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The Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) plans
to collaborate with the University of Ibadan in starting new programmes
at the institution, Olufemi Bamiro, the outgoing Vice Chancellor of the
premier institution, has said.

Mr. Bamiro, who
spoke during the congregation of the awards of Post-Graduate Diploma
and Masters Degrees of the University, held at the Trenchard Hall
yesterday, also stressed the fatherly role played by the institution to
other universities across the country, noting that the University of
Kaduna has requested the University of Ibadan to help train its first
46 degree holders for Masters programmes.

He said the CBN
will be joining hand with the university, “to develop human capital in
three key related disciplines-Banking and Finance, Accountancy and
Economics’’, while NEMA will be sponsoring a programme in Disaster Risk
Management.

He said that the
university will accede to the request from Kaduna in accordance with
the stipulated requirements of the programmes the students applied for,
adding that the premier university must always be ready to play such a
leadership role each time it is necessary.

The university,
this year graduated a total 2,432 candidates, comprising eight M.Phil.
holders, 36 Masters holders in Public Health (MPH), 1,634 Academic
Master Degrees, 514 Professional Degree of Master and 240 candidates
for Post-Graduate Diplomas.

Expanding knowledge

Mr. Bamiro charged
them all to ensure that they impact positively on the various sectors
of the economy as they go out to apply the knowledge acquired in the
university.

“As agents of
development, contribute your own quota to the vital development issues
facing our nation state and the world. It is a known fact that Nigeria
is experiencing serious political and economic problems which is
further compounded by the on-going globalization of the world economy,”
the VC charged.

He noted that the
situation of Nigeria as a developing nation calls for partnership among
the university, government and the industry, saying the university has
the central responsibility of developing human resources on the needed
skills to achieve the developmental goal of the nation.

“The tripartite elements of knowledge, information, innovation
coupled with technical change are the drivers of economic development.
This implies a central role for our universities and in particular,
University of Ibadan as knowledge workers,” Mr Bamiro said, as he
pledged the readiness of the University to take up the challenge of
conducting basic researches to expand the frontier of knowledge and
applied researches for innovations in the industrial sector of Nigeria.