The Executive Secretary, NUC Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has said that continuous interventions in the Nigeria University System by the World Bank has transformed Higher Education in Nigeria into a result-oriented and global commodity.
The Environmental and Social Management Framework of the Africa Centers of Excellence for Development Impact Project was prepared in Nigeria by the Association of African Universities on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education.
The research feat of the African Centres of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) domiciled in Redeemer’s University (RUN), Ede Osun State has continued to reverberate with the successful exploit of the Centre in addressing a potential threat from a white powdery substance in a passport received by the Consular section at the United States Embassy in Abuja.
Following the May, 2018 release of a pre-announcement letter to introduce the Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) Project, so that potential applicants could begin to develop their Proposals, the National Universities Commission (NUC) hereby calls for Proposals from all universities in Nigeria.
The Africa Centers of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) project anticipates the formal launch of a Call for Proposals in May 2018. Eligible higher education institutions from eligible countries in West and Central Africa will be encouraged to submit proposals that address a regional Development Challenge through a focused program of postgraduate education and applied research.