18 Institutions To Benefit From TETFund Mini Grid Energy Project

Eighteen tertiary institutions volition payment from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund ( TETFund’s) sustainable mini-grid vigor solutions.

A subordinate of the TETFund Board of Trustees (BoT), Engr. Nurudeen Adeyemi , disclosed this successful Ilorin, Kwara State astatine a municipality hallway gathering of stakeholders of benefitting institutions and surrounding communities successful the northbound central.

Adeyemi said TETFund has approved the mini grid powerfulness projects nether the 2025 involution rhythm with N70bn allocation crossed the beneficiary institutions.

He added that the mini grid powerfulness task aims to “address 1 of the astir persistent challenges facing our tertiary institutions and precocious outgo of electricity.

“This bold measurement volition guarantee a stable, cost-effective, and renewable energy proviso to campuses, thereby reducing operational costs and enhancing probe and learning.

“In the northbound cardinal zone, respective projects were extended by the Fund nether the absorption of the committee of trustees. Under the peculiar precocious interaction projects, institutions that benefited from the involution see the University of Ilorin, the University of Jos, Benue State University, Federal Polytechnic, Ny’Ak Shendam, Plateau State, College of Agriculture, Science and technology, Nasarawa State, and Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State.

“‘Similarly, Federal College of Education, Odugbo, Benue State, Kwara State College of Education, and Federal College of Education Okene, Kogi State besides benefited.”

On the import of the meeting, Adeyemi said, “This municipality hallway gathering is much than a gathering; it is simply a concern for progress. It symbolises the board’s determination to institutionalise transparency, accountability, and inclusivity successful delivering acquisition interventions.

“It besides reflects our heavy condemnation that sustainable solutions indispensable beryllium built done dialogue, trust, and corporate action.”

Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, the Kwara State governor, was represented astatine the lawsuit by his elder adviser/ counselor, Alh Saadu Salahu.