UNILORIN To Introduce Electric Buses, Intral-Train Services To Ease Transportation Challenge – VC
Prof. Abdulwahab Egbewole, the Vice Chancellor
The The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Abdulwahab Egbewole says arrangement is ongoing to introduce electric buses and intral-train services to ease transportation challenge of facing students and staff in the University.
The Vice-Chancellor made this disclosure at an interactive Ramadan Iftar with journalists at the institution’s VC Lodge in Ilorin on Monday.
He said “aside the effort the institution is working on the railway transportation, “we are also looking at electric bus transportion.”
Egbewole said that the department of electrical engineering are already working on that model, adding that the Senate research grant has just been released and we are hoping that part of the grant will be used to work on that model.
The Vice-Chancellor, noted that in the interim more buses would be injected as discussions had been held with some of the stakeholders that intend to introduce more buses on the road.
“Transportation problem has reduced because we have created at least within our campus from gate to point is smooth ride, we are also looking at the government of Kwara State in concluding the ongoing Tanke bridge project, which will further reduce the transportation challenge,” he said.
The Vice-Chancellor expressed optimism in making the institution the number one University in Nigeria, Africa and to be one of the prominent key players in the world.
Speaking on sports, Prof. Egbewole expressed the willingness of the University management to support sports in all its ramification.
“We will continue to support sporting activities because we believe that the health of our students is important that sports has a way of impacting positively on.
“Our contingent will be part of the world University community games that is going to happen somewhere in Europe by May or June as I discussed with the director of sports on logistics for that trip,” he said.
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