The Nigerian Army Resource Centre, NARC, has firmed up its partnership with Kings College, London in order to achieve its mandate and become a global institution.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to that effect was signed between the two institutions, at Hall C, TY Buratai Building of the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja on Wednesday, 11 August 2021.
According to the team leader from Kings College, Professor Balogun Alao, the team was at the Centre to further collaborate and formalise an earlier agreement between Kings College London and NARC.
He also stated that the MoU would provide interested qualified persons with the opportunity to study at the prestigious Kings College London, through the excellent facilities at Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja.
The anticipated areas of collaboration between NARC and the College are Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Advanced Training Programmes, Research and Leadership Development Programmes, among other collaborations.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Director-General of the Centre, Major General Garba Wahab (Rtd), thanked the team for solidifying the long term relationship that exists between the two institutions.
He further stated that the NARC has been living up to expectations as one of the foremost research institutions in the country that has collaboration with other reputable institutions across the globe.
He assured that the NARC would its best towards actualising the collaboration.
The DG thanked the team for the visit and urged them to do their best towards actualizing the collaboration.
Present at the event were the Executive Director Consult, Major General JGK Myam, Senior Research Fellows, Management Staff of the Centre and Consultants.
Prior to the MoU, the Nigerian Army Resource Centre has had successful collaborations with reputable institutions both internationally and locally.
These include the Harvard Kennedy Leadership School, USA, that focuses its training on leadership and entrepreneurship skills and the United Services Institute India, (USI) that focuses on research and methodology amongst other global institutes too numerous to mention.
The NARC also has collaborations with local institutions such as the University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, University of Abuja which focus on academic and exchange of programmes and Laclic Services Limited that is aimed at enhancing language proficiency amongst personnel of the Nigerian Army.
