A 24 KVA capacity hybrid inverter solar system, to provide alternative power to the Central Administration building of the University of Benin, has been commissioned.
The project was donated to the University by Christ’s Chosen Church of God International.
The Vice Chancellor, Professor Edoba Omoregie, SAN, said the intervention by the Church is prayer answered as the project is expected to ameliorate the electricity power supply challenges experienced by the University following the exorbitant billing rate from the Public Power Supply Company.
Professor Omoregie thanked the spiritual leader of Christ’s Chosen Church International, Most Senior Apostle David Unuefe Ikhuiwu, for the benevolence and stressed that the facility is highly valued.
Representative of the spiritual leader, Apostle Jones Ikibeh, who presented the address of his boss, said the church was happy and proud to be associated with the University of Benin as a foremost higher institution of quality learning. The spiritual leader, in the letter, expressed delight with the clear focus demonstrated by the Vice Chancellor since assumption of office and promised to continue to support the University.
Immediate past Dean, Faculty of Law, Professor Ikponmwosa Omoruyi whose team solicited the facility under the aegis of the University’s Advancement Office, enumerated the capacity of the project and thanked the Vice Chancellor for lending his support to the team’s efforts. He was optimistic that the gesture will strengthen operations in the Central Administrative block.
The solar system is to power the Vice Chancellor’s Office, Registrar’s Office and other strategic offices in the blocks.
Signed:
Benedicta Ehanire, PhD, mnipr
DR/PRO
28/4/25