Pioneer Participants of Mambayya Short Courses Visit BUK
The participants of the maiden edition of the Mambayya House short courses paid a courtesy call to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sagir Adamu Abbas, on Thursday 19 October, 2023 at his office
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The participants of the maiden edition of the Mambayya House short courses paid a courtesy call to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sagir Adamu Abbas, on Thursday 19 October, 2023 at his office.
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The Director Mambayya House, Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Prof. Habu Muhammad,while presenting the pioneer participants of the short courses, which flagged off on Monday 16 October to Friday 20 October 2023, said that the courses were intensive with resource persons drawn from seasoned and renowned scholars, politicians, technocrats and civil servants to share their experiences on the subject of discourse.He said the purpose of the courses was to improve the skills of the participants in leadership, party administration, law making and local governance with critical engagement and ross fertilization of ideas in which experiences were shared and lessons learnt.
Prof. Muhammad said the short courses which had 10 participants from Borno State, led by the Deputy Governor, Umar Usman Kadafur, and other participants from Kano State as well from the centre, had started gaining advantage with lots of positive feedback from the participants.
He thanked the Vice Chancellor and the entire
management for their encouragement, supports and cooperation, adding that the program was innovative and creative with the hope that it would be diversified and extended to other states so as to train public servants and politicians.
The Deputy Governor, Borno State He Umar Usman Kadafur,in his remarks congratulated BUK and Mambayya House for the opportunity, which he described as an experience worth sharing, as a result of the engagement with seasoned politicians, civil servants and scholars.
He thanked the Centre for the foresight in shaping the future, most especially at this critical point that the country needs quality leaders.He promised to be a worthy Ambassador of the Centre.
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The Vice Chancellor, Prof.Abbas in his response, congratulated the Centre for the milestone and said that the introduction of the short courses, which had a serving Deputy Governor,Members of the House Representatives and civil servants as participants, was timely because most problems would be solved if leadership issues were tackled.
He said he was proud of the leadership of the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, for his excellent leadership qualities and commitment to his people.
He said he hoped and believed that the participants would practice what they had learnt.
He thanked the Center for its innovation with the hope that current issues in political circles would be integrated and discussed academically so as to find solutions to the problems bedevilling the country.
