Federal government at the weekend said it had
completed energy audit of 37 federal universities, paving the way for the award
of contracts for the commencement of independent power production.
Speaking at a workshop tagged: ‘Strengthening
National Health Research Capacity’ which was organised by the National
Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Abuja, the Minister of Power, Works
and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the project was designed to enable the
affected institutions to provide 24-hour electricity.
He added that the government had also
commenced major road infrastructure
projects in 14 universities.
Fashola said work had commenced on the project
sites of the institutions notably the University of Ibadan, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Benin among others.
Fashola said some of the universities captured in
the first phase of the project were at the various stages of procurement and
importation.
"We did this in collaboration with the
vice-chancellors of the federal universities.
"The first phase involves nine universities
because that is what our funding will cover for now.
"They are in various stages of clearing the
site, procurement and importation of
equipment.
"In the next few months, the research work of
institutions like NIMR would be conducted in an atmosphere of uninterrupted
power supply," he said.
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