Students are strategic to SDGs implementation.... Prof. Shehu - VC, KUST.

By Seyifunmi Adebote and Umar Farouk Ahmad, Kano State.


The Vice-Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology, Professor Shehu Musa has underscored the importance of having young people as the drivers of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Addressing not less than 65 students during the SDGs4Universities Workshop hosted by the Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019, Professor Shehu said, “You (students) have the strategic position to make a contribution.

You don’t need to have a million naira or be a politician before you start making a difference.

In one way or the other, you all are connected to at least one of these 17 goals and you must know that the realization of this is largely dependent on you.

Reiterating the University’s commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, Professor Shehu expressed his delight to the facilitating organization, International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) for considering Kano State University of Science and Technology and for training the students of the institution on how they can begin to practically take actions towards driving the SDGs in their local communities.

“We are fully receptive to collaborate with stakeholders to see the realization of the SDGs. I hope that students of this institution will put to practice the lessons from this SDGs4Universities workshop,” Shehu said.

The SDGs4Universities workshop is a project by the International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI).

ICCDI has been taking the knowledge of the SDGs to various tertiary institutions across the country.

According to the Project Coordinator, Seyifunmi Adebote, “this workshop is part of our continued efforts to localize the knowledge and application of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals among university students, as well as, to position them to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.”

The workshop came to an end with the establishment of the KUST SDGs club in the university.

Though the 6th SDGs4Universities workshop, the Kano State University of Science and Technology is the first in the North-West region of Nigeria.

The facilitators included Umar Farouk and Mufid Muhammad from Green Again Initiative, and Salihu Hamisu and Juwairiyya El-Yakub, alumni of the University.

The workshop was attended by not less than 65 students from different faculties, along with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shehu Musa, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Academic, Professor Aminu Umar Fagge; the Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Administration, Professor Tijjani Saleh Bichi; the Dean of Student Affairs, Professor A. S. Ma’aji and the Dean Faculty of Agriculture, Professor Daraja among others.

udents are strategic to SDGs implementation.... Prof. Shehu - VC, KUST.

By Seyifunmi Adebote and Umar Farouk Ahmad, Kano State.


The Vice-Chancellor, Kano State University of Science and Technology, Professor Shehu Musa has underscored the importance of having young people as the drivers of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Addressing not less than 65 students during the SDGs4Universities Workshop hosted by the Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019, Professor Shehu said, “You (students) have the strategic position to make a contribution.

You don’t need to have a million naira or be a politician before you start making a difference.

In one way or the other, you all are connected to at least one of these 17 goals and you must know that the realization of this is largely dependent on you.

Reiterating the University’s commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, Professor Shehu expressed his delight to the facilitating organization, International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) for considering Kano State University of Science and Technology and for training the students of the institution on how they can begin to practically take actions towards driving the SDGs in their local communities.

“We are fully receptive to collaborate with stakeholders to see the realization of the SDGs. I hope that students of this institution will put to practice the lessons from this SDGs4Universities workshop,” Shehu said.

The SDGs4Universities workshop is a project by the International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI).

ICCDI has been taking the knowledge of the SDGs to various tertiary institutions across the country.

According to the Project Coordinator, Seyifunmi Adebote, “this workshop is part of our continued efforts to localize the knowledge and application of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals among university students, as well as, to position them to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.”

The workshop came to an end with the establishment of the KUST SDGs club in the university.

Though the 6th SDGs4Universities workshop, the Kano State University of Science and Technology is the first in the North-West region of Nigeria.

The facilitators included Umar Farouk and Mufid Muhammad from Green Again Initiative, and Salihu Hamisu and Juwairiyya El-Yakub, alumni of the University.

The workshop was attended by not less than 65 students from different faculties, along with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shehu Musa, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor – Academic, Professor Aminu Umar Fagge; the Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Administration, Professor Tijjani Saleh Bichi; the Dean of Student Affairs, Professor A. S. Ma’aji and the Dean Faculty of Agriculture, Professor Daraja among others.