German Consul-General visits UI; Meets Students in European Studies

By Tijani Abdulkabeer

The German Consul-General/Head of Mission, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Thursday paid a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, FAS, mni.

Dr. Bernd von Munchow-Pohl, during his visit said that the University of Ibadan had through its exchange programmes for students in the German unit, department of European Students made Ibadan dear to the German government.

It was gathered that his visit was particularly motivated by the academics ties that the school shares with Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Deutscher Akademicscher Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

He expressed his delight to be in UI on the bilateral relations between Germany and Nigeria with the privilege to address students studying German in the Department of European Studies.

‘This is very important to me as there are only two Universities that have German studies in the whole country for now. We hope to have the third one very soon. This also made Ibadan particularly dear to our heart,’ he stated.

Addressing the audience, The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kayode Adebowale praised the German Government for being the foremost contributor to the fight against the global Covid-19 pandemic and further canvassed for continuous support.

He also appreciated the German Government for the Germanistic study in the Department of European Studies, and noted that for many years, UI had DAAD representatives domiciled in Ibadan.

Prof. Adebowale, therefore, appealed to the German Consul-General/Head of Mission to give prompt attention to genuine applications for travelling formalities for members of staff that are going for scientific research in Germany.