Clifford University

5°17′45″N 7°18′54″E / 5.2957°N 7.315°E / 5.2957; 7.315Government Approved2016Websiteclifforduni.edu.ng

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Clifford University is a private Christian co-educational Nigerian university owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nigeria. The university is located in Ihie, Abia State, Nigeria.

It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.^[1][2][3][4]

History

Clifford University is established on land that belonged to an Adventist school until it was seized by the government following the country's 1967–70 civil war. The government returned the land to the church in 2013. It is named after Jesse Clifford - a British missionary who brought Adventism to eastern Nigeria in 1923, serving in Nigeria for eight years.^[5]

Library

The university library is named after Dr. and Barrister (Mrs.) Paul Ogwuma, who contributed to the reconstruction and rebuilding of the library building. Activities started fully in the library with the assumption of the first University Librarian Dr. Saturday U. Omeluzor on February 1, 2017. Full library services kicked off after the recruitment of four pioneer library staff In March 2017.

Clifford university library houses about 11,000 volumes which are made freely accessible to users within the library and to borrow. Serial collections and e-resources are also available.^[6]

service points:

• The main/central library

• law library

• Nursing library

• E-library.

See also

• List of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities
• Seventh-day Adventist education
• Seventh-day Adventist Church
• Seventh-day Adventist theology
• History of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

References

External links

• Official website