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THE Federal Government is exploring alternative and independent power supply to public universities in Nigeria as part of measures to boost research and other academic activities on campuses as well as reduce the cost of running the institutions.
Findings have revealed that the cost of fueling and maintenance of power generating plants in tertiary institutions in Nigeria take a chunk of their budgets because of poor and epileptic power supply and the imperative to run the institutions on diesel.
In order to address this challenge, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is collaborating with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to provide all public universities with independent power supply.