China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation funds 12 additional scholarships for Ahmadu Bello University graduate students (Linked to #86796)

On April 28th, 2018, a memorandum of understanding was signed between representatives of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) and Central South University (CSU) in Changsha, Hunan. The representative for ABU was ABU president Ibrahim Garba, and the representatives for CSU were Tian Hongqi, Chen Chunyang and Huang Jianling. The MOU established a joint degree program between ABU and CSU. The joint degree program would allow third year undergraduate ABU students majoring in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or Traffic Control Engineering to travel to CSU and spend two years studying there. Upon completion of the required courses at CSU, the students would graduate with a degree from each university. The program was to last for five years. Funding for the program was provided by CSU and the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation has been responsible to building several of Nigeria's recently developed railways (see projects #195, #1851, #34977, #60848). The stated purpose of the program was to produce more indigenous Nigerian engineers to work on Nigeria's railroads. In 2018 the CCECC provided funding for 30 undergraduate ABU students out of a total of 45 students in the program (#86797). According to the vice-chancellor of ABU, the CCECC also provided an additional 12 scholarships for postgraduate students to receive training at MSc and PhD levels. This project captures those 12 additional scholarships.

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