The Shuaibu Abubakar Audu Foundation (SAAF) is seeking Programs Exchange collaboration between the Cambridge, Oxford and the Prince Abubakar Audu University Ayingba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.
The Programs Exchange Collaboration was the top of issues discussed when the Grand Patron of the Foundation, Alhaji Shuaibu Abubakar Audu alongside his friend, Mr. Philip Bonn Africa Edward – a United Nations Special Envoy, and Members of his SAAF team visited the Vice Chancellor of PAAU in Ayingba.
Alhaji Shuaibu Audu who graduated from the Oxford University – England, said the visit to the Vice Chancellor of the University was to seek for areas of collaboration with International Universities towards raising the standard of PAAU.
The SAAF Grand Patron pointed out that the partnership will go a long way at placing the University among committees of higher institutions of learning worldwide, promising to do his best towards seeing to the success of the collaboration.
“I am privileged to have graduated from the Oxford University while my friend and the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy, Mr. Philip Bonn Africa Edward, graduated from the Cambridge University
“We are here to discuss and see how we can make moves and have a joint curriculum and a joint exchange program towards actualizing the dream of making Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU) Ayingba, the Best in Nigeria and also be able to compete favorably with other Universities across the globe”
He expressed joy that students of the University are still on session while their counterparts are on strike, describing the move by the State Government to bring about such development as a show of commitment to the growth and progress of education in the State.
Alhaji Shuaibu Abubakar Audu also commended the efforts of University Management at keeping the standard of the University high, calling on them to sustain such standard and improve on it.
Speaking, the Vice Chancellor of the Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU) Ayingba, Professor Marietu Tenuche, said the visit of Alhaji Shuaibu Abubakar Audu brought alive memories of the Former Governor of the State, Late Prince Abubakar Audu who brought the Institution to be.
Professor Tenuche noted that her predecessors have tried their best at bringing to reality, the dream of creating the University, stressing that she has been building and improving on such pedestal since her assumption of Office.
She appreciated Alhaji Shuaibu Abubakar Audu for his efforts at bringing about collaborative initiative between the Institution and other reputable ones outside the Country, stressing that such will help the Institution to be ranked high in Nigeria.
The VC said the Academic Calendar of PAAU has not been broken in the last five years; courtesy of the current Governor of the State, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello, describing such efforts as unprecedented and a welcomed development in the education sector.
The PAAU Boss called on other well-to-do individuals in the State and Nigeria at large to invest in Education as practiced by the Late Prince Abubakar Audu and now taken over by his son, Alhaji Shuaibu Abubakar Audu.
On his part, the United Nations (UN) Special Envoy, Mr. Philip Bonn Africa Edward, said the planned program exchange can be realized, stressing that the dream of making PAAU as the best in Nigeria can also be made possible with commitment to the course.
Mr. Edward commended the Vice Chancellor, management team and staff of the Institution for their commitment towards ensuring quality education for the students of the citadel of learning.
Highlight of the visit was a confirmation of an Award on the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Marietu Tenuche.
