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The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities has urged universities to engage in community services to improve their relationship with host communities.<\/p>\n

The Chairman of its Board of Trustees, Prof. J. D. Amin made the call in Maiduguri on Saturday while delivering a public lecture on leadership challenges in Nigerian universities.<\/p>\n

The lecture was organized by a committee of friends in honour of the outgoing Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri, UNIMAID, Prof. Aliyu Shugaba.<\/p>\n

Amin said community services should be carried out by both staff and students of universities in host communities, \u201cto give them a sense of belonging\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe services could be in various forms \u2013 community work, classes for students of the community preparing for examinations like JAMB, SSCE or NECO, etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is better for a lecturer to teach students Mathematics, English or any subject to enable them pass their examinations, instead of writing a paper whose value will take many years to come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Borno governor Babagana Zulum, in a remark, stressed the importance of community service and the commitment of his administration to collaborate with the university in that direction.<\/p>\n

Zulum, who was a former lecturer in UNIMAID, also advised on collaboration with the university to boost local revenue in the areas of agriculture, particularly livestock, poultry and aquaculture.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof. Aliyu Shugaba, said the advice on community services by Amin and Zulum would be taken seriously by the university.<\/p>\n

Shugaba spoke on his five-year tenure challenges, highlighting insurgency, COVID-19 and funding, and concluded that his administration recorded some achievements, in spite of the hurdles.<\/p>\n

He lauded the support of staff and students, the Borno Government, some individuals and partners, for the transformation recorded in the university.<\/p>\n

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