By Alemma Aliu

BENIN CITY—THE Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa in Esan West Local Government Area in Edo yesterday said it was set to establish agro-solar project that would generate 300KW of electricity for commercial supply.

The university said the project would be established by the institution in partnership with Easy Watts Ltd, a London-based Company and Sky2Net Ltd a company based in Israel and expert on renewable energy.

The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Ben Aigbokhan, made this disclosure to newsmen at a media briefing as part of the 4th convocation ceremony of the institution scheduled for November 24.

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He said the school’s venture into power generation was to boost the Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, of the institution as well as well as reduce dependency on public power supply that has been rather erratic.

“Currently, we rely solely on school fees and also returns  on small investment like oil palm seedlings for our IGR, but we hope to expand on our investment on agricultural sector to further boost our revenue,” he stated.

He said the university which has grown since its commencement of academic activities in 2011, would see a total of 88 graduands, out of which 10 are in first class, convoke on Friday.

Aigbokhan further gave a breakdown of 40 graduands, representing 45.5% in second class upper; 37, representing 42.1% in second class lower degree; and 1, representing 1.1% in third class,  among those that would participate in the convocation ceremony.

He also said the ceremony would be used to confer honourary degrees on three deserving Nigerians that have not only excelled in their chosen field of endeavour, but have also contributed to the growth and development of the institution.

He listed two of them o include, Dr Mathew Okpebholo of Ray Royal Construction Company and Pastor  E. Igwe, President of the Apostolic Church Nigeria, owners of the Samuel Adegboyega University.

The Vice Chancellor stressed that the university which pride itself for its high academy standard and moral, have expelled six students over issues related to drug abuse.