BUK Gets Close to $20m Grant for Research Development
INFOMEDIA – Two research centres in Bayero University, Kano have secured close to $20m grant from the World Bank for research development from 2014, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Muhammad Yahuza Bello, has said.
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Speaking during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Bayero University’s Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) and Dantata Foods and Allied Products on Friday, 26th June, 2020, the Vice Chancellor said the CDA had in 2014 got the World Bank’s $8m to be a Centre of Excellence in dryland agriculture. He added that last year, it won another competitive grant for Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) for Impact Projects which it would be given $5m grant.
Prof Bello explained that the University was lucky to have another centre an Africa Centre of Excellence for Population Health and Policy (ACEPHAP), which secured a $6m World Bank grant, saying that the centres got close to $20m grant for research development.
