By Saheed Ibrahim

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The University of Ilorin has expressed the readiness to introduce electric bus services and intra-train to ease the transportation challenges of students and staff at the University.

The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abdulwahab Egbewole, stated this at an interactive Ramadan Iftar with journalists.

He said, “Aside from the effort the institution is making on railway transportation, “we are also looking at electric bus transportation.

 “The good thing about it is that this is an open road few of our colleagues in the Department of Electrical Engineering are already working on that model, and because we just released the Senate research grant, we are hoping that part of the grant will be used to work on that model.”

The Vice-Chancellor noted that more buses would be injected in the interim as discussions had been held with some people who intend to introduce more buses on the road.

On where to see the University by the end of his tenure, the Vice-Chancellor expressed optimism in making the institution the number one University in Nigeria, Africa, and be one of the prominent key players in the world “with our vision one ten five hundred” he said

Professor Egbewole expressed the willingness to support sports in all its ramifications.

“We will continue to support sporting activities because we believe that the health of our students is important and that sports have a way of impacting positively,” he said