The Chancellor of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Professor Anthony Adegbulugbe has alerted that the high cost of energy in Nigerian universities is killing the university system.
He said the amount of money being spent on diesel alone to provide electricity in Nigerian universities is simply not sustainable.
“It is a big challenge in almost all the universities in the country”, he declared.
Adegbulugbe raised the alarm at the recent 14th convocation Ceremony and his installation as the 3rd Chancellor of Joseph Ayo babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji in Osun state.
He therefore appealed to the Federal Government through the Rural Electrification Agency to address the energy issue urgently in the universities.
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“I want to use this medium to applaud the Federal Government efforts through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in addressing this challenge with the implementation of the multi million dollars World Bank Supported Energising Education Programme. The programme is in the second phase now and covers seven Federal universities. The third phase of the programme is also planned to cover another eight Federal universities. I want to use this medium to appeal to the Federal Government to widen the beneficiaries of this laudable programme to include state and privately owned universities”, he pleaded.
Professor Adegbulugbe suggested that the goal of the Federal Government on the universities should be ‘Let there be light’.
