Staff Writer
In his factory in Borno state, Thirty one-year-old entrepreneur Mustapha Abubakar Gajibo first transformed gasoline-powered minibuses into solar-powered electric vehicles.
In his brand-new workshop in Abuja, the federal capital, he has since begun complete vehicle designing and manufacture.
The high expense of living and environmental concerns were two of the key issues Abubaker aimed to solve.
“Everyone knows how the prices of fuel go up every day, along with the prices of transportation and the harm caused to our environment by other fossil powered vehicles,” the man says. “So I went into electric vehicle to solve all those problems […],” he adds.
The budding entrepreneur left school to follow his dream. He subsequently launched Phoenix Renewable Energy. He started producing electric vehicles in 2017. Even though he steadily rose in stature and experience, he still had to overcome obstacles like money and material sources.
He envisions the introduction of more electric buses throughout the world. Speaking to local media LeadershipNG, he claimed that people from “Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau” have contacted his company about their interest in his proposal.
We have an electric vehicle that is “model of ours that is built for short range intractity mass transit. This bus has seven seats and was entirely created and constructed locally. It can travel 210 kilometers on a single battery.
Nigeria, one of the top producers of crude oil in Africa, has sporadic electrical availability, but Gajibo seems unfazed.
His achievement allowed him to present a new perspective on Borno state, which has seen decades of warfare at the hands of Boko Haram extremists and is located close to the Chadian border.
