A YOUNG NIGERIAN STUDENT CONSTRUCTS A SOLAR TRICYCLE AS HIS PROJECT

BY JEREMIAH CHABO

A young student from Akwa Ibom state, Ekomobong
Finbarr, constructed and defended this solar
powered tricycle (Keke) as his first degree
project in Electrical Engineering, Federal
University of Technology, (FUTO), Owerri.

Image by naija.com

According to reports, the tricycle has no engine,
just battery and the solar system and can go
11km without blinking.

His Head of Department, Mr. Damian Dike with
his colleague Dr. Mrs. Achumba enjoyed the first
cruise of the Keke.

This goes to show that Nigerian youths got talent, how well do we harness them?

In reaction to this question, many have said that our university doesn't actually give room for innovation as it's really a "cram and pass work" we do. No practical, nothing, lamented a student of university of agriculture Makurdi.