The Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, has hinted that the university will by October this year begin to generate its own electricity for the usage of both students and staff.
According to him, by October this year, the university would have completed her own power generating plant under construction.
The Vice Chancellor, who spoke at the biennial conference of the African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation held at OAU, 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 to 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 that by the time the project is delivered, the university would be saving between N35 million and N65 million in energy cost monthly.
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