The President of the Houdegbe North American University inward the Republic of Benin, Dada Houdegbe, on Sat announced that close xc per cent of its students were Nigerians.
Mr. Houdegbe made the remark at the University’s accolade of degrees together with conferment of honorary awards to its graduating students together with other local together with international personalities.
“Three years ago, nosotros graduated close 3,000 students from unlike areas of studies.
“Today, the Houdegbe North American University is graduating close 2,000 students, likewise equally the conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degrees on deserving personalities.
“Let me tell that close xc per cent of students inward our academy are Nigerians, who are happy beingness our students,” he said.
According to him, at that spot is currently a growing involvement of many immature Nigerians inward the courses beingness offered past times the university, its affordability together with skilful learning environment.
The president said that the academy was meant to construct bridges across political, economic, linguistic together with cultural divides inward West Africa, inward particular, together with Africa, inward general.
Mr. Houdegbe commended old president Olusegun Obasanjo for his belief inward the institution’s ideals, likewise equally the encouragement he had continued to give to the university.
Samia Nkrumah, founder of the Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Centre, said that the fourth dimension had come upward for West African together with other African countries to encompass the policy of “Education for All’’.
The immature adult woman of old Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkurumah, said that the overall evolution together with transformation of the portion together with the continent would largely depend on education.
“We must hold upward to a greater extent than committed inward encouraging together with promoting educational exchanges betwixt West African countries together with other African countries.
“We must realise equally Africans that nosotros currently bring a real fast-growing immature population that should hold upward given qualitative education.
“We necessitate to ensure that nosotros genuinely laid upward our immature population to hold upward to a greater extent than productive. We, therefore, necessitate to encourage our immature men together with women to freely start instruction inward whatever academy of their choice, across West Africa together with Africa inward general,” she said.
Peng-Khuan Chong, an Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Plymouth State University, inward the United States, enjoined the graduating together with undergraduate students to larn to hold upward competent, confident together with bring compassion.
“Young men together with women inward the Republic of Benin, Nigeria together with other African countries, should larn to hold upward competent, hold upward confident together with bring compassion.
“And then, they must hold upward courageously strong, innocently hopeful, together with most importantly, hold upward forever hopeful,” he said.
A Nigerian undergraduate at the university, Linus Richard, said that he together with many other Nigerian students were happy to bring had the chance to report at the institution.
Mr. Richard said that the institution’s admission procedure was devoid of the problems associated amongst writing a qualifying examination, it’s academic calendar hitch-free, amongst affordable fees, likewise equally a conducive report environment.
The academy was established inward 1992 inward Cotonou, Republic of Benin, equally a individual third institution, which offers both undergraduate together with postgraduate courses.
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