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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, was Monday appointed the Chancellor of the University of Benin by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The appointment letter was delivered to him in his palace by the Minister of Education and former governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.
Shekarau said the appointment of Emir Sanusi followed the recent directive by President Goodluck to the Ministry of Education to review the appointment of chancellors of universities.
He said: “On the recommendation of my humble self, President Goodluck Jonathan approved your appointment as the new Chancellor of the University of Benin.
“This appointment is an honour done to Kano, myself and the Emir who is the father of all of us.”
Emir Sanusi, while reacting to the appointment, urged the Federal Government to pay special attention to the quality of education acquired by the Nigerian youths and not concentrating on building many universities.
“Education should be given the priority attention, it deserves to empower the youth to enable them to be self-reliant and contribute towards the development of the country.
“We should not mind the number of universities but the quality of education the universities give to our youth to make them self reliant,” Sanusi said promising to contribute meaningfully and commending the Federal Government for finding him worthy of the appointment.
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