A business mogul, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has donated an ultra-modern business school to the Bayero University, Kano.
Named Dangote Business School, the
businessman said the facility was worth N1.2bn, adding that plans had
commenced to affiliate it with the Havard Business School in the United
States of America.
According to a statement on Sunday,
Dangote, while speaking at the opening of the school, noted that effort
was made to ensure that the school met the international standards and
be one of the biggest in the sub Sahara Africa.
He said the Business School, which was
opened by the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, was conceived as
part of his contributions towards encouraging world-class
entrepreneurship education in Nigeria.
“He described the school as best of its
kind in northern Nigeria, adding that the school, as accredited by the
National Universities Commission, will be the first business school to
offer Doctor of Business Administration programme in Nigeria.
“The African richest man added that the
business school would ease sharing of business information globally and
how future African leaders could advance their businesses as well as
building capacity which would translate to boosting the continent’s
economy,” the statement read in part.
The statement also quoted the
Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Muhammed Bello, as saying that
the new business school would make the university to serve the society
better through training, research and services.
He said the university adopted the name
“Dangote Business School” because Dangote was internationally synonymous
with innovation, entrepreneurship and successes in business and
industry.
“The new structure comprises 650 seating
capacity auditorium, two theatres, four lecture halls, two libraries,
incubation centre, two cafeterias, 800kva soundproof generator and
borehole among others,” Bello added.
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