the electric vehicle.”
The governor promised the team continued support from the state government to better use technology and their willpower to make lives better.
Meanwhile, the governor of Kwara state has ordered the technical team at Kwara State University in Malete to convert some government vehicles for immediate use on campus for students.
