Varsity Hails Huawei On Internet Infrastructure Project

Vice chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Adamu Ahmed, has commended Huawei Technologies Nig Ltd, for choosing the institution as a \trusted partner.

Speaking during the kick off of ABU ICT Infrastructure Revamp in Zaria, Ahmed explained that the partnership was critical in addressing campus needs.

The project, ‘Network Infrastructure Refresh Project: Huawei Smart Campus for ABU’, commenced with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

Prof Ahmed noted that the partnership with Huawei was not a replacement of other service providers, but a strategic plan to enhance teaching and research.

He said the new internet infrastructure would boost productivity and ensure that learning was not constrained to physical class room.

The vice chancellor said the event marked continuity and renewal of partnership between the university and Huawei.

He acknowledged the contributions of the Director Distance Learning Centre (DLC), Prof MB Muazu, for facilitating the project.

Prof Ahmed also commended the effort of the Director, Iya Abubakar Institute of ICT, Prof EA Adedokun, in actualising the project.

Earlier, the Director of DLC, Prof MB Muazu, said the project aimed at changing the entire internet network of the university system.

Speaking on the project, the Director, Iya Abubakar Institute of ICT (IAIICT), Prof EA Adedokun, disclosed that the project involved a comprehensive overhaul of the entire architecture and devices of ABU ICT network.

Prof Adedokun also said the network refresh project would be carried out in three phases.

According to him, the first phase would focus on the data centre and storage network, the second phase would be on the distribution of the layer network, and the third phase would focus on the access layer network.

In a presentation, a Senior Account Manager with Huawei, Esther Anigbo, said the company was coming with the Huawei Smart Campus Solution.

Anigbo said they brought a Huawei flashy product, iMaster NCE, which would help ABU in managing and controlling devices in all campuses with one console.

In his remarks, the Director of Sales, Huawei, Mars Zhangmi, said they were at the university to cement years of collaboration and partnership.

He also mentioned that Huawei ICT Academy had trained several ABU students, which led to global opportunities.

Zhangmi reaffirmed that ABU holds the title of the first Huawei ICT Centre in Nigeria, stressing that the partnership represents an investment in the collective future of the university and Huawei.

On his part, ABU Registrar, Rabiu Samaila, commended the Vice-Chancellor, whose visionary leadership led to the signing of the MoU.