Posted by Among the 252 students who have earned honorary degrees from UNN, 252 have done so with first class honours.
Professor Charles Igwe, the University’s Vice Chancellor, made the announcement during a news conference before convocation in the main hall of the Enugu campus.
I am glad to report that a total of 12,526 first degrees will be granted during the 52nd convocation of the University of Nigeria. This is an increase of 1082 compared to the figure from the 51st convocation.
The results are broken down as follows: 252 people graduated with first class honours, 4,834 with second class honours in the upper division, 5,883 with second class honours in the lower division, 747 with third class, and 25 with a pass.
The University of Nigeria will be awarding 1,438 postgraduate degrees and diplomas during the convocation ceremony, according to the vice chancellor.
Here is a rundown of the various postgraduate degrees and diplomas: 412 people will get Doctorates, 961 will get Master’s degrees, and 75 will get postgraduate diplomas.
On Thursday, May 9, His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma, Governor of Imo State, would deliver a convocation address titled “Why Universities Should Lead The Way to A New Nigeria,” as Igwe further informed.
During the event, he highlighted several accomplishments made by his government over the last five years.
Before stepping down in June 2024, he restated the administration’s resolve to improve the university.
The 63rd Founders’ Day event and the 51st convocation ceremony were kicked off in October last year, according to Igwe.
“In my extensive addresses on both occasions, I covered a great deal of ground, touching on numerous current events at the University of Nigeria.
Our recent successes in academic production, staff promotions, infrastructure expansion, new research funding and promotions, etc., were detailed in the address. I included them in my description of the campus’s current situation.
Twelve projects have been finished so far, and two more have been started. Two of these upcoming projects are the much anticipated Senate facility and the Department of Mass Communication’s new facility.
Being the only first-generation university without a senate facility was almost comical, therefore I am especially pleased and proud of the new senate building.
It follows that the senate building was among my first priorities upon becoming office. It was no easy feat to win over TETFUND and the Federal Executive Council to construct the senate building, but the University of Nigeria has already accomplished one of its greatest infrastructure triumphs.