Aliko Dangote Donates N1.2bn Ultra-Modern Business School to BUK
Summary
Reports have it that Alhaji Aliko Dangote, during the weekend, donated a N1.2 billion business school edifice to Bayero University, Kano, (BUK). According to the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Muhammed Bello, the school will help the institution to achieve its dream of providing world class training to Nigerians and Africans by extension in the area of …
Reports have it that Alhaji Aliko Dangote, during the weekend, donated a N1.2 billion business school edifice to Bayero University, Kano, (BUK).
According to the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Muhammed Bello, the school will help the institution to achieve its dream of providing world class training to Nigerians and Africans by extension in the area of entrepreneurship through cutting-edge research and services.
He also revealed that the Dangote Business School adopts the name of the sponsor to promote the brand globally considering the global recognition the name would attract to the institution.
Prof. Bello said: “The school is a big project that is rare to come by easily anywhere in the world. The structure comprises 650-seating capacity auditorium, two theatres, four lecture halls, two libraries, incubation centre, two cafeterias, 800kVA soundproof generator and borehole, among others.”
Also, Dangote has disclosed that talks are ongoing to affiliate the school to the Harvard Business School in the USA. Dangote revealed that the school was part of his contributions towards encouraging world class entrepreneurship education at the highest level in Nigeria.
According to him, the school will be the first business school to offer Doctor of Business Administration (PhD) programme in Nigeria, as accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC).
