Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, his counterpart at the Ministry of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; the Vice Chancellor of the University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom , Iain Gillespie, a professor, is expected on Monday to grace the opening ceremony of the international week at the University of Lagos , Akoka.
“So the peculiar issues of visa and passport processes, and work permits for foreign scholars would be addressed by the interior minister who supervises Nigeria’s Immigration Service,” Mr Ibraheem said. He said the vice-chancellor of the University of Dundee, Mr Gillespie, will be the keynote speaker and will be assisted by the Academic Lead for Internationalisation at the University of Warwick, Jo Angouri, also a professor, and the President of the 48-member SG group of universities, Arnim Heinemann.The University of Lagos International Week is an annual academic and policy-driven international convening which provides a forum for cross-fertilisation of ideas between industry and academia.
“It also provides a platform to discuss strategies that could assist Nigeria in benefiting from the opportunities of transnational education.”He said other expected participants at the forum include members of the diplomatic community, African education policymakers, representatives of Nigerian and international education institutions, leading academicians, members of industry and development partners as well as students.