ASR Africa Initiative – the brainchild of Abdul Samad Rabiu, Founder and Executive Chairman of BUA Group, has provided a grant of N1 billion Naira to Ahmadu Bello University.
The grant which is as part of its yearly $100million ASR Africa Fund for Social Development & Renewal, will go towards the provision of a hostel and department building as identified by the University today.
The development comes just days after the African Industrialist and Philanthropist, had on Monday launched the ASR Africa Initiative for Education, Health and Social Development in Africa which focuses mainly on equipping facilities, researchers, healthcare practitioners and community-level service providers and also supporting the efforts of various Governments in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa in Education, Healthcare and Social Development.
Rabiu who was represented by Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong, at a ceremony in Ahmadu Bello University revealed that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; University of Maiduguri; University of Ilorin; University of Ibadan, and University of Benin as other beneficiaries of N1billion each in the first cohort of the intervention grant.
He also commended the Vice Chancellor for promptly identifying the projects that needed intervention.
