Federal Poly Idah seeks solution to power outage

The Federal Polytechnic Idah is grappling with a major challenge due to the lack of power supply from the national grid, according to RT. Hon. Adetope Ademiluyi, Chairman of the Governing Council.

Ademiluyi stated that relying on generating sets all year round is a significant drain on the institution’s finances.

He made this known during the 103 Regular Meeting of the council which took place at the Council Chamber of the institution.

His words, “We need to be pragmatic about finding a lasting solution to the problem. We should consider setting up a Solar Farm and harvesting the power for individual buildings, we can incorporate a solar power system into the Bill of Quantity (BOQ) of every building we are embarking on from now.

“I still believe it is not far-fetched if we write the Ministry of Power and request for a dedicated line from Gerega Power Plant. A plausible alternative Power Source that we identified at the retreat of Council Chairmen in Calabar last month was seeking assistance from the REA (Rural Electrification Agency). We decided to send the Executive members of the Committee of Chairmen to meet with the Director General (DG) of the Agency.

“One happens to be the Vice Chairman for North Central, and a meeting has been scheduled with the man for 13th March 2025 by: 1.00 pm. I am optimistic that we will be one of the first beneficiaries if we can persuade the Agency to help Polytechnics.

RT. Hon. Adetope Ademiluyi, the Governing Council of the institution also urged the management of the institution to improve Internally Generated Revenue (IGR)

“It is obvious that the school needs to improve on her Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), adding that to improve her IGR, the school should give critical consideration to increase in student populace and the enrolment in the Institution must be worked on to effect an increase in the student populace.”