EDUCATION : UNIBEN GETS CENTRE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AS ALUMNUS DONATES FOUR SEATER SOLAR POWERED WORKSTATION.

 

By ESOSA OMOROGBE.

University of Benin will have a center for Advanced Research to boost scholarship in technology courtesy Engineer Doyle Edeni, an alumnus of the instruction.

Engr Doyle Edeni, a product of the Department of Biochemistry and  the Managing Director, CEO of Blue Seal Energy Group Inc, Helotes, Texas, USA made this statement in Benin City while delivering the Distinguished Alumnus Lecture Series of the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University with a theme: "Bridging The Gap Between The Academia And Industry:An Alumnus Perspectives".

While challenging Nigerian academics for solutions to the countless problems in the country and thereby pushing for  industrial revolution said plans have reached an advanced stage to establish a Centre for Advanced Research in the University of Benin(UNIBEN).

He however berated Lecturers still using outdated textbooks to train students in this modern era charging them to profer solutions to the power problem in Nigeria among others.

According to him, "the University is the center of debates and research, the responsibility of the academia is to support the industrial growth of any nation. "The academics must not keep quiet and people from outside will come and take your money away. I am challenging everybody who is an engineer here, that this is an opportunity to look for alternatives, some university has gone solar now. And this is the headquarters of sunlight.

"The university is the center of research, learning, and debate how could people keep quiet and things are going wrong? We have concluded a plan to establish a Centre for Advanced Research in this University," he said.

Earlier, in her welcome speech, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Lilian Imuetinyan Salami represented by.Prof John Ogene, Deputy Vice Chancellor Ekewan Campus,said the University with
over 350, 000 graduates in her 51-year history ranks high not only in Nigeria but across the world, amongst reputable institutions that are contributing significantly to human capital development.

"Our products, including the Guest Speaker Engr.Edeni today, Engr, have continued to distinguish themselves in their various fields of human endeavor. This high success rate lays credence
to our claim as UNIBEST of the universe but also the high level of intellectual discipline and character building to
which our students are exposed to while in school." She said.
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