Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has led a delegation from the state to Cairo, Egypt to seek collaboration on healthcare, higher education and agriculture.<\/p>\n
A statement by the spokesman to the governor, Mallam Isa Gusau, on Tuesday, said his principal is in Cairo, Egypt, leading a small team that will visit five universities, among them the famous Al-Azhar University.<\/p>\n
The statement said: \u201cDuring the visit, Zulum is expected to lead discussions for collaboration between Borno and Egyptian institutions in the areas of healthcare, higher education and agriculture.<\/p>\n
\u201cZulum is scheduled to visit Azhar University Teaching Hospital to discuss how his administration can partner with more experienced Azhar Teaching Hospital over ongoing effort to establish a teaching hospital for Borno State University.<\/p>\n
\u201cZulum had weeks back, set up a high powered technical team for the establishment of a medical college and a teaching hospital to prepare Borno State
\nUniversity for the award of degrees in medicine and surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the statement, \u201cOn his arrival in Egypt, Zulum was at the Nigerian Embassy in Cairo and was received by Nigeria\u2019s Ambassador to Egypt, Emeritus Professor Dandatti Abdulkadir.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governor\u2019s visit was to seek the guidance of the Embassy in ensuring transparent, prudent and beneficial partnerships between Borno and institutions in Egypt.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe governor was accompanied by a member representing Maiduguri Metropolitan in the state assembly, Ali Kotoko; Commissioner for Agriculture, Bukar Talba; and Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Babagana Mustapha Malumbe.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Africa Press-Nigeria: The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has led a delegation from the state to Cairo, Egypt to seek collaboration on healthcare, higher education and agriculture. A statement by the spokesman to the governor, Mallam Isa Gusau, on Tuesday, said his principal is in Cairo, Egypt, leading a small team that will visit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":24902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[1379,939],"class_list":["post-31948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-babagana-umara-zulum","tag-borno-state"],"yoast_head":"\n