{"id":64734,"date":"2025-04-24T11:10:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64734"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:10:57","slug":"baze-shines-as-world-bank-applauds-dattis-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/24\/baze-shines-as-world-bank-applauds-dattis-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Baze Shines as World Bank Applauds Datti\u2019s Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank has lauded Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, founder and chancellor of Baze University, for his outstanding efforts in advancing quality education in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>During an official visit to the university\u2019s Abuja campus, the World Bank\u2019s Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa, Mr. Ousmane Diagana, described the institution as a beacon of African-led excellence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He praised its state-of-the-art infrastructure and academic environment, highlighting its role in human capital development and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to see a university of this standard built by an African and led by Africans,\u201d Diagana said. \u201cInstitutions like Baze University are crucial to Africa\u2019s transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Baba-Ahmed, in his remarks, expressed gratitude for the World Bank\u2019s continued support for development in the Global South.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He showcased Baze\u2019s achievements, citing a stellar postgraduate record and plans to launch a flying school to bridge the skills gap in Nigeria\u2019s aviation sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2019 alone, 30 out of 31 Baze graduates earned distinctions from UK postgraduate programmes,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chancellor, Professor Jamila Shu\u2019ara, said the university boasts 6,985 students, 920 staff members, and over 3,400 graduates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She described Baze as a forward-looking institution harnessing smart technology and inclusive policies, with accreditations from nine professional bodies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The visit included interactive sessions with students and faculty on education\u2019s role in solving Africa\u2019s challenges and development financing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also present were top World Bank officials, including Nigeria Country Director Mr. Ndiam\u00e9 Diop and Regional Practice Director Dr. Abebe Adugna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oso Abidemi\u00a0 &nbsp; The World Bank has lauded Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, founder and chancellor of Baze University, for his outstanding efforts in advancing quality education in Africa. &nbsp; During an official visit to the university\u2019s Abuja campus, the World Bank\u2019s Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa, Mr. Ousmane Diagana, described the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":64735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64736,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64734\/revisions\/64736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}