The Vice-Chancellor of the
Covenant University, Prof. Aderemi Atayero, on Tuesday said that the
University’s Board had instituted an endowment fund of N1billion to promote its
newly-introduced glocalisation programme.
Atayero told the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that glocalisation was a concept coined by the
institution as part of its vision of becoming one of the top ten universities
in the world.
“The Board of Covenant
University recently endowed N1 billion to any project from either Faculty or
Students of the University that meets the criteria of glocalisation.
“The concept of glocalisation
came about after we have looked at our immediate environment, looked at the
present problems in Nigeria, Sub-Saharan Africa and Africa in general.
“We then started thinking of
how we can provide solutions to these problems, through scientific approach, to
proffering solutions to these problems, and by so doing getting global
relevance.
“With glocalisation, we would
be able to solve our local problems, through publishing of our results,
disseminating knew knowledge created, and this way we get global relevance,’’
he said.
According to him, it is
imperative to promote research with application in solving problems of poverty,
moral decadence and inferiority complex.
He said that the programme was
one of the missions of the Living Faith Church to eradicate poverty, liberate
souls, moral decadence, build skills and reposition people spiritually,
economically and socially.
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