The Rural Electricity Agency (REA) will build a 12MW solar plant as a grant to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.
SolaceBase reports that it is an intervention towards addressing the institution’s electricity challenges and enhance its operational efficiency.
Director Public Affairs Directorate of the university, Malam Auwal Umar, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Zaria.
According to Umar, the Managing Director of REA, Alhaji Abba-Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed the plan when the ABU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabiru Bala, paid him a courtesy visit at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
Umar said the persistent electricity challenges faced by the university would soon be a thing of the past.
He added that the institution has been selected as one of the seven universities to benefit from the special intervention project under the Renewed Hope Infrastructure Fund.
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According to him, building the solar plant will commence immediately, and the project will be completed by Dec. 2025.
The statement quoted the Managing Director REA as saying that the agency would work closely with ABU to develop a sustainable energy model that would ensure reliable power supply at a minimal cost to the University.
Umar said that the minimal cost would cover asset replacement as well as operations and maintenance to ensure the long-term sustainability of the project.
He added that the university and REA had agreed to sign a term sheet to formalise the collaboration in the coming weeks.
The statement also quoted Prof. Bala as expressing the university’s immense gratitude to the agency for its support.
The vice-chancellor also reaffirmed ABU’s commitment to collaborating with the agency to ensure the success of the project.
“The university looks forward to the timely intervention of the project and the positive impact it will have on the university community,” he said.
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