{UAH} BUKENYA NOW HUNTING FOR ELECTION FUNDS AND VOTES IN NIGERIA

Former Uganda VP to speak at AUN Founder's Day

By Press Release

November 19, 2013 20:55:49pm GMT

American University of Nigeria

The American University of Nigeria will welcome Ugandan MP and former Vice President, Professor Gilbert Bukenya, as keynote speaker at this year's Founder's Day ceremony on November 30. Dr. Bukenya is one of Africa's most distinguished and respected academics.   Trained as a medical doctor, he has dedicated his life to the health and wellbeing of people all over the world.

Dr. Bukenya was educated at Makerere University, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the University of Queensland (Australia).  He has taught and practiced medicine in Asia and Africa, and serves as an adjunct faculty member of two distinguished universities in America—Case Western Reserve University and Tulane University.   A consultant for the World Health Organization and UNICEF, he is a fellow of two British Royal Societies, has been Dean of Makerere University School of Medicine, and gone on to play an important role in the government and policy making of Uganda.

As the Minister for State Trade and Industry, and Minister for the Presidency, an energetic parliamentary leader, and as Vice President, Dr. Bukenya has been a pioneer in fostering new forms of rice agriculture in Uganda, and has had an enormous impact on the Ugandan standard of living.  He is deeply involved in a number of Poverty Eradication Programs and is an important figure in the fight against AIDS in Uganda where he has brought his background in public health to the aid of his country.

AUN President Margee Ensign, in announcing Dr. Bukenya's visit to the campus, praised his superb and innovative record in African development:   

"We are so honored at AUN to have Dr. Bukenya as our Founder's Day speaker. He is not only a very accomplished academic, but also a public health expert, and a leading politician on the continent. We look forward to his speech and participation in both Founder's Day and Yola Peace Day."

Dr. Bukenya serves on the Board of Trustees of the American University of Nigeria.

Founded in 2003, the American University of Nigeria, Africa's first 'development university' is located in Yola, Adamawa State, and is the only private, co-educational American-style University in sub-Saharan Africa. All students are required to participate in AUN's local development projects and engage in development-based research on a campus that provides 24-hour electricity, Internet access, and an award-winning e-library.

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