During his visit to the Republic of Niger as part of his tour of the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin Countries, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) H.E. Hissein Brahim Taha visited the King Abdullah Girls Campus of the Islamic University in Niger an affiliated institution of the OIC.

The Secretary-General commended the establishment of the additional campus for the University as part of the OIC Member States’ efforts to support the educational needs of the people in Africa, particularly the girls education in the Sahel and Lake Chad basin regions.

H.E. Hissein Brahim Taha added that the campus generously funded by the foundation of the late King Abdulla of Saudi Arabia, would help in promoting the role of women in the socio-economic development and their contribution to human development in OIC Member States.

The construction of the new campus at the Islamic University in Niger, - which serves thousands of students from many countries on the African continent, - enhances the position of the institution as one the best citadels of learning in Sub Saharan Africa.

The Secretary-General also paid a similar visit to the Waqf building of the university and the recently established OIC Regional Office for the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin regions based in Niamey, Niger.

Source: Organization of Islamic Cooperation