Gov AbdulRazaq thrilled to see Kwara Varsity Engineers develop an electric vehicle

AbdulRahman AndulRazaq, the governor of Kwara state, has expressed excitement after viewing an electric vehicle that a team of engineers from the state-owned university, KWASU, had converted from a gasoline engine, despite the fact that the increase in gasoline pump prices continues to hurt Nigerians as a result of the removal of petroleum subsidies.

In a statement released by his excellency say..

This evening, I’m excited to inspect an electric vehicle that a team of engineers in Kwara State had successfully converted from gasoline engine by a team of great engineers from the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. The vehicle works perfectly with different accessories.

This is innovation at its finest, and a clear indication that we are fast turning the corners as our country steadily joins the world to reduce over reliance on fossil fuel and adopt cleaner energy. This innovation could not have come at a better time as governments at all levels make different efforts to ease the inconveniences associated with the removal of fuel subsidy.

I commend the team of engineers led by KWASU’s Head of Technical Unit Centre for Sustainable Energy and Chief Technologist at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering AbdulAzeez Akande. I also commend the Acting Vice Chancellor of the university Prof. Shaykh Lukman Jimoh, who led the team to Government House Thursday morning, all of them driven in the electric vehicle.

I assured the team of our constant support as they do more to deploy technology and their own will-power to make life worth more living for. The future is here, and I’m super glad that Kwara is in the race to the top!

For a start, I have directed the team to convert some government vehicles to use electricity for immediate deployment on campuses for the benefits of our students.