Prof. Nnenna Nwosu Coordinator, Franco-FUNAI joint scholarship Programme, presented yet another Ph.D Scholar returnee from France to the University Management.
This took place on Monday 25th January in the office of the Vice-Chancellor-Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba.
Presenting the third Ph.D scholar to return from France, Dr. Saidu SANI, the Coordinator said he defended his Ph.D Thesis, which is in Molecular and Cellular Biology, on 16th December, 2020, at the Universite’ de Strasbourg, France, in exactly thirty six months.
Dr. Sani expressed his gratitude to the Vice Chancellor and University Management for affording him the rare opportunity to benefit from the Franco-FUNAI scholarship and promised to impart the knowledge he has acquired on his students and attract funds to AE-FUNAI.
Prof. Nwajiuba heartily received the Returnee Scholar, appreciating him for his outstanding performance out there in France, more so in such highly rated University. Sharing his experiences as a student, way back in Germany, Prof. Nwajiuba commended Dr. Sani for doing the right thing by returning straight back home after his studies adducing that he has even more chances of travelling abroad for conferences and other programmes, for living up to the trust and confidence reposed on him by the university authorities and for keeping to the agreement. He urged him to present his new qualification to management for necessary formalities and upgrade from Assistant Lecturer to Lecturer II.
Prof. Nwajiuba used the forum to advise that those who have opportunity to travel abroad to study should take advantage of such opportunity to learn foreign languages like French, German and others, in order to remain relevant in the fast changing world, citing Germans and the French as people who are taking good advantage of such opportunities to excel.
Other top officers of the university who were present to receive Dr. Sani include the University Registrar, Mrs Odisa Okeke, Dean, Faculty of Education, Prof. Rosemary Igbo, Director, Centre for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and wife of VC, Prof(Mrs) Chinyere Nwajiuba, Ag. Director, Partnerships, Mr. Chris Uwadoka.
