Vice Chancellor (VC) of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Prof. Sagir Abbas has appealed for more interventions in the area of digital transformation of the institution that could boost its virtual classes.
The VC stated this when Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Board of Commissioners led by its chairman Prof. Adeolu Akande paid a courtesy visit to the school during the 2020 NCC Board retreat held in Kano state.
According to the Vice Chancellor, the university has received many donations of computers, iPads and other interventions such as professorial endowments from NCC, all of which, he said, have had positive impacts on the University’s academic programmes.
Abbas however, appealed for more digital assistance by the Commission in supporting the University more in the area of its ongoing restructuring to fully accommodate virtual learning into its system in view of the current reality globally where ICT is mediating the lecturer-student interaction.
Chairman NCC Board of Commissioners Prof. Adeolu Akande said the Nigerian Communications Commission will continue to collaborate with higher institutions of learning across the country in order to transform Nigeria into a full knowledge-based economy.
“The NCC is superintending a sector that is knowledge-driven. In the absence of the citadels of learning, one could only imagine what would have become of the communications industry. So, if we come to Kano, we need to come to the prime center of learning in Kano and other Universities across the state,” he said.
He thanked the University for producing and contributing the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta to the industry, adding that the telecom sector has benefited immensely from the knowledge being imparted by the University.
