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Conference
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus
Ilorin, Sept. 22, 2016 (NAN) Kwara State University (KWASU) has won the hosting rights for the 3rd National Community Development Consultative Conference scheduled to hold from Oct. 11 to Oct. 14.
The institution’s Acting Director, Centre for Community Development, Mr Lawal Olohungbebe, made the known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Thursday.
”We were given the hosting rights because of our achievements in community development in the 16 local governments.”
Olohungbebe said that the conference would be held in partnership with the Institute of Community Development Practitioners (ICDP), under the aegis of the International Association for Community Development (IACD).
He also said that the conference would discuss ways of promoting community development roles of tertiary institutions and examine ways of facilitating community development by different sectors.
According to him, the conference would also discuss institutional engagements with communities, groups and systems.
NAN reports that the theme of the conference is “Facilitating Community Development through Institutional Engagements”. (NAN)
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(Edited by David Onilede/Nkechi Okoronkwo)
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