Aliko Dangote University introduces skills acquisition

By Aminu Garko

The Management of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has introduced skills acquisition in the institution as part of measures to make students self-reliant.

The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Musa Yakasai, disclosed this while speaking to newsmen in Wudil on Wednesday.

Yakasai said that the students were being trained in tailoring, hairdressing, soap making, room fresheners and welding, among others.

He said that the programme was aimed at equipping students with multiple entrepreneurial skills while undergoing their normal academic programmes.

The vice chancellor explained that the programme would help the students to understand the theoretical concepts they learned in the textbooks, “their real-life applications, life advancement opportunities, as well as career equipping and preparatory knowledge for the future”.

He said the university’s management under his stewardship had also created an avenue for engaging students on small menial job opportunities on the campus to support their financial demands.

He also disclosed that the institution had embarked on a total renovation of its female hostels to ensure healthy and decent accommodation for the students.