In a bid to boost the study in Public Governance and Leadership, the University of Abuja, Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ugwumba Centre for Leadership Development in Africa.

The University of Abuja was among the universities selected by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to implement its Centre of Excellence in Public Governance and Leadership.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Director of the Centre, Prof Philip Afaha, said  the choice of the Ugwumba Leadership Center was based on the impact the Centre is making in leadership and enterprise development across the country.

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He announced that with the collaboration of a private organisation like the Ugwumba Leadership Centre,  the Centre of Excellence in Public Governance and Leadership, would do more in equipping Nigerians with clear-cut leadership principles for national development.

Addressing the director and his team, Remy Chukwunyere, the Executive Director of the Ugwumba Centre for Leadership Development in Africa, announced that the university made the right choice by nominating the Centre for the collaboration, adding that “our core mandate is to raise a new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs for Africa, starting from Nigeria”.

He informed that since inception in 2018, the Center has supported over 5,000 Nigerian youths in realising their dreams of contributing to the Gross Domestic Product in the country by becoming business owners and employers of labour through training and financial assistance.

During the ceremony, the Abuja Leadership Centre, also signed an MOU with the Association of Legislative Drafters and Advocacy Practitioners of Nigeria to be able to collaborate with them in their Public Governance programmes.