Nigeria, America’s Varsities Plan Exchange Programmes

The Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) and Kentucky State University, USA, have agreed to run exchange programmes on areas of mutual benefit.

MOUAU Vice Chancellor Prof.Hilary Edeoga, and the President of Kentucky University, Dr Mary Sias, made this known    during Sias’s visit to Umudike, Abia on Wednesday.

Sias, accompanied by her husband Shedrack, said during a brief ceremony to welcome members of her delegation that the visit was aimed at exploring areas that could be harnessed in the partnership.

She said that the collaboration would be of benefit to both institutions.

“We will be working in collaboration and the partnership will help our future generations, who will take over from us,’’ she said.

Sias said the partnership would include exchange programmes between both universities in agricultural programmes for students and lecturers.

The visit was a reciprocation of a similar visit to Kentucky University in April by a delegation from MOUAU, led by Edeoga.

In his remarks at the occasion, Edeoga said that Sias’s return visit was to enable her “to see what we have on ground’’ that could be harnessed in the partnership arrangement.