BUK Establishes Centre for Renewable Energy, Infectious Diseases Amongst Others
BAYERO University Kano (BUK), has established a Centre for Renewable Energy, as part of a strategic innovation to explore independent alternative energy to power the university. Similarly, the university has also established a Center for Infectious Disease, to facilitate research, and management of epidemics in Kano.
The centre, when fully operational will complement the state-owned Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), which capacity has been overwhelmingly stretched.
The other centres are Centre for Dry Land Agriculture, Centre for Biotechnology Research, Centre for Advance Medical Research and Centre for African Entrepreneurship Research and Training. Others are Centre for Quranic Studies, Center for Islamic Civilization and Inter-faith Dialogue, International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance and Centre for Gender Studies.
Briefing newsmen on developments in the university in the last five years, its vice chancellor, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, said the school has broken new grounds in the areas of research development, innovation and academic programmes.
Rasheed hinted that the school has established nine new research centres in the areas of science and technology, as well as human and community development service.
The VC noted that, “ When we assumed duty in 2010, we inherited only two research centres-the namely Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training (Mambayya House) and Center for the Study of Nigeria Languages.
“But in our effort to make Bayero University an institution of international standing in teaching and research, we have established nine additional research centres and institutions in the last five years,” said the vice chancellor.
Prof. Abubakar expressed satisfaction that already the centers were making tremendous impact in their areas of expertise, adding that some have already attracted international recognition and funds to yield expected results.
“For example, just last week I was in Abuja to sign the papers for the release of $7m World Bank grant for our Centre for Dry Land Agriculture.
The centre had earlier secured a $8m grant from the MacArthur Foundation of United States and another $150, 000 grant from another international agency.
“Our Centre for Quranic Studies has also secured aN5m grant from Australia for its activities. We are glad to inform you that our centres are getting support from various sources,” Prof. Abubakar emphasised.
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