Ex-Student Donates Ultra Modern Research Centre, Digital Library to PAAU
Ibrahim Oyewale in LokojaA former student of the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba and Executive Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Dr. Rabiu Olowo, has donated an ultra modern Research Centre of Excellence and Digital Library worth several millions of Naira to his alma mater.In his remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony at the university campus yesterday, he explained that his philanthropic effort is to give back to society.Dr. Olowo who was represented by the project’s coordinator, Dr. Mohammed Umar, described the centre as world class and conceptualised based on international best practices to support research and learning.“The centre features a digital library, which will be accessed by accounting students in universities nationwide. The digital library will partner with professional bodies nationally and internationally to provide digital accounting textbooks and free resources.“Additionally, the digital library will grant lecturers access to latest publications to support their research and teaching. The centre’s facilities include provision for 24/7 power supply and high-speed internet connectivity and a borehole already under construction.“The centre has state-of-the-art seminar rooms for teaching and learning, the centre represents a revolution in facilitating access to knowledge and research skill in the institution,” he stated.He promised that the centre will mobilise research funding to support academic research within the university and beyond. He described Dr. Rabiu Olowo as a gifted alumni of Prince Abubakar Audu University whose passion for knowledge dissemination drove him to initiate the centre.“The centre will be a leading driver of innovation in the university and nationally. It will be funded through stakeholders’ support leveraging on Dr. Olowo’s goodwill.”
