35, 768 Graduate As ABU Zaria Holds Convocation January 28

About 35,758 students will graduate as the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria holds 42nd Diamond Jubilee convocation ceremony for the 2018/2019 and 2019 /202 sessions.

The university’s Director of Public Affairs, Malam Auwalu Umar, in a statement on Friday evening, said 273 students bagged first Class and 5, 647 made Second Class Upper while Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha also a graduate of the university would deliver the Pre-Convocation lecture.

The statement revealed that others as outlined by the Registrar of the university Malam Rabiu Samaila include 8,842 higher degrees (869 Ph.D; 60 M.Phil; 6,179 Masters; and 1,734 Postgraduate Diplomas

26,916 Bachelors Degrees (out of which 273 have First Class, 5,647 Second Class Upper Division, 17,567 Second Class Lower Division, 2,899 Third Class Honours, 45 Pass degrees, and 485 unclassified degrees).

Also, former military governor of old Kano State Col. Sani Bello (Rtd), Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Ms. Amina Jane Mohammed; former Bursar of the University Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Jibo and Katsina-based philanthropist Hajiya Fatima Lami Usman Kurfi. Are to receive Honorary Degrees, the statement revealed.

The statement reads: “The Visitor to the Ahmadu Bello University, President Muhammadu Buhari, will be the Special Guest of Honour at the occasion,” while

Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna State, will be the Chief Host; His Highness, Malam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, CFR, Emir of Zazzau, is the Royal Father of the day..

“There will be a pre-convocation lecture scheduled to hold at ABU’s CBN Centre for Economics and Finance Auditorium at 4pm on Friday, 27th January, 2023. The lecture, entitled “The Impact of Man-Made and Natural Disasters on Food Security and Agricultural Development in Nigeria”, will be delivered by Mr. Boss G. Mustapha, CFR, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

“Mr. Hubert Wigwe, CON, the Managing Director, Access Bank PLC, will chair the lecture presentation,” Malam Umar said, adding that the convocation include a public lecture scheduled to take place on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

According to the statement, an alumnus of the University, Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi, will present the lecture which will hold at the institution’s CBN Centre for Economics and Finance Auditorium.

Prof. Olukoshi, a distinguished researcher and scholar at Wits School of Governance, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, will speak on “Nigeria: Character Builds a Nation, Dignity Transforms It”.

The statement said “on the eve of the convocation, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, will commission a block of offices at the Faculty of Engineering constructed by the Sokoto State government.

“Also that very day, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. S. Echono, will commission two projects at the Department of Soil Science and Department of Biology executed by the TETFund.

“Collection of academic gowns will begin on Monday, 23rd January, 2023 at Faculty offices, and that graduands should go to their respective faculties to collect the gowns.

“The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kabiru Bala, invites all graduands, parents, guardians, and members of the public to the 42nd/Diamond Jubilee Convocation billed to hold at Mamman Kontagora Square, ABU Main Campus, Samaru, Zaria at 10:00am on Saturday, 28th January, 2023,” the statement concluded.