Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has expressed Nigeria’s readiness to deepen bilateral ties with the Federal Republic of Bulgaria in the field of Education.
Tahir promised that the process of renewing the Memorandum of Understanding between Nigeria and Bulgaria would be fast-tracked.
A statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Bem Goong, said the minister gave the indication in his office in Abuja, when he received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to Nigeria, Yanko Yordanov.
According to the minister, university education is global and Nigeria is ready to collaborate on research and engage in exchange programmes with countries around the world.
In his comment, Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Tanko Sununu, informed the envoy that Nigerian universities were already cooperating with their counterparts across the globe in various fields of human endeavour, adding that Nigeria is ready to expand the existing collaboration, especially in the fields of agriculture and medicine.
Earlier, Yordanov told the ministers that scholarship opportunities exist for Nigerian students at graduate and postgraduate levels in some universities in Bulgaria.
He explained that the scholarships would be obtainable at the start of the academic session commencing September this year.
In furtherance of the partnership, Nigeria and Bulgaria are expected to renew the Memorandum of Understanding between them.
