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American University Of Nigeria Marks Founder’s Day Saturday

The American University of Nigeria is set to mark it’s 13th Founder’s Day ceremony on Saturday, November 24, with a keynote address to be delivered by the Senator representing Bayelsa East constituency and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Privatization, Ben Murray-Bruce

In a statement today, Thursday, by the Institution’s Executive Director of Communications and Publication, Daniel Okereke, it said that the event will be held at the Lamido Aliyu Musdafa Commencement Hall on the main campus of the university in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

The statement said that the annual Founder’s Day is a celebration of the vision, progress and development strides of the American University of Nigeria, which graduated its first set of students in 2009.

It said that the Institution learning community, including its growing student members who come from all the 36 states of Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroun, and around the world, will join the university’s global faculty and staff to reflect on the impact of the University’s Development and Entrepreneurship mantra on the Nigerian and African societies.

“They will also share experience on the unparalleled commitment to education, entrepreneurship, and community development motivation of the Founder and former Nigerian Vice President, His Excellency AtikuAbubakar, GCON.

“In conferring on the AUN Founder the first Global Citizenship Award on its 50th anniversary in 2011, the United States Peace Corps spoke glowingly of his generosity to the cause of education: “No private businessman in Africa has worked harder for democracy or contributed more to the progress of higher education than Atiku Abubakar.”

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The statement said that the university’s alumni had already kicked-started the celebrations with a series of colorful weeklong Homecoming events, underlining the strong bond they proudly share with their alma mater.

“AUN alums, having received a quality education with strong emphasis on entrepreneurship and ethical leadership, are presently managing successful enterprises in major Nigerian cities, attending top Graduate Schools around the world or imparting their skills in top local and multinational corporations.”

The statement quoted the Institution’s President, Dr. Dawn Dekle, as being excited about the choice, saying: “as a learning community, AUN is honored to have a statesman, media mogul, and the distinguished Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, OON, as Keynote Speaker.

“President Dekle said Senator Murray-Bruce is the ideal speaker for this year’s occasion given his remarkable background in entrepreneurship, corporate governance, and resource management and also against the university management’s policy push toward greater sustainability.”

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