Debate
By Yakubu Uba
June 12, 2018 (NAN) The Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Yola, on Tuesday in Yola, emerged winners of a debate on ‘finding lasting solutions to insurgency and challenges posed by displaced persons in the North East’, organised for tertiary institutions in the sub-region.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the debate was organized by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), with the support of the North East Regional Initiative (NERI), a, non-governmental organisation.
Speaking at the occasion, the Executive Director of CITAD, Mr Yunus Zakari, said the debate was organized to generate variety of responses to the issue of insurgency in the North East and Lake Chad Basin.
“This debate is to generate ideas from the young ones on solutions to the insurgency problem,” Zakari said.
While congratulating the participating institutions, Zakari said their contributions would be made available to relevant stakeholders, including policy makers, for consideration.
Also speaking, the Acting Vice Chancellor of MAUTECH, Prof. Shehu Iya, lauded the ideas generated by the students, and called for their consideration for implementation .
“This type of debate will help government in fighting the insurgency,” Iya said.
Three institutions that emerged first in their respective states during the preliminary stage of the exercise, participated in the final state held in Yola.
The institutions are: MAUTECH for Adamawa, Ramat Polytechnic for Borno and Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu, for Yobe. (NAN)
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