Adeyemi Olalemi-300L, Education &
Physics
The
University has in the last one and half months been experiencing epileptic
power supply across all hostels and faculties which is very unusual as a result
of constant power supply enjoyed by the institution.
This
recent development has led to the cancelling of some lectures due to excessive
heat in the lecture theatres and lack of electricity to power the
public
address system for effective communication in large classes.
The
students on campus have been on the receiving end as they’ve been faced with
series of challenges as a result of shortage in power supply because student
activities on campus largely depend on electricity such as cooking, laundry,
water, reading, research work etcetera.
In a
visit to the Electrical Unit of the University of Lagos, it was gathered that a
system failure at Ajah power plant led to the shortage in the power supplied to
the campus and on most occasion, the electrical unit powers the University with
a generator which consumes about 6 000 litres of diesel per day.
It was
also revealed that the underground cabling going on right now in the University
is another alternative feeder that is expected to supply electricity to the
Faculty of Education and not the cause of the power outage.
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