Four academic staff members of the African Aviation and Aerospace University (AAAU), Abuja, have departed Nigeria for China for doctoral studies under the institution’s academic partnership with the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC). The four scholars, Umar Dodoji Ibrahim, Rukkayat Abdulkarim, Boussa Samuel and Zaitun Bakabe Sanusi, are beneficiaries of a PhD scholarship jointly sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The development is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the capacity of academic staff and develop specialised manpower for Nigeria’s aviation and aerospace industry. Speaking at a send-off event for the staff in Abuja, the acting vice-chancellor of AAAU, Mustapha Sheikh Abdulla...