By George Odok
A Nigerian Industrialist and Chief Executive Officer of KAM Holdings, Dr Kamaru Yusuf, has performed the ground breaking ceremony of the Open and Distance Learning Centre in the University of Calabar.
At the ceremony on Saturday in Calabar, Yusuf said that the gesture was part of his contribution to the development of education as well as the university community.
According to him, the building will also serve as his Corporate Social Responsibility to the University.
Yusuf was conferred with an honorary degree in Business Management by the university at its 34th convocation ceremony of the institution.
The objective of KAM Holdings is to build our youths in the area of learning, science and technology, he said.
Speaking earlier, Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Florence Obi, said that the Centre would further drive academic excellence in the University.
When we met Dr Yusuf, we presented our challenges to him that we want to start Open and Distance Learning Centre.
The centre will open access to education to many more Nigerians who do not have the opportunity to come and do face to face contact in the University.
In order to meet the benchmark of the National University Commission, you must have a stand-alone building labelled as Open and Distance Learning Centre for the Commission to accredit the programme for learning.
It is my pleasure to have this great Nigerian industrialist in our University today for this ground breaking ceremony and for partnering with us in our development strides, she said.
Source: NAN News