Altogether, 252 graduating students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, will bag first-class honours degrees at the 52nd convocation ceremony of the institution scheduled to hold between tomorrow,
Thursday, May 9 and Friday, May 10, 2024.
Twelve thousand, five hundred and twenty six students will be graduating from the university during the occasion.
Vice-chancellor of the university, Prof Charles Igwe, spoke while addressing reporters on the activities lined up for the event in Enugu on Tuesday.
Igwe noted that out of the total, 4,834 graduates will receive 2nd class Honours upper division, 5,883 will be awarded 2nd Class Honours (Lower division), 747 will be conferred with 3rd Class Honours, 25 with Pass, and 746 unclassified.
According to him, the unclassified degrees are awarded to graduates of some courses, such as medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine which are not usually classified into first, second, or third class.
The VC further said that 1,438 postgraduate degrees and diplomas will be awarded at the 52nd convocation ceremony, even as “412 persons will earn the Doctorate, while 961 persons will be awarded the Master’s Degrees."
He also, explained that 75 postgraduate diplomas will be awarded at the convocation.
His words, "Four persons have been found deserving of the honorary doctorate degrees of the University. They are Professor El Anatsui who would receive the Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) and Brigadier General J. O. J. Okoloagau, rtd, who would receive the Doctor of Public Administration. The other awardees are Mr Igor Weli, who would receive the degree of Doctor of Public Administration (Honoris Causa), and Sir. Emeka Chuka Wilson Orakwue Offor, who would receive the degree of Doctor of Business Administration (Honoris Causa).”
Meanwhile, in keeping with the university’s tradition, two former Vice Chancellors of the University – Professor Bartho N. Okolo and Professor Benjamin C. Ozumba and elder statesman and pioneer Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG, Professor Anya O. Anya, as well as seven other deserving retired professors of the university will be elevated to the distinguished status of Professor Emeritus.
Igwe, stressed that Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State will deliver the convocation lecture on Thursday, May 9, with the theme: “Why Nigerian universities should lead the way to a new country.
“The lecture will be chaired by another distinguished Nigerian, General Ike Nwachukwu, rtd.
Gen. Nwachukwu is a distinguished Nigerian who has served the country in various capacities, as the military governor of old Imo State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Senator.
