In 2022, Afe Babalola University Ado – Ekiti (ABUAD) in partnership with Ekiti State Government has provided clean energy and trained the duo of Ago Aduloju and Eriffun Communities adjacent to the ABUAD campus. This is fulfillment its commitment to plough back to the community through its corporate social responsibility plan. This is part of the pledge by ABUAD in its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Sustainability Master plan reviewed in 2022 to provide and extend more basic social infrastructure to rural communities.
The cheering news was delivered by the duo of Aare Afe Babalola,SAN, Founder/Chancellor Afe Babalola University, Ado – Ekiti (ABUAD) and the Ekiti State Governor’s representative, Prof. Modupe Adelabu at the inauguration of the Power Extension and installation of a new Transformer at Eriffun Community in Ado-Ekiti, the State Capital by ABUAD.
Professor Adelabu spoke of the Ekiti State Government’s plan to continually partner with ABUAD to develop rural areas and make life worthwhile for the rural dwellers. She considered stable and clean power as essential to the socio-economic development of the State. Prof Adelabu thanked the Founder/Chancellor ABUAD, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN and the entire management of ABUAD for providing power to the community. She stated further that the gesture of ABUAD to the Eriffun Community is in concert with the State government’s resolve to change the paradigm shift of rural-urban drift.
Aare Afe Babalola,SAN, Founder/Chancellor ABUAD, said he was so happy that his university is illuminating Eriffun Community which had been in total darkness for ages. He noted that it is a notorious fact that Government alone cannot provide basic infrastructure to the public. He went further to commend ABUAD Management Staff and all the staff of the Directorate of Works and Services of the University for making him fulfill another desire of giving back to the Community. It is noteworthy that ABUAD has been maintaining the government road leading to the University and its neighboring communities.
By delivering reliable and clean power, this project will reduce the energy cost incurred by rural farmers and community members on electricity (especially fossil fuel-powered generators) by 25-30% on an average monthly basis. This will reduce noise and air pollution while lowering GHG emissions from electricity.
He stressed that his University will continue to partner with the government at ensuring that Ekiti communities enjoy an uninterrupted power supply thereby making ABUAD a champion in actualizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of providing affordable and clean energy to the local communities.
