• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
    • Government
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
    • Chinese nationals jailed in Lagos

      Court Jails Nine Chinese Nationals for Cybercrime in Lagos

      ASUU

      Tackle Corruption, Institutional Decay – ASUU Charges FG

      EFCC Arraigns Bauchi Accountant General Over N8bn Fraud as Court Sentences…

      PRNigeria logo fearured image

      EFCC Arraigns Ex-Convict, Other for Naira Abuse in Lagos

      EFCC Arrests 37 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Ilorin

  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
    • Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience

      Customs Diplomacy: Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Ink Mutual Assistance Deal

      Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria, Belarus Forge Alliance to Combat Smuggling, Facilitate Trade

      President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and CG Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi

      Tinubu Hails Customs Boss Wale Adeniyi on Historic Election as WCO…

      WTO Lauds Nigeria Customs for Embracing Global Trade Standards

  • National
    • Domestic Violence

      Marriage and the Silent Wounds Within Homes By Hafsat Ibrahim

      The Nigerian Army @162: A Testament to Sacrifice and National Unity…

      Nigerian Military Troops

      Nigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in Mallamfatori

      A Different Kind of War on Drugs By As-Sayyidul Arafat Abdulrazaq

      HAJJ Pilgrims pilgrimage NAHCON

      NAHCON Completes 2025 Hajj Return Operations 

    • Government
      • G7 Countries

        Iran Must Never Possess Nuclear Weapons – G7 Declare

        Nigerian Dignitaries, Business Leaders Attend Aminu Dantata’s Burial in Madinah Saudi…

        Dantata laid to rest at Medina Cemetery

        Legendary Business Mogul Aminu Dantata Laid to Rest in Madinah Cemetery

        Tinubu Seeks Visa Waivers, Scholarships as Nigeria Establishes Diplomatic Ties with…

        Malam Yusuf Abubakar Dingyadi

        Dingyadi, PDP Chair’s Vocal Spokesperson, Resigns

  • Security
    • Suspected Gunrunner

      Plateau: Troops Nab Suspected Gunrunner, Recover AK-47, Ammunition in Plateau

      Troops Neutralise Scores of Militias in Plateau

      Army providing free medical aid

      Nigerian Army Provides Free Medical Aid, Educational Support in Zamfara Community

      Police, Pharma Manufacturers Partner to Combat Substandard Drugs in Kano

      The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Markus Kangye,

      Nigerian Military Has No Power to Grant Bandits’ Amnesty — DHQ

  • Features
    • Domestic Violence

      Marriage and the Silent Wounds Within Homes By Hafsat Ibrahim

      FutureMap Foundation Sparks Innovation with Design Thinking in Nigeria

      The Nigerian Army @162: A Testament to Sacrifice and National Unity…

      Comptroller General Nigerian Customs Bashir Adewale

      Nigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience

      A Different Kind of War on Drugs By As-Sayyidul Arafat Abdulrazaq

  • State
    • Suspected Gunrunner

      Plateau: Troops Nab Suspected Gunrunner, Recover AK-47, Ammunition in Plateau

      Troops Neutralise Scores of Militias in Plateau

      Army providing free medical aid

      Nigerian Army Provides Free Medical Aid, Educational Support in Zamfara Community

      Police, Pharma Manufacturers Partner to Combat Substandard Drugs in Kano

      FCT Police Raid Criminals’ Hideouts, Arrest 56 Suspects

  • Event
    • NELFUND

      NELFUND Warns Students Against Fake Loan Application Portal

      EFCC Witness: Yahaya Bello Had No Property Dealings With EFAB

      Hon. Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu (RMS), with PRNigeria Ladies in PR I'm Abuja

      Rukayat Shittu Set to Publish Inspirational Book “Cracking the Glass Ceiling”,…

      Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo

      Former Kwara Governor, Chief Adebayo, Dies at 84

      Managing Editor of Image Merchants, Mr Abdulrahman Abdulraheem, PR Expert, Celestine Achi and the Editor-in-chief, Yushau Shuaib presenting the book to PRNigeria center

      PRNigeria Commends New Book on Artificial Intelligence in Public Relations

    • PR Nigeria Award
  • E-Paper
Home General The Beauty of BUK Alumni Association
  • General

The Beauty of BUK Alumni Association

By
Garba Bello Kankarofi
-
February 18, 2022
BUMCAA BUK Mass Communication Alumni

The Beauty of BUK Alumni Association

A paper presented by Alhaji Garba Bello Kankarofi frpa, fimn, former Registrar Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) at Bayero University Kano Mass Communication Alumni 40th Anniversary Lecture

I am already aware that Bayero University Kano Alumni association has been in existence long time ago.

However, it became more formal following its formation and ratification on the 7Th December, 2013. The preamble of the constitution of Alumni Association states that “ We, members of BUK Alumni Association, realizing the need for a viable and formidable association firmly and solemnly resolved that there shall be a set out rules and laws guiding the day today affairs of the association anchored on unity, progress, welfare and brotherhood amongst its members and maintaining closer association and upholding the  collective contribution towards the social, cultural, academic and infrastructural development of our Alma Mater in particular, the community and the country in general”.

“Do hereby make, enact and give ourselves the following constitution.”

The vision of the Alumni Association is to “provide a platform for Bayero University, Kano Alumni which rekindles commitment and fosters individual and collective obligation for harnessing the abundant reservoir of goodwill by developing critical resources for the upliftment of our Alma Mater as a foremost founting of knowledge and integrity”.

The mission:
“To stridently key into and be materially supportive of the Bayero University Kano strategic plan towards the provision of infrastructure that incrementally promotes excellence in teaching, research, learning and community service for national development”.

Motto: “Legacy committed to knowledge”.

For the purpose of our visitors, students and special guests, let me also recap what the faculty formally recorded as the history, to appreciate why we are here to celebrate 40 years of first graduants.

2.) The Institution
At the time of establishing the Mass Communication Department of Bayero University, Kano in October 1978, an 1-year old foundation had been laid by an effectual Planning Group of meticulously picked academics and media specialists who were assigned with the task of identifying and recommending appropriate solutions to bridge the occupational and learning gaps in the then emerging media establishments. Setting up suitable professional training institutions/Department for Mass Communication and appropriate curriculum was amongst the dominant tasks agreed to be achieved in the country, especially for the northern region since similar Departments were already established at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1960 and University of Lagos in 1963 respectively.

3.)      The chronicle of the BUK Mass Communication Department is an interesting one. The Department which at the moment can competently compete with its likes over the world initially focused on broadcast and print. Diligently following the dynamics of the global trends in journalism and mass communication, the Department has evolved in many forms, transiting from Faculty of Arts and Islamic Studies through Faculty of Social and Management Studies to full-fledged Faculty of Communications.

4.)      It does not matter at what point a set of Alumni enrolled or graduated from the Department. The pivotal fact remains that the quality of training and skills acquisition has never depreciated. Our standard has remained top-notch and has been radiating through the outstanding achievements of those who have passed through the Department (and whom the Department has passed through in principle) for the past four decades.

The Beauty of Alumni Relations
5.)      Like a tree which sprout on a fertile ground, BUK Mass Communication Department provides the basic roots and strong stem upon which every alumnae has sprang forth as its fruit. We owe our educational background, part of our professional successes and far-reaching togetherness to the Department which has continually kept us in her encirclement and serving as our point of convergence.

Read Also:

  • Plateau: Troops Nab Suspected Gunrunner, Recover AK-47, Ammunition in Plateau
  • Troops Neutralise Scores of Militias in Plateau
  • ‎FACT-CHECK: Are Nigerian Soldiers Protecting Cattle Instead of Citizens in Yelewata Benue State as Shown in a Viral Video?

The Structure and Relevance
6.)      Alumni relation is the total communications, activities and events put in place to retain the relationship, support and positive interventions of old students in their alma mater. To make cordiality and mutually beneficial exchange permeate through our engagements, a responsibility unit is expected to be created for the purpose of ensuring that:

(a)            Keeping the profiles of individual student and each class or set;

(b)            Following up on the developments of individuals, class or groups of former students as part of the institution’s asset. This will help the institution’s data base particularly for the purpose of progressive in gathering of her products in human capital and institutional development.

(c)             Investing deliberate efforts in positioning alumni relations domestically and globally as key prospect in refining the institution’s brand equity;

7.)      As indispensable stakeholders, the emphasis on keeping alumni closer by recognition and constant communication cannot be exaggerated. Institutions of learning, as a matter of strategy, rely to a reasonable extent on the alumni for capital developments and sponsorships, getting grants and donations, logistics, facilitation of beneficial investments in Corporate Social Responsibility projects from organisations made successful by products of the institution.

8.)      The strength and influential capacity of an alumni association is determined by the active participation of her members. The more, the merrier. The older a progressive institution gets, the more influential and supportive her alumni association ought to become due to increase in membership and potential advancement in professional lives of her members. BUK Mass Communications alumni association deserves a better in support and influence at 40.

9.)      In exploring the potentials, a consideration may be given to the means of strengthening alumni engagement and raising awareness for the engagement of qualified members as academic and non-academic personnel of the institution, dedicating positions to the group at governance and policy making levels of the institutions, providing or designating a building within the institution to serve as an administrative building for alumni’s affairs while efforts deserve to be made by members and the institution to assist in the facilitation of alumni’s programmes.

10.)    Being that alumni relations is an essential tool needed for the improvement of both her members and the institution, maximum efforts supportive of its causes should be taken as important element for general growth and productivity. Public relations for better branding resides in our hands as communication professionals bred by one of the leading institution for journalism and mass communications in West Africa. Let us rise to promote our Alma Mata and the Alumni Association. Let our works serve as guide to others.

11.)    Having been groomed as communication specialists, the Mass Communications alumni should be able to constructively exploit the opportunities which the emerging media has availed our profession. The diversification of the media, the profession and the business has changed the trajectory and sequence known to the industry four decades ago. Moving with global trend must be made an ambition and pursued vigorously. We must endeavour to excel in any preferred segment where our professional aptitude is demanded; it may be in social media, print media, broadcast media, blogs etc.

C- Caution:
Alumni relation is not just a bed of roses. There are so many examples of abuses of Alumni relations such as:

§  Turning Alumni to an alternative government or opposition against the university administration.

§  Breach of trust and financial abuses.

§  Building a cartel for nepotism and corruption.

Conclusion

The alumni association, as a crucial bedrock of any institution, must maintain a stable and friendly relationship with the institution while safeguarding the welfare of her members. The relevance and benefits derivable from alumni association are multitudinous and highly profitable.

Garba Bello Kankarofi,  frpa, fimn

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • ALUMNI
  • APCON
  • BUK
  • Garba Bello-Kankarofi
Previous articleNYSC Female Member Receives N1m Cash Donation in Cross River
Next articleOrientation: Covid Test Compulsory for all Corpers–NYSC Insists
Garba Bello Kankarofi
Garba Bello Kankarofi

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Suspected Gunrunner

Plateau: Troops Nab Suspected Gunrunner, Recover AK-47, Ammunition in Plateau

Troops Neutralise Scores of Militias in Plateau

‎FACT-CHECK: Are Nigerian Soldiers Protecting Cattle Instead of Citizens in Yelewata Benue State as Shown in a Viral Video?

Army providing free medical aid

Nigerian Army Provides Free Medical Aid, Educational Support in Zamfara Community

Domestic Violence

Marriage and the Silent Wounds Within Homes By Hafsat Ibrahim

Police, Pharma Manufacturers Partner to Combat Substandard Drugs in Kano

How a Single Electricity Market Will Empower Africa’s People and Economies

World’s Largest Electricity Market Kicks Off as AU Launches Steering Committee to Drive Continental Integration

FCT Police Raid Criminals’ Hideouts, Arrest 56 Suspects

Military Troops during operations

Military Eliminate Bandit in Plateau, Rescue Abducted Victim

General Christopher Gwabin Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, CDS

DHQ, NIS Team Up to Revive Nigerian Sports

MNJTF troops

LAKE CHAD: Major Victory as 210 Boko Haram Terrorists, Families Surrender to MNJTF

Recent Posts

  • Plateau: Troops Nab Suspected Gunrunner, Recover AK-47, Ammunition in Plateau
  • Troops Neutralise Scores of Militias in Plateau
  • ‎FACT-CHECK: Are Nigerian Soldiers Protecting Cattle Instead of Citizens in Yelewata Benue State as Shown in a Viral Video?
  • Nigerian Army Provides Free Medical Aid, Educational Support in Zamfara Community
  • Marriage and the Silent Wounds Within Homes By Hafsat Ibrahim
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Plateau: Troops Nab Suspected Gunrunner, Recover AK-47, Ammunition in PlateauTroops Neutralise Scores of Militias in Plateau‎FACT-CHECK: Are Nigerian Soldiers Protecting Cattle Instead of Citizens in Yelewata Benue State as Shown in a Viral Video?Nigerian Army Provides Free Medical Aid, Educational Support in Zamfara CommunityMarriage and the Silent Wounds Within Homes By Hafsat IbrahimPolice, Pharma Manufacturers Partner to Combat Substandard Drugs in KanoFutureMap Foundation Sparks Innovation with Design Thinking in NigeriaNigerian Military Has No Power to Grant Bandits' Amnesty — DHQHow a Single Electricity Market Will Empower Africa’s People and EconomiesThe Nigerian Army @162: A Testament to Sacrifice and National Unity By Sani Kukasheka UsmanWorld’s Largest Electricity Market Kicks Off as AU Launches Steering Committee to Drive Continental IntegrationMilitary Kills Terrorist Commanders, Arrests Over 1,100 Others in Q2 Operations – DHQFCT Police Raid Criminals' Hideouts, Arrest 56 SuspectsNigeria, Niger Forces Neutralize Score of ISWAP Terrorists in MallamfatoriNigeria Customs, ICPC and the Audit of Conscience
X whatsapp