NUBA Polytechnic students developed solar cooker, others , won at Polytechnics Engineering Competition

The Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, Kaduna State says it would patent and commercialize  the Solar Induction DC Cooker, other inventions and projects developed by its students for the National Polytechnics Engineering Competition.

The Radio Nigeria recalls that Ibrahim Abubakar, the winner of the second position in the competition, has developed a GSM based home automation system.

 Ms Blessing-Eyibo Godwin, emerged winner of the third position by constructing a 200W Solar Induction DC Cooker.

Other projects developed by the students that featured at the competition include poultry feather plucking machine, design and construction of a solar based robotic grass cutting machine among others.

Dr. Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi, Rector of the Institution made the disclosure while receiving the students who won the second and third positions at the National Polytechnics Engineering Competition (OND category) which was held in Abuja.

Abdullahi who commended the students for the good outing described the prizes won at the competition as heartwarming for the lecturers and institution.

He added that the institution would strengthen its collaboration with key stakeholders to patent the projects and inventions by the students with a view for a commercial production.

According to him, an organization has indicated its interest in a project developed by a student for the competition.

He, therefore, urged the students to emulate and align themselves with the winners of the competition stressing that the current realities at the labour market was on skills not certificates.

Earlier, Malam Mohammed-Sani Abdulkadir, Director School, of Engineering presented the students to the management of the institution.

 
Abdulkadir described the emergence of the school as second and third winner in the national competition as a credit to the institution as well as the North-West Geopolitical Zone which the school represents.

Director,noted that one of the purposes of the competition was for the students to develop something they can serve their immediate community.

 
He added that one of such projects developed by the students was a chicken de-feathering machine; some people within Zaria who were into the chicken business had developed interest in the machine. 

The Director School of Engineering, said the owners of the ‘chicken slaughter’ in Zaria said the machine would save them time, cost and other logistics in their business.