Artificial Intelligence A Global Discuss — ABU VC

By; SANI ALIYU, Zaria

The Vice Chancellor Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, Prof. Adamu Ahmed has said that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a global discuss which makes intellectuals meeting a focus of interactions.

He stated this while declaring open the 3rd Biennial Postgraduate Conference 2026 held at the Centre of Excellence ABU, Zaria.

Represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics, Prof. Raymond Bako said, the theme of the Conference “Innovative Postgraduate Research for Sustainable Development in the Era of Artificial Intelligence is apt and timely.

According to him, the conference will accord the participants to critically discuss particularly the PG students to find a way forward for the national development.

Professor Ahmed added that the conference is bringing together researchers, postgraduates students, policy makers to explore research and innovations

The Vice Chancellor hoped that as a university management will continue to support the efforts of Postgraduate College and other units of the university for advancing knowledge.

While assuring the postgraduate students of doing everything within their power to play the important role in revitilizing the college programmes by providing an enabling environment for their studies and research.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the occasion, Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo, Kaduna State Commissioner of Education said, the conference is making the researchers to be more agitating for discoveries.

Prof. Sambo said organising this type of conference every two years is very important to enable the students to make research, present and defended their work.

According to him, research work is not to gather dust, it is meant to show and put to use, any university that want to be taken seriously it must be able to show its research that brings about changes.

He said growing our economy while protecting our environment and building institutions.

“If it is the artificial intelligence can be a subject matter without constant electricity how can it work in our industry?

“Scholars must train our students how to build AI to do good research on the device works becouse it doesnt give accurate results therefore research students must be careful.”

Earlier in his welcome address, the Provost Postgraduate College, Prof. O.O. Okubanjo hoped that the conference will remain the sustained future career growing in quality and an impact in each edition.

He said, the participants should contribute meaningfully and the sustainable development.