Seven Nigerians don finish two-year work for Uganda Makerere University under federal Technical Aid Corps programme. Di corps receive dem for Abuja on 2 November. For one member of di team, di work abroad change how she dey prepare lectures and open road to research money wey she first doubt say she fit apply for.
Professor Alo Oluwaseun Olubisi tell di meeting say she bin dey wonder whether Nigerian fit qualify for Makerere research and innovation grant. Di person wey head her department encourage her to apply. She say she get di grant. Na one researcher get di award during her work there. Di account no give di amount or who else qualify to apply.
Olubisi still talk about agreement wey Makerere and her own institution for Nigeria dey work on. She say di talks don move far. Di meeting report no announce say anybody don sign agreement, e no give date wey exchange go start, and e no offer space wey Nigerian students fit apply for now under di agreement.
Di team leader, Professor Abdul Anakobe Isah, tell di corps about life during di work. E praise di professional support wey staff of di Uganda university give di team, and e talk well of di facilities wey dem use teach. E also mention problems with accommodation. Na practical matters wey organisers fit consider alongside di academic results.
Felix Obidi, wey speak for di head of di corps, ask di seven make dem share wetin dem learn with colleagues for their own institutions. Di request make di aim of di work extend beyond di time dem spend teaching for Kampala. Lecturer fit carry new way to prepare class come home even as talks about formal partnership still dey go on.
Wetin e mean for you. Lecturer wey wan work with colleagues abroad fit see two different routes for dis account. One person apply for grant from di university wey host am and she get am. Agreement between institutions na separate work wey dem still dey develop. Di Abuja meeting report wetin di returnees experience. E no open fresh application.