Minister of Works, Housing and Electricity Babatunde Fashola at the 32nd Convocation Lecture of Yabatech College of Technology, said 9 government-owned Universities to get solar power plant, The Nation reports.
Fashola said the power plant would deliver 12 megawatts of electricity in the universities to aid power generation.
“We are deploying solar energy in Nigerian universities today. The first nine schools are under construction and they will deliver 12megawatts of electricity to these schools. We will move from phase to phase until we complete it in the 37 states,” the minister said.
Fashola, who spoke on the theme:
“Sustainability of technological advancements – a key to industrial growth”, noted that the ministry has invested in innovative areas that would improve power generation and distribution.
He urged the graduating students to be technological and innovative-minded to move the wheels of economic growth.
