The Centre for Legislation and Spiritual Research on the Sa’adu Zungur College (SAZU), Bauchi, has obtained a significant enhance with a funding from worldwide organisations to the tune of $95,000 with the purpose to assist the middle’s mission of selling scholarship and dialogue on points associated to legislation and faith.
Talking on the event in a press release issued on Sunday by the previous Deputy Vice Chancellor (Tutorial) of the College, Affiliate Professor Ahmed Salisu Garba, who’s at present the appearing Vice Chancellor, Al-Muhibbah Open College (AOU) Abuja, mentioned the event is anticipated to considerably improve the middle’s analysis and academic efforts within the subject of legislation and faith.
He added that in August, 2023, the Heart ready and despatched an software for grant to the Norwegian Heart for Human Rights on the College of Oslo in Norway for a tutorial fellowship program to coach tutorial employees on the educating of legislation and faith in Nigerian Universities, particularly Colleges of Legislation.
“Our Heart defended the proposal in Norway on the College of Oslo someday in November, 2023. Lastly, our middle was awarded a grant of about $60,000 to be spent in three years starting from 2024, 2025 and 2026,” he added.
Assertion additional mentioned, he famous that underneath the grant, the middle is to confess 15 tutorial employees from the Bauchi State-owned Sa’adu Zungur College and different universities in Nigeria for the 2024 coaching. The College is to nominate 5 mentors inside the professorial cadre who’ve data of legislation and faith research by way of their writings.
Along with that additionally, the College is to nominate 5 international specialists on the programme, whereas fellows will probably be engaged in 10 on-line conferences, adopted by a face-to-face assembly for night time nights. They are going to be given six months to supply authentic tutorial papers on matters associated to legislation and faith research to be revealed in respected worldwide journals.
The cash is to be credited to the middle’s domiciliary account underneath the care of Sa’adu Zungur College.
One other milestone worthy of point out as put ahead by Prof. Salisu was that the Heart not too long ago ready and despatched a proposal to the Worldwide Heart for Legislation and Faith Research on the Brigham Younger College, USA, to advertise the educating of legislation and faith research in Nigeria.
He added, “Beneath the proposal, our Heart will collaborate with the College of Ilorin, Al-Muhibbah Open College, Abuja and the Nigeria Institute of Superior Authorized Research (NAILS). Beneath this proposal, we’re to host 71 Deans of Legislation of Nigerian Universities, the DG Nigeria Legislation Faculty and his DIGs and seven worldwide specialists from UK and USA in Abuja on the 14 and 15 August 2024.
“Myself and Hajara Shuaibu of the School of Legislation defended the proposal in Zimbabwe not too long ago at Victoria Falls in the course of the 2024 worldwide convention of the African Consortium for Legislation and Faith Research (ACLARS).
“Beneath this proposal, we bought approval of $25,000 which will probably be credited to the middle’s account anytime quickly for the August , 2024 seminar.”
Because the Present United Nations Rapporteur on Freedom of Faith and Perception, Professor Nazila Ghanea of the college of Oxford, determined to ahead an award of $10,000 she bought from the Notre Dame College, Indiana USA to the Heart for Legislation and Faith Research at Sa’adu Zungur College.
“That is to assist college students on freedom of faith associated instances and to offer journey grants on freedom of faith conferences and to assist the middle’s operations related to freedom of faith advocacy. That is additionally to be channeled to the Heart for Legislation and Faith Research of Sa’adu Zungur College,” he acknowledged.
