On Monday, October 5, 2026, a five-member delegation from Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, led by Vice Chancellor Adamu Ahmed, visited Yamaguchi University to pay a courtesy call on President Yukio Tanizawa and attend the signing ceremony for a university-level academic exchange agreement.

Over the past decade, Yamaguchi University and Ahmadu Bello University have built a solid record of achievement and a strong relationship of trust through mutual researcher exchanges, primarily centered on the Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, as well as joint international research projects supported by external funding. The fruition of these sustained educational and research exchanges has culminated in the conclusion of this university-level agreement.

During the signing ceremony held in the President’s Reception Room, both presidents signed the agreement. Following the ceremony, a friendly informal talk and university presentations took place in a warm atmosphere. The meeting was attended by Deputy Vice Chancellor Raymond Bako, Prof. Nasir Shuaibu (former Provost of the Postgraduate College), Centre Leader Yakubu K. Ibrahim (African Centre of Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology), and Prof. Emmanuel Balogun from Ahmadu Bello University. Representing Yamaguchi University were Vice President Yoko Takematsu (International Cooperation), Dean Kiyoshi Kano (Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), Vice Director Daisuke Hayasaka (Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources), and Mr. Bala Ningi Umar, a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University currently enrolled in the third year of the doctoral program at the Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine.

This agreement is expected to further deepen organizational ties between the two universities and contribute to the continued development of academic exchanges.