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Borno State Government to establish

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Instructional Technology Centre in collaboration with College of Medical Sciences organised a Boot Camp Work-

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MISSION STATEMENT

The University of Maiduguri shall be an institution dedicated to scholarship and learning in the arts, sciences,

humanities and technology, and the development of moral and civic character of all persons who pass

through her portals. The University shall facilitate and advance scholarship and learning, especially in the

light of her location in the Sahelian environment in the North-Eastern Nigeria, and at the cross-roads of Afri-

ca and Middle-Eastern culture.

VISION STATEMENT

The University of Maiduguri apart from achieving competence in the basic arts and sciences, aims at excel-

lence in agriculture, pastoralism, engineering, human and veterinary medicine and information technology as

well as in arid zone, trans-Saharan and inter-African peace and strategic studies. The University also aims to

promote the development of private and public morality, discipline, accountability and probity, and also

international cooperation through participation, research and dissemination of information.

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Terrorism and extremism are global forces that are larger than their changing names, groups, territories and targets. The fault lines are shifting from the boundaries of nations into the web of our societies, streets of our cities and indeed our campuses. Together with international agencies’ resolve we can meet the chal-lenges of this global scourge and work to bring about reduction to extremism. It is with this view in mind that the Centre for Countering Violent Extremism, University of Maiduguri, is collaborating with the North

East Regional Initiative (NERI) to bring about reduction in violent extremism in the region.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow; we bring to you the thoughts of the Executive Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, revealed in unequivocal narratives. This issue of the Bul-letin will avail you with the opportunity to read on the capacity building activities that were carried out in the University of Maiduguri during the period in focus. As you come along, you will read about an in-house boot camp training where academic staff were updated and motivated on mobile health as an attractive solution that leverages the ubiquity of mobile devices to address one of the most pressing global challeng-es. Honest communication is built on truth and integrity and upon respect of one for the other. These are the core values imparted on students of Mass Communication, University of Maiduguri, in a workshop organized

by Premium Times in collaboration with the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences.

The World Bank believes in bricks and mortar, bringing together funding, technical expertise and capacity building to each of the geopolitical zones in the country. In line with this vision, an assessment of the Univer-sity of Maiduguri facilities were carried out by the World Bank having qualified to compete for the pro-

posed Sustainable Procurement, Environment and Social Standards Centre of Excellence (SPESSCE).

Don’t just count your years but make your years count. The best and most cherished things in life cannot be seen or even touched but felt with the heart. These were the gestures captured in the trails of our stories in this issue where the management of the University of Maiduguri identified with an elder statesman Alhaji

(Dr.) Muhammadu Indimi on his 72nd birthday. This and many more packages await you in this issue.

Editorial Board

Professor M. I. Ahmed - Chairman

Professor M. L. Mele - Member

Dr. Mary Pindar Ndahi - Member

Musa Usman - Member

Mohammed T. Ahmed - Member

EDITORIAL DESK

Mohammed T. Ahmed - Deputy Director, Information

Alh. Suleiman Garba - Chief Photographer

Ahmadu Abubakar - Photographer

Mohammed M. Lawan - Photographer

Bintu Mohammed (Mrs.) - Reporter

Rabi U. Yusuf (Mrs.) - Reporter

Abdulmumin Kolo Gulani - Reporter

Abubakar Mustapha - Reporter

Faculty/Directorate Representatives - Reporters

Kyari Ali - Circulation

Professor M. I. Ahmed - Design, Development & Integration

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P resident of Creative Associates Interna-

tional, also known as North East Region-

al Initiative (NERI), Mr. Leland Kurvant,

recently paid a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancel-

lor University of Maiduguri, Professor Aliyu

Shugaba.

The team was led by the former Vice Chancellor

of the University, Professor Mohammed Mala

Daura.

Speaking during the visit, the Vice Chancellor said

he was happy to receive them stressing that he

has a special respect for NERI as a result of their

enormous contributions to the University. He also

reminded the President that NERI had earlier

came up with the idea of establishing the Centre

for Countering Violent Extremism and assured the

team that the University will continue to work with

them for services to humanity.

He then commended the former Vice Chancellor,

Professor Mohammed Mala Daura, who is also the

Director of Centre for Disaster and Risk Manage-

ment, for nurturing the Centre of Countering Vio-

lent Extremism of the University.

Also speaking, the President of Creative Associ-

ates International, Mr. Leland Kurvant, stated that

his organization will continue to collaborate with

University of Maiduguri in order to improve the

lives of the people.

While thanking the Vice Chancellor for the warm

reception, he then condoled with him over the de-

mise of his beloved wife.

The President was accompanied by Chief of Party,

Mr. Oliver Girad, Executive Director Officer, Mr.

Tim Kanam, NERI Regional Programme Manager,

Mr. Albert Pam, and other Senior Managers of

NERI.

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Professor M. M. Daura (centre) making remarks on the visit of the President of Creative Associates In-ternational, Mr. Leland Kurvant (left) at the Vice Chancellor’s office

Professor Aliyu Shugaba (front row, centre) and other principal officers in a group photograph with mem-bers of the NERI team

August, 2019

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August, 2019

T he Borno State University, expected to

take off in September 2019, will fully

collaborate with the University of Mai-

duguri in the areas of capacity building in order

to facilitate its smooth take-off.

This was disclosed by the Executive Governor of

the state, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum,

when members of the University management

paid him the traditional Sallah homage at the

Government House Maiduguri on 12th August

2019.

Governor Zulum stated that the University of

Maiduguri has for long been assisting the Borno

State Government and the catchment states of

the North East with the requisite manpower in

both administrative and academic sectors, stress-

ing that he is happy to be one of the products of

the institution and therefore urged the manage-

ment not to relent in supporting the government

towards creating an enabling environment for

teaching and learning for the young institution.

Governor Zulum then informed the University

management that his administration intends to

establish a Ministry of Science, Technology and In-

novation with a view to fast track research for sus-

tainable social and economic development of the

state.

He noted that the Ministry, when operational, will

support and provide grants to researchers who

were unable carry out studies due to lack of funds

adding that it will also bridge that gap between the

industrial and educational sector by providing rele-

vant and enabling educational technological envi-

ronment including good laboratories and workshops

to train students.

Earlier in his remarks, the Acting Vice Chancellor,

Professor Mohammed Munkaila, commended the

Governor for the support he has been rendering to

the University. He added that the University is

grateful for the current step the State Government

has taken towards alleviating accommodation prob-

lems for staff by undertaking the construction of

twenty housing units, addressing water scarcity and

rehabilitating roads within the University.

In another related development, the Shehu of Borno,

Alh. (Dr) Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El-

Kanemi, has commended the management of the

University for continuously sustaining and maintain-

ing the tradition of paying homage to traditional

rulers and elders in the state.

The Shehu made the commendation when members

of the University management team paid him the

traditional Sallah homage in his palace.

The royal father noted that such visits indicate the

regard and relevance the traditional institution has

in the society stressing that the University as a re-

pository of knowledge acknowledges that and

therefore urged the management to continue with

such tradition.

Professor Mohammad Munkaila, representative of the Vice Chancellor, making opening remarks at the Government House, Maiduguri

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This, he further noted, will cement the good rela-

tionship existing between the Emirate and the Uni-

versity and he commended the management for

finding time to visit him in his palace.

Earlier in his remarks, the acting Vice Chancellor

University of Maiduguri, Professor Mohammed

Munkaila, informed the Shehu that the team was in

his palace to wish him well and further seek for his

guidance as no responsible society will do away

with the traditional institution. Professor Munkaila

said the University of Maiduguri management is

appreciative of the support its community enjoys

from the palace in the promotion of academic

tranquility on campus.

The University, he said, will always be apprecia-

tive of the role the Shehu has been playing in the

affairs of the State and the University and urged

him not to relent in that regard.

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T he Vice-Chancellor University of Mai-

duguri, Professor Aliyu Shugaba, has

charged faculties in the University to

engage in more research works. He gave the

charge recently at the opening ceremony of a

two day Workshop on Research Proposal organ-

ised by Faculty of Social Sciences on the 7th and

8th August 2019.

Represented by Director Servicom, Professor Mu-

hammed Mukaila, the Vice-Chancellor thanked the

organisers of the workshop for the topics adding

that the workshop will be of great benefit to both

postgraduate students and lecturers.

He then urged the participants to use the

knowledge obtained at the workshop.

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Representative of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Mo-hammad Munkaila, and the Registrar, Tijjani Bukar in prayers with the Shehu of Borno, Alh. (Dr) Abuba-kar Ibn Umar Garbai Al-Amin El-Kanemi

A cross-section of the Vice Chancellor’s entourage at the Shehu of Borno’s palace during the Sallah visit

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Also speaking, the Dean Faculty of Social Science

and Director Radio and Public Relations, Universi-

ty of Maiduguri, Professor Danjuma Gambo,

thanked the Vice-Chancellor and participants to

the workshop for honouring their invitation.

The Dean restated their plans towards reviewing

the academic culture of the social sciences and

repositioning the faculty.

Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman Faculty Con-

ferences Committee, Professor Abba Gana Shet-

tima, said the workshop was organised to identify

areas of needs in research for both academic

staff and postgraduate students of the faculty.

The workshop is also geared to inspire and moti-

vate the participants and to identify areas that

has potentials to serve as a bridge for future re-

search. Professor Abba Gana said this is just one

of the series of workshops that will be conducted

and many more would follow.

Highlights of the event were paper presentations,

recommendations and suggestions for the way

forward proffered by some of the participants

from the faculty. The workshop was culminated

with a group photograph to commemorate the

event.

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The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Danjuma Gambo, delivering his address at the event flanked on the left by Professor Mohammed Munkaila representing the Vice Chancellor and Professor Yusuf M. Yusuf

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Professor Mohammed Munkaila, (centre), flanked on the right by Professor Danjuma Gambo and Professor Abba Gana Shettima and on the left by Mr. Filibus Y. Mshelia and Professor Yusuf M. Yusuf

August, 2019

The Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Danjuma Gambo in a group photograph with participants at the workshop

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T he Vice Chancellor University of Maidu-

guri, Professor Aliyu Shugaba, has com-

mended Alh. (Dr.) Muhammad Indimi

for creating linkages between the University and

some international universities.

He made the commendation when he led the man-

agement of the University on a courtesy visit to the

business mogul at his residence.

The Vice Chancellor acknowledged his generosity

and valuable support to the university and urged

him to sustain the spirit for the continued growth of

the institution.

Professor Shugaba informed Alhaji Indimi that the

university has commenced the process of engaging

Harvard University, which is one of the universities

he linked the university of Maiduguri with. He en-

visaged that when the linkage is fully established,

it will promote mutually beneficial educational

and intercultural activities between the two univer-

sities.

The VC congratulated the businessman on the occa-

sion of his seventy second birthday and prayed

Allah to continue to bless him with good health, long

life and prosperity in the years to come.

Responding, Alh. (Dr) Muhammad Indimi said he is

committed to creating more partnerships between

the University of Maiduguri and other reputable uni-

versities in the world.

While thanking the university management for iden-

tifying with him, Alhaji Indimi promised to continue to

add value in the attainment of the vision and goals

of the University of Maiduguri. Alhaji Indimi said he

will continue to collaborate with the University of

Maiduguri management in ways that will bring

about the attainment of academic excellence in the

system. He went further to reiterate his commitment

to promoting scholarship, particularly in the north-

east subregion which is facing challenges of violent

extremism and terrorism.

Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammad Indimi (first row, centre) in a group photograph with the Vice Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Shugaba and other principal officers of the Univer-sity

August, 2019

The Vice Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Shugaba in a hand shake congratulating Alhaji (Dr.) Muhammad Indimi on his 72nd birthday

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T he Vice Chancellor University of Mai-

duguri, Professor Aliyu Shugaba, said

that as a teacher, researcher and ad-

ministrator, he considers Powerpoint as a com-

panion. The Vice Chancellor, represented by Pro-

fessor Mohammed Munkaila, made this assertion

in the opening session of a two-day boot camp

workshop organized by the Instructional Technol-

ogy Centre in collaboration with the College of

Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri on the

22nd of August, 2019.

In declaring the workshop open, Professor

Shugaba reiterated the importance of Power

point as a teaching tool and said it allows him to

create electronic presentations of his slides in the

class, conferences and meetings. The Vice Chan-

cellor emphasized the power of Powerpoint as a

handy tool to manipulate text, photos, illustra-

tions, drawings, tables, graphs and video clips to

effectively walk one’s audience through a

presentation.

In his opening remarks, Professor Shugaba said

“although most of you may have been familiar

with the Powerpoint software, it still requires a

certain set of skills to effectively and proficiently

adopt it as a teaching tool”.

He went further to say telemedicine, which is a

component of the workshop, has been around in

its rudimentary form for over 40 years. Technolo-

gy, he said, now plays a big role in the medical

domain and that as doctors regularly look for

better ways to treat people, technology has

brought numerous great advances to the medical

field. In his own words, the Vice Chancellor said

“Thanks to technological advancements such as tele-

medicine, you can now access medical services or

information that might normally be unavailable.

Online peer discussion groups not only provide

helpful information but also, more importantly, sup-

port collaborative research and exchange of

ideas”. He then observed that “as lecturers, we

have to brush up our skills from time to time in order

to keep pace with the changing

The Vice Chancellor represented by Professor Moham-med Munkaila (centre) issuing a certificate of attendance to Dr. Bala Askira, one of the participants at the work-shop supported by Professor Musa I. Ahmed

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The Vice Chancellor represented by Professor Moham-med Munkaila (centre) in a group photograph with the workshop participants and facilitators

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technological world”. The purpose of this work-

shop, he said, is thus to provide participants with

the necessary updates, skills and proficiency to

manipulate these applications with ease. The

Vice Chancellor thanked the organizers of the

workshop for the sacrifices they made to put it

together. The initiative of organizing the work-

shop by the Director Instructional Technology

Centre, Professor Musa I. Ahmed in collaboration

with the Provost College of Medical Sciences,

Professor Mohammed Bukar, he said, is indeed

commendable. He urged other deans and di-

rectors in the University to emulate such feat and

promised that the University management will

continue to do its best to support staff capacity

building. The Vice Chancellor wished the partici-

pants a beneficial deliberation and hoped that

many of them will acquire additional skills in the

manipulation of these software as teaching tools.

Earlier in his remarks, the Director Instructional

Technology Centre, Professor Musa I. Ahmed, ex-

pressed his delight for participating as a resource

person for the workshop. Professor Ahmed further

said “with the rapidly rising cost of healthcare, and

the fact that it is nonexistent in some places, the need

for telemedicine continues to grow and provide the

unique advantage of being able to treat patients

from their home, give valuable medical support and

information and provide health services to remote

areas. He went further to thank the University Man-

agement for its genuine interest in nurturing the In-

structional Technology Centre to its present statue.

Professor Ahmed pleaded with the representative of

the Vice Chancellor, Professor Munkaila, to kindly

find time out of his busy schedule to witness the issu-

ance of certificates at the closing ceremony of the

workshop. He also craved his indulgence in the

presentation of awards of “Academic Leadership Par

Excellence” to deserving individuals at the closing

ceremony.

In his closing remarks, the Provost College of Medical

Sciences, Professor Mohammed Bukar, thanked the

University management for supporting the workshop

and urged the participants to leverage on the skills

they have acquired during the training. He went fur-

ther to say that similar trainings will subsequently be

organized for the college in order to keep pace with

the changing demands in education. Professor Bukar

thanked the Instructional Technology Centre for their

sacrifices in organizing the workshop and look for-

ward to future collaborations.

Professor Mohammed Munkaila (center) receiving an award on behalf of the Vice Chancellor professor Aliyu Shugaba supported by the Provost College of Medical Sciences, Professor Mohammed Bukar (left)

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T he Vice-Chancellor, University of

Maiduguri, Professor Aliyu Shugaba,

has stressed the need for investiga-

tive journalism among members of the pen pro-

fession in order to address fake news syn-

drome.

He made the call when a special team from

Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journal-

ism paid him a courtesy visit at the Muhammadu

Buhari Senate Building of the University.

Represented by the Chairman Servicom, Profes-

sor Muhammad Munkaila, the Vice Chancellor

said that the spread of fake news in the country

is alarming and thus the need for investigative jour-

nalism to bring an end to the ugly trend. Professor

Munkaila, who described the training of Mass Com-

munication Students on various aspects of investiga-

tive journalism by the centre as apt, assured them of

the University’s readiness to partner with the Centre

in the area of capacity building of members of the

academia and the students. He then solicited the

support of the Centre as the University is at the

verge of reviewing its Mass Communication curricu-

lum, in line with the current trend across the globe.

The Programme Manager, Premium Times Centre

for Investigative Journalism, Mrs. Adenike Aloba,

earlier in her remarks stated that the Centre trained

forty students of Mass Communication Department

of the University on Conflict Reporting and Investi-

gative Journalism for four days, and they were

found to be exceptionally disciplined and attentive

throughout the programme.

Mrs. Adenike, informed the Vice-Chancellor that the

training was part of the Centre’s efforts aimed at

raising a new set of young journalists who can

uphold the ethics of journalism profession in

conjunction with the academia.

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August, 2019

The closing ceremony for the workshop was dom-

inated by the presentation of certificates of par-

ticipation and facilitation by the representative

of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Mohammed

M u n k a i l a . Aw a r d s o f

“Academic Leadership Par Excellence” were also

presented to the Vice

Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Shugaba, and his imme-

Cont’d from page 8

The Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Professor Danjuma Gambo (left), making his remarks during the courtesy call while the representa-tive of the Vice Chancellor, Professor Moham-med Munkaila, looks on.

Cont’d on page 12

diate predecessor, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, who is also the Secretary to the

T he Vice-Chancellor University of Mai-

duguri, Professor Aliyu Shugaba, has

stated that the doors of the University

are always open for any donor partner willing to

help the institution achieve its desired objective of

providing quality education. The Vice-Chancellor

stated this when he received a delegation from

the World Bank at the Muhammadu Buhari Senate

Building Complex on the 19th of August, 2019.

Represented by Professor Muhammad Munkaila,

Director Servicom of the University, the Vice-

Chancellor thanked the World Bank for selecting

the University of Maiduguri as one of the institu-

tions that will compete to benefit from the pro-

posed “Sustainable Procurement, Environment and

Social Standard Centre of Excellence (SPESSCE)

to be funded by the World Bank. He further stat-

ed that the University will do everything possible

within its reach to ensure that it qualifies for the

grant so as to further raise the standard of the

University at the global level. On his part, the

head of the delegation, Mr. Francis Egbohare,

said the visit was meant to see what the University

has on ground and its preparedness towards get-

ting the Centre of Excellence grant. Mr. Francis

then appreciated the successes recorded by the

University and urged the management to sustain

the successes recorded by maintaining the tempo.

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adding that the Centre focuses on media innova-

tion and development in order for the media to

stay ahead of the global technological changes in

information and communication. Mrs. Adenike then

called for collaboration with the academia in the

University so as to come up with new prototype

ideas and knowledge driven concepts for the ad-

vancement of journalism in the country and be-

yond. The occasion was culminated with a group pho-

tograph to commemorate the event.

Cont’d from page 11

The Vice Chancellor’s representative, Professor Mohammed Munkaila (centre) with principal of-ficers of the University in a group photograph

(R-L front row): Tijjani Bukar (Registrar), Professor M.M. Daura, Professor Mohammed Munkaila, Mr. Francis Egbohare in a group photograph with oth-er principal officers of the University

The University, he said, has wide areas of speciali-

zation which can be tapped and staff of the Uni-

versity are willing to provide their expertise in any

relevant field that may be required in making the

work successful, being it in agriculture, arts, scienc-

es, geography, forestry, ecology, geology, and

education among others.

The Vice-Chancellor then stated that the University

has as its core value the promotion of research,

training, cultural landscape and gender equality

which are similar to UNESCO’s global priorities.

He therefore stressed that it is hoped that ad-

dressing the fundamental problems of restoring

the Lake to its full capacity or at least close to its

capacity coupled with environmental restoration

through participatory protective mechanism will go

a long way in addressing the ongoing conflicts

within the Lake Chad Basin.

He then stated that it is a welcome development

that the meeting is taking place at a critical time

such as this in the North-East

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T he University of Maiduguri is not only

willing to facilitate the processes of de-

veloping the management plan of the

proposed Biosphere Reserves and Trans-boundary

World Heritage Site, but also to partner with

UNESCO and other development partners in en-

suring the success of the programme.

This was made known by the Vice Chancellor Uni-

versity of Maiduguri, Professor Aliyu Shugaba,

during his goodwill message at the Sensitization,

Planning and Consultation meeting towards the

Nomination of Biosphere Reserve within the Nige-

rian Sector the Lake Chad Basin held at El-kanemi

Hall of the University.

The Vice-Chancellor noted that the University of

Maiduguri is willing and ready to participate and

contribute in whatever way that will propel the

Lake-Chad region to a global stage of peaceful

co-existence and prosperity for the present and

future generations.

August, 2019

The Vice Chancellor University of Maiduguri, Pro-fessor Aliyu Shugaba, delivering his goodwill mes-sage at the occasion

A cross-section of the participants at the sensitiza-tion meeting in El-Kanemi Hall, University of Mai-duguri

sub-region, and also commended the support of

the nation’s development partners like UNESCO

and African Development Bank for their being

worthy partners of the University.

In his welcome address, the Regional Science Ad-

visor of UNESCO Abuja Regional Office, Mr.

Simone Grego, noted that the Lake Chad Basin is

a very important ecosystem, but the effect of cli-

mate change has brought devastating outcomes

like water shortages, loss of natural resources and

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The Vice Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Shugaba (centre), with other principal officers of the University in a group photograph with members of the BIOPALT project

conflicts, among others. It is therefore in response

to this situation that UNESCO and Lake Chad Ba-

sin Commission signed a partnership agreement

to implement the project, applying the model of

Trans-boundary Biosphere Reserves and World

Heritage Sites in order to promote peace in the

Lake Chad Basin by the sustainable management

of its natural resources. The project, which is also

called BIOPALT, is a sub component of the pro-

gramme to rehabilitate and strengthen the resili-

ence of socio-ecological systems in the Lake Chad

Basin.

The Regional Advisor, who was represented by

Enang Moma, BIOPALT Project Officer, stressed

that BIOPALT project is one mechanism UNESCO

is using to fulfill its overarching objectives of

building peace and contributing to equitable and

sustainable development with focus on the Lake

Chad Basin. He further reiterated that the core

mandate of the BIOPALT project is to strengthen

the capacity of the member states of the Lake

Chad Basin Commission to safeguard and sustain-

ably manage the hydrological, biological and

cultural resources of the Lake Chad basin. The

project aimed at poverty reduction and peace

promotion in the Lake Chad region.

Mr. Grego then thanked the Vice-Chancellor and

the management team of University of Maiduguri

for being a resourceful collaborator in the BI-

OPALT Project.

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August, 2019

The BIOPALT project team at the sensitization, plan-ning and consultation meeting held at the El-Kanemi Hall, University of Maiduguri

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