The World Bank has released the first tranche of payment, totalling N1.4bn, to 10 Nigerian universities listed among the African Centres of Excellence.
The fund is for the ACE project to shore up the ranking of the universities in agriculture, health, science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Nigerian universities had won 10 out of the 19 slots for Africa. The benefiting universities are the
1. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
2. Bayero University, Kano
3. Benue State University
4. Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State.
5. University of Jos
6. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
7. University of Benin
8. University of Port Harcourt
9. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Okojie said, “The success of the ACE project holds the prospect of favourable global ranking for Nigerian universities and the nation cannot afford to toy with the opportunity.
“The feat of a Nigerian university, which assisted in checking the spread and scourge of the Ebola Virus Disease when it broke out in the country, would have ordinarily earned Nigeria a top place among world universities.”
The fund is for the ACE project to shore up the ranking of the universities in agriculture, health, science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Nigerian universities had won 10 out of the 19 slots for Africa. The benefiting universities are the
1. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
2. Bayero University, Kano
3. Benue State University
4. Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State.
5. University of Jos
6. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
7. University of Benin
8. University of Port Harcourt
9. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Okojie said, “The success of the ACE project holds the prospect of favourable global ranking for Nigerian universities and the nation cannot afford to toy with the opportunity.
“The feat of a Nigerian university, which assisted in checking the spread and scourge of the Ebola Virus Disease when it broke out in the country, would have ordinarily earned Nigeria a top place among world universities.”
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