Chancellor of American International University West Africa (AIUWA) has emphasized the need for the adoption of meaning health research that would help societies in combating the global health threatening disease, Covid-19.
Addressing the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) senior course 43 participants from Jaji, Nigeria during their visit to the university on Thursday,
Dinesh Shukla said the entire world is today facing the challenges of the pandemic which, he said can only be defeated through partnership.
“We have adapted to technology to convey our education activities and through that we are able to manage reasonably well despite the challenge.”
The AFCSC Senior Course participants are on an eight-day visit in The Gambia as part of a study tour of selected countries within the sub-region and beyond. The size of the delegation, including the team leader and the directing staff is sixty – one the theme: National Efforts towards Regional Security; COVID 19 in Perspective.
The Armed Forces Command and Staff College is one of the apex military training institutions for the Nigerian Armed Forces. The primary mission to The Gambia is to impart knowledge and develop expertise and skills of selected senior military officers and their equivalent in the civil sector through a firm understanding of the essential factors that impact on national security and prepare them for higher responsibilities at operational and strategic levels in national and international assignments.
Chancellor Shukla believes that together, the coronavirus pandemic will be defeated.
Dr Yankuba Kassama, provost of the AIUWA School of medicine and health sciences said nothing can be done without security, saying every country is today affected by Covid-19 with the biggest economic effect ever. “These are times when works were closed and many activities delayed. Security is important in the implementation of laws for Covid-19 prevention,” he said.
Major Alex Azua Jir, a student of the AFCSC said the challenges of Covid-19 have forced scientists fast-track their researches and come up with new ideas on how to defeat the pandemic.