The TETFUND Centre for Diaspora Studies, University of Ibadan (UI) has received a take-off grant of N250 million for research towards establishing a credible database for the Nigerian Diaspora, among others.
The award was in recognition of the multi-year partnership between the Diaspora and Transnational Studies programme and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM).
The new centre had also been granted building infrastructure to the tune of N1,000, 000, 000 by TETFund.
Meanwhile, the authorities at the University of Ibadan have appointed Professor Senayon Olaoluwa, the founding head of Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the Institute of African Studies as the pioneer Director of the TETFund Centre of Excellence for Diaspora Studies.
The appointment was with effect from the 1st of March, 2024, in the first instance.
In another development, Prof. Senayon Olaoluwa’s Diaspora theory-inspired project won a pilot grant at the College Public Health at the University of Iowa, USA.
