The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Air Vice Marshal Saddik Ismaila Kaita (rtd), has commended the Bayero University Alumni Association for its visionary plan to launch a ₦500 billion endowment fund aimed at repositioning the institution for sustainable growth and development.
AVM Kaita gave the commendation during a courtesy visit by the Alumni leadership to the Council Chamber of the Abubakar Adamu Rasheed Senate Building on Monday, 25th August, 2025. He described the initiative as a landmark intervention that would not only strengthen the university’s financial base but also guarantee opportunities for generations of students to come.
He lauded the sacrifices of the Alumni President and his team, noting that their efforts amounted to “charity for the betterment of future students.” The Pro-Chancellor also assured the association of the university’s full support in realizing its goals, including the establishment of a model cooperative society to provide affordable services for members of the university community.
Earlier, the President of the Alumni Association, Alhaji Shuaibu Idris Miqati, said preparations were in top gear for the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled for 6th September, 2025, at the Convocation Arena. He explained that the AGM would serve as a platform to reinvigorate the association and consolidate its commitment to the progress of BUK.
Alhaji Miqati disclosed that the endowment fund would be entrusted to a credible Board of Trustees chaired by former INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, alongside other distinguished Nigerians, to ensure transparency and accountability. He also revealed plans to establish a cooperative society that would provide loans and sell essential commodities at subsidized rates by leveraging direct company purchases.
According to him, the endowment organizing committee, chaired by the former Comptroller-General of Immigration, Alhaji Mohammed Babandede, had already reached an advanced stage of preparations. He expressed confidence that with the continued support of the university management, the BUK Alumni Association would replicate the success of world-class institutions such as Harvard and Cambridge, where endowment culture has thrived for decades.
Alhaji Miqati appealed to the university management to remit revenues generated from alumni registrations to the association to aid its activities. He also highlighted efforts by the association to address some of the infrastructural challenges faced by students, particularly inadequate hostel toilet facilities on both the Old and New Campuses.
In his remarks, the Alumni President congratulated the recently appointed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Haruna Musa, and the Pro-Chancellor on their new leadership roles, describing their appointments as a blessing for both the association and the university. He further commended the foresight of the Registrar, Malam Haruna Aliyu, and pledged the association’s readiness to partner with the management in driving BUK’s global ranking to greater heights.