Buhari to inaugurate CBN’s centre of excellence at ABU Zaria today

Philip Clement

President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of his visit to Kaduna State, will on Thursday, inaugurate the Post-Graduate Centre of Excellence built by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

The CBN said the ABU Zaria project comes seven months after a similar centre was birthed in the University of Nigeria, Enugu (UNEC) Campus in January 2019

The CBN in a statement issued on the project said the centre was conceived as a world-class post-graduate school which will focus on various business and finance disciplines of academics.

According to the apex bank, the ABU Zaria project comes seven months after a similar centre was birthed in the University of Nigeria, Enugu (UNEC) Campus in January 2019.

“Zaria project comprises a 360-seating capacity auditorium, a telepresence room, lecture theatres, lecture rooms with a total seating capacity of 544; tutorial rooms with 240-seating capacity, cafeteria/kitchens; offices and a 68-seating capacity library and a 50-seating capacity ICT centre”, the statement said.

It also said that the centre’s complex features hostel accommodation and gymnasium for students.