NUC, ENAGO train varsity lecturers on academic publication

The National Universities Commission (NUC) in collaboration with ENAGO, a US-based organisation specialising in providing scientific and academic editing and publishing services, have trained junior and middle career Academic university lecturers in the northern part of the country.

Speaking at the one day workshop with the theme: “Academic Publishing For Junior And Mid-Career Academics,” the NUC Executive Secretary, Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, stated that the workshop aims at training as many academic staff

within the Nigerian University System (NUS) as possible on the required knowledge, skills and nuances of academic publishing, required to write good scholarly academic articles for publication to enhance the career development of young academic.

Rasheed, who was represented by Professor Chinedu Mafiana, further said the workshop will be extended to the South-west, South-south and South-east regions in order to train university lectures in the regions.

While encouraging the participants to take good advantage of the workshop to improve on the quality of their academic publication, Rasheed said, “This is the continued effort to ensure quality and relevance of Nigerian universities in all ramifications.”

On his part, the Business Head-Strategic Alliances, ENAGO, Steve Ghosh said the company has been operating since 2005 and has helped many researchers in many countries to improve the quality of their written and academic publications.

He said they decided to come to Nigeria because there is always a challenge with most of the countries where English is not the first language.

According to him, the main purpose of the company is to essentially assist junior and mid-level researchers in publishing.

Augustine Okezie, Abuja