ABU, Nairobi varsity sign pact on research activities

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the University of Nairobi, Kenya have agreed to collaborate for joint research activities, and exchange of scholars, as well as students both undergraduate and postgraduate.
The agreement was contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly signed by both parties at the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
The MoU is for five years, and it shall be governed by Nigerian and Kenyan law subject to national and international jurisdictions.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabiru Bala, signed the MoU on behalf of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, while the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, Prof. Stephen Kiama, stood in for the Kenyan university.
The main objective of the Memorandum of Understanding is basically to provide directly or in collaboration with other institutions’ facilities for university education, including technology, professional education, research, the transmission of knowledge, and the stimulation of intellectual life and cultural development.
Specifically, other areas of collaboration as captured in the MoU include joint proposals for solicitation of funding and exchange of information as well as documentation both written and electronic.
Both institutions also agreed to use each other’s facilities subject to adequate prior notice, convenience, and availability, as well as the exchange of faculty members in the field of mutual interests and terms to be agreed upon.