Bayero University (BUK) and Florida State University Tallahassee in America on Tuesday signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) to establish Nigerian Centre for Reading, Research and Development (NCRRD).
The Vice Chancellor of BUK, Prof. Muhammad Yahuza, said during the signing ceremony in Kano that NCRRD would be co-funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
According to him, the decision to establish the centre follow discussions between officials of the two universities that began in March 2001, aimed at improving reading culture and research in Nigeria.
Yahuza said “the development came when Jefferry Milligan, the Director of Florida Learning Institute and Professor at Institute of Education, Florida State University, first contacted BUK and we agreed on the necessary modalities for the project.”
He explained that the centre would be the…
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