Final Year Student Builds Solar Generator That Does Not Use Fuel But Utilises Sunlight to Give Light

• A student of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue state, built a nice-looking solar generator
• The student, Gabriel Agile, built the solar generator as his final year project, and photos of it are going viral
• The solar generator does not use fuel but utilises direct sunlight, which it converts into electricity

A talented student of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue state, built a beautiful solar generator.

The creative man Gabriel Agile is a final-year student, and the solar generator he built is his project work.

Photos of the solar generator were shared on Facebook by Theophilus Amaatimin, who said Gabriel is a student of the Department of Physics at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi.

Thousands of people fell in love with the solar generator after the post went viral and garnered over 74,000 engagements.

People in the comment section asked how much the solar generator would be sold for, indicating they wanted to buy it.

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When contacted, Agile told Legit.ng that his ambition is to build an energy source that is sustainable and eco-friendly.

His words:

"My future plans is to build this very device to a certain level where people will freely enjoy a steady source of energy that is eco-friendly, sustainable, reliable and portable."

Facebook reactions as student builds generator

Daniel Okwowe said:

"This is good keep it up, we will get there someday."

Vickyblade Ukaegbu said:

"You bought solar panels and inverter batteries couple it together and call it physics project? We need new ideas in our technological innovations world not repeating what is already in existence. Congratulations Sha."

Matete Rahlano said:

"I hope you have rights to your invention before they steal it and make it their own."

Dixon San said:

"I wish it could be built to fly in the high skies under the gravity of the sun during the day & come down in the evening for for massive power supply to a community at night. But I think that Africa is rising and some day we will do better to be best because Africa is blessed. We keep trying."

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Victoria Jibrin Utuetu said:

"Great innovation, proudly Nigerian."

Boy builds prototype of filling station

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian boy went viral after his innovation surfaced online.

The boy built a prototype filling station that looked so beautiful that people praised him.

When asked to operate the prototype filling station, he took one of the pumps and pumped liquid out.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng