Malete (Kwara), Dec. 12, 2023 – A team of engineers from Kwara State University (KWASU) has converted a petrol bus to an electricity-powered vehicle.
Prof Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, disclosed this in Malete at the weekend, preparatory to the institution’s 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 combined convocation ceremony.
He said the team had presented the vehicle to the state Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to display their expertise.
The vice chancellor said three other vehicles would be converted early next year, adding that investors and individuals had started showing interest in their activities.
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.
“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”.
The vice chancellor also said that the institution had inaugurated a plastic recycling plant of the institution’s Centre for Entrepreneurship from which tons of plastic wastes were being converted to pavement stones. (GBN)
