According to Guardian Newspaper, Bayero University, Kano (BUK) has established a Centre for Renewable Energy, as part of a strategic innovation to explore independent alternative energy to power the university. The university has also established a Centre for Infectious Disease, to facilitate research, and management of epidemics in Kano.
The centre, when fully operational, will complement the state-owned Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH).
Briefing newsmen on developments in the university in the last five years, its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, said the school has broken new grounds in the areas of research development, innovation and academic programmes.
He expressed satisfaction that the centres were already making tremendous impact in their areas of expertise, adding that some have already attracted international recognition and funds to yield expected results.
The other centres are Centre for Dry Land Agriculture, Centre for Biotechnology Research, Centre for Advanced Medical Research and Centre for African Entrepreneurship Research and Training, Centre for Quranic Studies, Centre for Islamic Civilization and Inter-faith Dialogue, International Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance and Centre for Gender Studies.
Citing the need for manpower capacity building, the Vice Chancellor revealed that more than 500 academic and non-academic staff have been sponsored for postgraduate training abroad. He added that 28 new programmes in eight faculties have been approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), while 4 new faculties were awaiting the commission approval.
