Renowned
academics are converging on The American University of Nigeria, Yola,
Adamawa State as the institution holds its ninth founder’s day on
November 15.
A statement from the AUN
Director, Communications and Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Okereke, said a
renowned public health teacher and chair of the Tulane University’s
Payson Center for International Development and Technology Transfer,
Prof. William Bertrand, will deliver the keynote speech on the occasion.
According
to Okereke, the Founder’s Day is a time to celebrate and reflect on the
institution’s vision. The founder of the university is the former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar.
A leading
authority in public health issues and senior consultant on HIV/AIDS to
the World Health Organisation, Bertrand has directed numerous
AIDS-related projects in Uganda, Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo Democratic
Republic, and Vietnam.
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