Acting Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU) Prof Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh has said that a team of engineers from the institution’s Centre for Sustainable Energy has converted a petrol bus to an electricity-powered vehicle
Prof Jimoh added that three vehicles, namely; Sedan, Hilux, and 22-seater coaster would be converted early next year.
He hinted that investors had started to show interest in the product.
He added that the “design has been completed and construction ongoing.
The team of engineers had made a presentation to the state Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.”
The vice chancellor told reporters at Malete, Moro local government area of the state ahead of the upcoming 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 combined convocation ceremony of the institution.
He said that the achievement came on the heels of the removal of subsidy on petrol and the resultant increase in the price of PMS.
He noted: “With this success, the institution has been placed in the lead of rethinking her environmental culture and developing new paradigms for solving problems and ensuring global environmental sustainability.
“We consider it a major achievement, not just for our Green Initiative, but for our determination to add value to the economy of the state and her populace.
“This initiative ensures higher efficiency in powering automobiles, helps our environment to be less polluted, and has attracted partnerships with the Kwara State Government and private institutions”.
He called on the state government and individuals who have scrap vehicles to bring them for conversion at moderate charges.
He also said that the institution had commissioned a plastic recycling plant of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, adding that with the initiative, “tons of plastic waste that would have polluted our environment are currently being converted to pavement stones.”
He said that a total of 16,316 graduates were produced by the institution in its 10th and 11th combined convocation ceremony for the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic sessions.
The vice chancellor said that a total of 183 graduates bagged First Class, 5,145 were in Second Class Upper division, 8,420 got Second Class Lower division and a total of 1,455 were in Third Class division in both sets.
He also said that a total number of 11,096 graduates were in first degrees and 767 in higher degrees for the 2021/2022 academic session as well as 4,107 in first degrees and 345 in higher degrees for the 2022/2023 academic session.
