The foremost entrepreneur in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has
assured that the N250 million University of Ibadan Business School being
constructed by him would soon be ready for commissioning, reports ITRealms.
Alsi, the business mogul who is constructing same type of
project in the Bayero University Kano (BUK) said the structure will be ready
for hand over to the university management anytime from now.
The UI project being undertaken by the Aliko Dangote
Foundation (http://Dangote.com) was sequel to a pledge made by the business
mogul last year during the convocation ceremony by the university when he was
conferred honorary doctorate degree along with some other eminent Nigerians.
The University of Ibadan management later requested that the
pledged funds be used to construct the building complex within the premises of
the Business School under Professor Nike Oshofisan as the Director.
The University management has equally decided that the
building, when completed, will be named ‘Aliko Dangote Complex’.
The Chief Executive of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, Zouera
Youssoufou, explained that all efforts are being geared towards timely
completion of the project saying “construction is currently on-going and the
project will be delivered to the University in February 2018.”
This venture is part of a N2 billion investment by the Aliko
Dangote Foundation, across various institutions, in support of Tertiary
education in Nigeria.
Mrs. Youssoufou stated that the projects are in line with the
Foundation’s mission to enhance opportunities for social change through
strategic investments that improve health and wellbeing, promote quality
education, and broaden economic empowerment opportunities.
On the Bayero Business School, the Foundation boss explained
that on commencement, the business school will be only the third accredited
business school in the country and the first in the North, others being
University of Lagos Business School and University of Ibadan Business School.
She disclosed that the UI and BUK projects are complementary
to the Foundation’s other tertiary education support projects such as the
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria “where we are currently constructing 10 units of
students’ dormitories and we expect that it would be ready by March.
“We have constructed and delivered students’ dormitories in
this University, Crescent University, Abeokuta. We have constructed and
delivered units of students’ dormitories and provided power generating set to
Kano University of Science & Technology, Wudil and now we are in University
of Ibadan.”
Uj. N. Dominic/GEE
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