By Oyinkansola Sadiq-Mabeko
Striving
to promote quality education in Nigeria, the American liberty university has
laid the foundation of a campus in Nigeria.
The
foundation laid at the first annual general meeting of its board of trustees
was held in the training hall of the Lagos building Investment Company limited.
The
board of trustees comprised of the education specialists such as the former minister
of information chief Alex Akinyele, Justice of Sharia court of appeal, Kaduna justice
Sheu Ibrahim Ahmad, former director general of national teachers institute,
Prof Oladipo Hunponu Wosu, a professor of community health and primary health
care, Lagos state university college of medicine, and others.
On
the reason for establishing the school, the African director of the Institution,
Dr. Akin Ogunsakin explained that it was done to ease the parents that spend millions
of naira on getting distance learning education for their children. He also said if the ALU campus was opened in
Nigeria, the nation’s economy would be subject to positive change and that the
university would be pan African as well.
On
the basis of the poor educational structure in Nigeria, Ogunsakin noted that
the university would strive to provide intellectual and cultural development
which is a vital tool in higher education.
He
said “the proposed university will emphasize critical thinking, small classes, students’
participation, problem solving and a US style general education programme.”
Speaking
further, Akinyele said the university will exchange students with the parent
institution American liberty university (ALU) in the US. “This puts it in
conformity with practice of other American universities outside of the united
states”. He submitted.
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