Bayero University is determined to strengthen its collaboration with international partners to strategically sustain its preeminent position as one of the best universities in terms of global visibility.

The University has also expressed its unwavering commitment to explore more collaborative opportunities with agencies, institutes and relevant stakeholders in the areas of research, training and staff and students’ exchange.

This was disclosed by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas on Friday last week when he received a delegation from Kenyan Nutrition and Diabetics Institute (KNDI) in his office accompanied by the Director Africa Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), Professor Hadiza Galadanci.

The Vice Chancellor noted that such collaborations among African institutes is sacrosanct to the development of the region, adding that it is quite pertinent for Africans to meet and solve their perennial challenges rather than depending solely on the west to come and solve them. He added that the management is ready to give all the necessary support to ensure that the MoA signed realize its full objectives.

Professor Galadanci, who introduced the team to the Vice Chancellor, said KNDI and Bayero University had signed a memorandum of action in which the two parties  and 6 universities conducted a workshop  last year in Kenya on Grant Writing. She said as part of the MoA another workshop was conducted at ACEPHAP last week on Translating Research into Practice (TRIP).

Prof Galadanci explained that the objective of the workshop was to change the narrative of conducting research and keeping it in the shelve to making it change policy or produce a product.

According to her, ACEPHAP had admitted 10 students from Kenya for Masters Programmes and would start their study as soon as the University opens for full academic session. She commended the Vice Chancellor for the cooperation given towards making sure that ACEPHAP/KNDI collaboration became fruitful.

In his remark, the CEO of KNDI, Dr. David Okeyo expressed happiness with the partnership signed with ACEPHAP and six universities from Kenya. He said all the universities were duly represented during the workshop in ACEPHAP. He said with the way things are going, the collaboration is really moving somewhere.