TTU Officials Meet with Nigerian State Governor

ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: April 16, 2013
CONTACT: Callie Jones, callie.jones@ttu.edu
(806) 742-2136

Texas Tech Officials Meet with Nigerian State Governor

WHAT:    Texas Tech University System representatives are meeting with the Oyo State Governor and representatives from The Technical University located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

WHEN:    10 a.m. Wednesday (April 17)

WHERE:    Office of the Chancellor, Administration Building

EVENT:    Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance, along with Vice Chancellor Joe Rallo and Ambassador Tibor Nagy will meet with Oyo Executive Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, Acting Pro-Chancellor Oladopo Afolabi and other Nigerian federal and Oyo state officials.

Hance and Ajimobi will be signing a memorandum of understanding to explore future partnership opportunities between the two institutions.

Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa with more than 125 million people and has Africa’s second-largest and one of the fastest-growing economies. Producing more than 2.5 million barrels of oil per day, Nigeria is the world’s sixth-largest producer.

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CONTACT: Robert Giovannetti, associate vice chancellor, Office of Communications & Marketing, Texas Tech University System, (806) 742-0057 or robert.giovannetti@ttu.edu.