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CEPACS RECEIVES AAU GRANT OF USD 175,000

The Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CEPACS), University of Ibadan, has received a grant of one hundred and seventy-five thousand American Dollars (USD) 175,000) from the Association of African Universities (AAU) for the purpose of implementing the activities and achieving the outcomes described in the newly designed proposal on Master's in Humanitarian and Refugee Studies (MHRS) Degree Programme submitted by CEPACS in March, 2001 . The MHRS Programme is designed for meeting some of the most urgent needs on contemporary Africa's human security agenda in the area of armed conflicts, humanitarian crisis and intervention, and refugee management.

The Programme is specifically tailored towards meeting the professional needs of individuals, groups, and agencies implicated in humanitarian work and conflict management, including armed forces personnel, government and policy makers, international humanitarian agencies, local and international NGOs, scholars and researchers, media executives and human rights activists.

A letter of award of the MU grant to CEPACS was presented to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ayodele Falase, by the AAU's Senior Programme Officer and Coordinator of Regional Cooperation in Graduate Training & Research, Professor G.O.S. Ekhaguere, who had travelled from Accra, Ghana, to formally present the award on Tuesday, April 17, 2001.

Joining the Vice-Chancellor at the presentation ceremony were also the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor 0. Ofi, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Professor J.A. Akinwunmi, the Registrar, Chief (Mrs.) Mojisola Ladipo, JP, and the Bursar, Alhaji J.A. Bankole.

The CEPACS team was led by the Centre's Foundation Director, Professor J. Bayo Adekanye, and a few members of the Board of Fellows, Professor Eghosa Osaghae, Dr. Mrs.) Helen Osinowo, Dr. (Mrs.) Adefunmoke Afolayan, and Dr. O.C. Adesina. Speaking at the brief, early-morning presentation ceremony, the AAU Senior Programme Officer and Coordinator of Regional Cooperation in Graduate Training & Research, Professor Ekhaguere, insisted that the University of Ibadan and CEPACS agree with the MU not to use the grant for any purpose other than that for which the grant is made.

Responding, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Falase, assured that the grant will be put to good and accountable use, and thanked the visiting official, Professor Ekhaguere, for the confidence the AAU has in the ability of the University of Ibadan in delivering good quality programme of graduate education and training. Other principal officers present re-echoed the same sentiments. On his part, the CEPACS Director, Professor Adekanye, said he and his colleagues were committed to developing CEPACS into a major Regional Research, Training, and Resource Centre drawing its students, scholars and researchers, as well as resource persons from all over the African continent and indeed other parts of the world.

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