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Unijos wins N1.2 billion World Bank grant for research

byPremium Times
November 22, 2013
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The research is based on drugs production from plants.

The University of Jos has received an $8 million (about N1.2 billion) grant from the World Bank to establish an African Centre of Excellence to research on the production of drugs from plants (phytomedicine).

The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Hayward Mafuyai, stated this in Jos on Friday when he briefed journalists on the research activities of the institution.

He said that the award was given based on the university’s entry in the call by the bank for research initiatives from African universities.

“We competed with about 52 universities in Africa and we were lucky to win the grant.

“The grant was given to the university to conduct researches to produce modern drugs from plants in Africa. The grant will be used to conduct researches on different leaves, roots and plants so as to extract their medicinal contents for the use of human beings,” he said.

Mr. Mafuyai said a team of researchers from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science will carry out the research.

“The money will be released to the researchers in phases so as to complete the work without hitches,” he said.

The vice-chancellor also said that the university emerged as the best in the category of universities in the country during the second Education Innovation Exhibition announced in Abuja on Wednesday, November 13.

He said that “the Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Science and Technology organised the exhibition.

“The team of researchers from the university has produced some drugs for the use of Nigerians.

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“Our researchers have produced anti-hypertension, anti-diabetes, anti-malaria drugs and anti snake venom.

“We have sent the newly developed drugs to some overseas universities for further verification on their potency,” he said.

Mr. Mafuyai said that the institution had also signed a Memorandum (MoU) of Understanding with the University of Cape- Coast in Ghana to train its staff.

“The MOU is signed for initial three year duration for the purpose of omithology: to develop and carry out conservation based training,” he said.

The vice-chancellor appealed to philanthropists to come to the aid of the university so that it could become the best in the country.

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