The Beyero University Kano (BUK), Mass Communication Alumni Association has organised a symposium and other activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the faculty.

The Chairman, Alumni Caretaker Committee, Dr Abubakar Minjibir, disclosed this at a news conference on Wednesday in Kano.

He said that BUK started training in Mass Communication in 1978, as the third university offering the course in the country.

Minjibir said that the university produced its pioneer set of Mass Communication graduates in 1981, adding that the department, now a Faculty of Communications, has graduated tens of thousands of students since its inception.

 

According to him, graduates of Professional Diploma in Mass Communication, BSc, and MSc are all eligible members of the association.

He said that the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado-Bayero, who also graduated from the department, would serve as Royal Father of the Day, While Alhaji Garba Bello-Kankarofi, former Registrar, Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), who is also a graduate of the department, would serve as Guest Speaker.