The car, which is said to travel long distance but consume less fuel hence its environment friendly status was the response of the university to an invitation to compete at the Shell Eco Marathon Competition-an annual event which has witnessed some Nigerian universities with locally manufactured eco-friendly cars in the past few years- by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.

One thing makes this feat more interesting for me and that is this in addition to the car being locally manufactured(all materials were sourced locally), the university displayed a real environment friendly intent in sourcing some of the materials that were not readily available by recycling parts of computers. It is a big statement of their support for environment friendly inventions.

The university will be taking part in the Shell Eco Marathon competition in Netherlands later this May- just like the university of Benin and the University of Lagos did with their Eco-friendly cars last year- with this car as their main tool of competition.

I am very delighted with this and so happy that my country's contribution to a friendly environment.

Photocredit: Naijaloaded(First photo)

                      The Whistle(Second photo)