University of Maiduguri will be
honouring 172 graduates who made First Class, the Vice Chancellor of the
institution, Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, has said.
Briefing journalists ahead of the joint convocation and 40th anniversary
of the university billed to hold next Saturday, Njodi explained that the 172 exceptional students graduated between 2010 and 2015 but would be honoured at a joint convocation covering the time.
of the university billed to hold next Saturday, Njodi explained that the 172 exceptional students graduated between 2010 and 2015 but would be honoured at a joint convocation covering the time.
He said: “The university will finally
hold its 22nd convocation and 40th anniversary for the award of degrees,
diplomas and certificates.
“Summary for the statistics of
undergraduate students shows that a total of 37,259 will be graduating.
It is gratifying to note that 172 students obtained First Class degrees
in the five sets that we are graduating.
“Similarly, statistics for the
Postgraduate degree showed that, 823 students will be graduating from
the school of postgraduate studies. Of this figure, a total of 192
students will receive Doctorate Degree, 1,498 Masters Degrees while
2,133 will receive Postgraduate Diploma.”
He also disclosed that 362 students are expected to receive certificates, while 6,926 will bag diplomas from the consultancy services, saying so far the total number
of students who graduated from the university since its establishment
40 years ago, stood at 101,5141.
According to the VC, during the
ceremony, the institution will confer Honorary Doctorate Degrees on
three personalities, comprising the former head of state, late Gen.
Murtala Ramat Mohammed, who will be conferred with Doctor of Laws
(Honoris Causa) posthumously.
Others were Prof. Russell Galen Schuh, a
renewed linguist from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),
who would be awarded a Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) as well ad the
Emir of Kano, His Royal Highness, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who would be conferred with Doctor of Science, (Honoris Causa).
The vice chancellor equally hinted that
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefele is expected
to deliver a convocation lecture on “ Managing the Delimma of Commodity
Price Declines in an Oil Dependent Economy “
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