Nigeria, Ghana, Others to Benefit from EU's 10m Euro African Connect Project

Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie
Paul Obi in Abuja
Nigeria, Ghana and other African countries are to benefit from a 10 million euro African Connect Project that is aimed at supporting universities and tertiary institutions for the purposes of improving education in their respective countries.
The prospects of Nigerian universities to connect with other universities of the world which would strengthen Nigerian educational system, including Ghana, Togo, Senegal and other countries from West Africa and Central Africa, are to benefit from the European Union 10 million Euro African Connect 2 Project.To this end, Nigeria is expected to make‎ a 2.5 million Euro contribution to the project to be able to take full advantage of the African Connect 2 Project which will enable benefiting countries to be on the same research and education networks (RENs).
Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie stated this in Abuja while inaugurating the Board of Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN).
According Okojie,  the project would also improve the nation's webometric ranking of universities as well as share research results and other academic content