The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU)
Zaria has entered into an agreement with a Hungarian company Agrar-Biothanol to
produce 1,333 tonnes of liquid organic fertilizer and 2.66 million litres of
ethanol annually as well as 1.2mw electricity.When completed, the electricity
produced would cater for thirty percent of the university’s electricity
consumption, and enhance agricultural training and research.
The Vice Chancellor of the
university Professor Ibrahim Garba stated this in Samaru Campus Zaria at the ground
breaking ceremony of bio-ethanol and biogas plant Power plant.
He noted that the independent
power generation project became imperative as the institution could no longer
sustain the N86 million monthly electricity bills adding that the power supply
would be generated through farm produce and human feces.
According to him, “ABU seeks to
address these issues by building the power plant which the university has found
a worthy partner by reaching an agreement with Agrar-Biothanol Company of
Hungary to undertake this project.
On his part, the Hungary’s
Ambassador to Nigeria, Prof. Ternak Gabor said that Nigeria’s growing
population made the diversification to renewal energy production necessary.
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