By Zainab Olufunmi
The Vice Chancellor, Bayero University, Kano, (BUK) Prof. Sagir Adamu, says the university is set to partner with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to address energy challenges in Nigeria.
Adamu, disclosed this while speaking at the Society of Petroleum Engineer (SPE) Africa 2025 annual student congress holding in Kano on Thursday.
The VC was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Haruna Musa at the congress with the theme:”Building the energy workforce of tomorrow highest on innovation, technology insight and talent development.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that SPE, Nigeria council is hosting the Africa Energy Challenge 2025, a competition for SPE Students Chapters in Africa to showcase their skills and talents in addressing energy challenges.
The competition focuses on energy accessibility, energy security, and sustainability.
The VC said that the congress we take the students right from entry through research in petroleum engineering with view to address development challenges, most specifically for Nigeria.
While thanking the society for recognising the university as their host, the VC said, “this is the first SPE annual congress in Nigeria and in BUK.”
The African Regional Director of SPE, Dr. Riverson Opong, said the congress, which is an international body, cuts across 156 countries globally.
“We have our members across 80 countries and Africa is a country of great talent technology, and with energy, the world can change.
“We have students from Port Harcourt, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, among several other countries that are beneficiaries of our congress,”he said.
Oppong said that five winners would be selected from the competitions to hold among representatives of different universities before the end of congress.
A student from Miles and Technology, Ghana, Oteng Kenneth, expressed joy for being among those selected to attend and expressed optimism that they win in order to participate at an international level.(NAN)
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