The Plateau State University (PLASU), Bokkos, has signed a new partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Globethics.net, Geneva, Switzerland on Ethics, teachers’ training exchange programmes in Higher Education.

This is contained in a statement signed by the PLASU’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr John Agam, and made available to the newsmen on Tuesday in Bokkos.

The statement said the signing of the MoU between the two parties was held in Geneva,Switzerland.

Globethics.net is “a network of teachers and institutions with the vision to embed ethics in higher education, and strive for a world in which people, and especially leaders are educated in, informed by and act according to ethical values, and thus, contribute to building sustainable, just and peaceful societies.

PLASU, founded in 2005 by the Plateau State Government of Nigeria, is one of the highly rated State- owned Universities in Nigeria, especially, within the six Nigerian States in the North-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria, namely; Benue State, Kogi State, Niger State, Niger State, Kwara State, Nasarawa State and Plateau State.

The Executive Director of the Globethics.net, Prof. Monsignor Doctor Obiora Ike, announced the new partnership signed on Nov. 8, at its headquarters at Geneva Switzerland, with its new partnership Consortium members, namely; Plateau State University, Bokkos, Plateau State, Nigeria

The release said that Globethics.net, Geneva, Switzerland, was represented at the occasion of the signing of the MOU by its President and Founder, Professor Christophe Stuckelberger, the Executive Director, Prof. Dr Obiora Francis-Ike and the Deputy Executive Director, Dr Lucy Howe Lopez, and the representatives of PLASU, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Yohana Izam and the Director of Partnerships and External Relations, Prof Andrew Danjuma.

Francis-Ike, in his speech after the signing of the MOU, said, “We have the pleasure of learning more about the Plateau State University, PLASU, Bokkos, Plateau State, Nigeria, a very important fast growing and leading State University in the North-central geopolitical zone of Nigeria.”

“I wish to state here that we in Globethics.net are of great pleasure commencing a working relationship together with the Plateau State University, PLASU, Bokkos, Plateau State, Nigeria, on teacher training, exchanges and more activities to embed ethics and inclusion in Higher Education in Nigeria.

“The founding conviction of Globethics.net is that having equal access to knowledge resources in the field of applied ethics, enables individuals and institutions from developing and transition economies to become more visible and audible in the global discourse,” The Globethics net Executive Director explained.

The two top management officers of PLASU, Izam and Danjuma, were on a four-day duty tour of the Globethics.net, from Nov. 6 – Nov. 9, at the invitation of Prof Monsignor Dr Obiora Francis-Ike, the Executive Director of the Globethics net, Geneva, Switzerland, and also the Pro-Chancellor of PLASU, Plateau State, Nigeria. (NAN)