Three International visitors came to UI between 21 - 25 January, 2010 to discuss the commencement of a flagship programme for the study of Yoruba Language in the Department of Linguistics and African Languages, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan. They are Professor Antonia Folarin Schleicher, the Director of the National African Language Resource Centre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison accompanied by Mr. Ashford Njogu a Senoir Program Officer at the American Councils for International Education, Washington D.C., USA and Armine Poghikan a Senior Manager at the American councils for International Education. The programme is expected to commence in June, 2010 and eight students from the USA will be taking courses in Yoruba for eight weeks.
The visitors came to the Office of International Programmes (OIP) to inform the Director, Dr. Bola Udegbe about the establishment of the programme. They were warmly received.
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