Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has manufactured an environment
friendly car it plans to compete with at the 2015 Shell Eco Marathon
Competition. It was made from local materials.
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ABU’s environmentally friendly car it hopes to compete with at the 2015 Shell Eco Marathon Competition(Daily Trust)
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A car at an edition of the Shell Eco Marathon Competition
(Gabriel's Report)
An environment friendly car has
been manufactured with locally sourced materials at the Mechanical
Engineering Department of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.
Unveiling the car at the weekend, the Head of Department and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Mohammed Dauda, told journalists that it was made from materials sourced from the local community.
"All materials used for this car were sourced locally," Dr. Dauda said.
Dr. Dauda however noted that some components were recycled, rather than self-fabricated at the department.
"Though,
there are things that we did not fabricate ourselves, you will be
surprised that some of the components like the electrical, we just
looked at an old computer system and then adopted some of the components
that were useful to us," he said.
"So, this is
one example of what we did, which is recycling, otherwise, I will say
100 per cent of the things we used were produced here in Zaria".
He
said the Department was motivated to manufacture the car following an
invitation from the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria
Limited to participate in a competition.
"In
addition to federal government's automotive policy, I must say that the
reason we started this (manufacturing of the car) came from Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited.
"They invited ABU to participate in what they call Shell Eco Marathon Competition."
The Department now plans to compete in the 2015 Shell Eco Marathon Competition with the car.
"The
car should be one that consumes little fuel but goes long distances.
This competition is held in America, Europe and Asia and we are
participating in the European one in Netherlands in May this year."
Cars designed and built by at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) participated in the 2014 edition of the competition held in Holland
