Saudi varsities to collaborate with ABU on research- Envoy

The Consul-General, Royal Consulate General of Saudi Arabia, Kano, Khalil-Ahmed Admawi, said prominent Saudi universities would build strong collaborations with the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, to strengthen research and development.

Solacebase reports that the Consul-General announced this during a familiarisation visit to the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University on Thursday in Zaria.

Admawi, who led a three-man delegation to the University from the Saudi Consulate in Kano, said it was a “great pleasure” for him to have visited Ahmadu Bello University for the first time.

He said that long before his coming to Nigeria to serve as a diplomat, he had been hearing about ABU’s greatness as clearly manifested in the quality of graduates produced by the institution over the years.

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The Consul-General also explained that his visit to ABU was primarily to acquaint himself with the institution, and to subsequently link many Saudi universities with ABU for possible collaboration in various academic fields.

Admawi added that the visit would open more doors for different academic linkages between ABU and Saudi academic institutions.

In his remarks, the ABU Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabiru Bala, recalled the kind of relationship ABU had with the Gulf countries at its early years of existence.

Bala said that such collaborations ceased to exist with the death of the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, who founded the University in 1962.

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“Thereafter, ABU has been trying to resuscitate such collaborations with the Gulf countries.

“It is my hope that your visit will eventually revive the collaborations not only on Islamic Banking but also on other academic fields,” he said. (NAN)