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Agricultural Organisation to fund degree programme in OAU
Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000) has assured the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife of 100 percent funding to enable the institute commence degree programme in agricultural extension services this year. Prof. Sani Miko, the Country Director, Sasakawa Global 2000 (SG 2000), gave the assurance during a news conference/ dinner in Calabar, Cross River on Friday. He also promised that the organisation would provide funds for the training of lecturers. “The University is getting 100 per cent funding from Sasakawa Global 2000, including for the training of lecturers, “he said. He said the organisation had received no fewer than 10 applications from various universities in the country, inviting it to start degree programme in agricultural extension services. Miko said the SG 2000 had designed a system to work with universities, to train extension service staff to enable them obtain degree for effective service delivery to farmers. He said no fewer than 500 students had so far...
Hult Prize: OAU set to host the World's Largest Students' Competition for Social Enterprise
STUDENTS at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) are gearing up to make it to the finals of the Hult Prize — one of the top 5 ideas changing the world, featured in Times Magazine and dubbed as the Nobel Prize for students. With over 100,000 undergraduates and postgraduates from 1000+ universities involved, the Hult Prize in partnership with the United Nations is the world’s largest startup event for the launch of for-good and for-profit business ideas emerging from universities around the world through pitching of business ideas channelled towards the world’s most pressing challenges. The event is in phases and it starts with each campus hosting their respective on-campus events. Obafemi Awolowo University among many other universities is set to host its on-campus event on November 13 and 14. The winners of the intra-campus event will automatically advance to compete in any of 26 regional finals happening around the world. The goal is to reach the accelerator in New York where th...
