UNILORIN Signs N600bn Solar Power Deal With US Coy

Authorities of the University of Ilorin(UNILORIN) at the weekend signed a N600 billion agreement with an American company, Arrow Capital, to generate 400 megawatts of solar power starting from Ocotober this year.

Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Brian Travis said at the ceremony that the project was conceptualised to complement the commitment of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s commitment to investment in solar energy saying a similar move by the US government had significantly improved job creation in the power sector.

An obviously elated Travis explained that UNILORIN was chosen for the project because it has a record of stability needed for such a huge investment and also has two powerlines running across its vast expanse of land.

“The fact that UNILORIN has a history of not having gone on strike for 16 years gave us the confidence that it is a good location; that is the type of facility we needed for a project of this magnitude,” he said.

Travis, as well as the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, confirmed that UNILORIN only needs four megawatts to enjoy uninterrupted power supply adding that remaining megawatts would be uploaded to the national grid for distrubtion to consumers in Lagos and Kano axis.