Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has described Prof Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo as an iconic entrepreneur in education who strives to promote tertiary education despite its low return on investment.
The governor made the disclosure today at Kano Government House when he received in audience Prof Gwarzo and his delegation at the Government House, Kano.
The governor who appreciated the efforts of Prof. Gwarzo in his quest to provide affordable private university education, extended hands of partnership with the two Kano State owned universities.
Gwarzo is the president of the Association of African Private Universities and founder of four universities in Kano, Maradi, Kaduna and Abuja.
They are Maryam Abacha American University in Maradi, Niger Republic; Maryam Abacha American University, Kano; and the newly established Franco-British Innternational University, Kaduna; and Canadian University of Nigeria, Abuja
Earlier, Prof. Gwarzo said he visited the governor and his deputy to present the certificate of two additional private universities he secured in Kaduna and Abuja.
This makes him to be a leading private university owner in Africa who operates four universities in Kano, Maradi, Kaduna and Abuja.
The edupreneur also promised to support the two state owned universities to promote learning, character and research in a conducive atmosphere.
