Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial assistance received from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) through Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Nigeria, BioFuelNet Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada—Saskatoon Research and Development Centre (AAFC-SRDC) for the use of laboratories and facilities for chemical composition and saccharification analysis.
