ABUJA, NIGERIA– In a strategic quote to anchor the future of clean energy transit within the scholastic ecosystem, the National Automotive Design and Advancement Council (NADDC) has hosted a top-level executive delegation from Bayero University, Kano (BUK) to substantially broaden alternative-fuel engineering facilities in the region.
The bilateral talks, held at the NADDC headquarters in Abuja, concentrated on maximising the technical yields of the recently established solar-powered Electric Car (EV) Charging Station and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Conversion Centre located at the university’s Kano school.
The summit marks a deliberate push towards combining state commercial programs with scholastic research study to reduce Nigeria’s post-subsidy transport pressures.
Expanding Facilities for Small-Scale E-Mobility
The BUK delegation was led by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Research study and Development, Prof. Amina Mustapha.
Speaking during the facility review, Prof. Mustapha revealed the university’s appreciation to the council for selecting BUK as a main host for the green effort, stressing that the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Automotive Engineering Programme offer a perfect incubator for practical testing and tidy energy development.
To upscale the regional effect of the centre, Prof. Mustapha officially sent a policy growth quick to the council.
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She advised the NADDC to update the existing charging station’s capacity beyond basic four-wheeled sedans to accommodate electric tricycles (keke) and bikes, the dominant moving possessions within Northern Nigeria’s commercial transit matrix– while establishing a basic vehicle upkeep workshop at the centre.
Upgrading SIWES Pipelines and Regional Training Authority
The proposed operational roadmap seeks to transform the university’s facility into an official regional training nerve centre serving engineering bodies across Northern Nigeria.
This would effectively decentralise specialised automobile tech skills from commercial capital zones straight to student learners.
Prof. Mustapha further promoted for a structured framework allowing BUK engineering students to acquire priority access to the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) at different NADDC automotive testing and standards centers across the country.
Reacting on behalf of the council, the Director-General of the NADDC, Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, declared the company’s commitment to the scholastic collaboration, explaining it as a high-yield investment in Nigeria’s automotive future.
He kept that deep industry-academic alliances are extremely crucial to handling the transition toward alternative-fuel networks, ensuring that the council will support BUK’s vision of ending up ingenious, entrepreneurially driven engineers equipped for the emerging green transition.